The Next 100 Days Podcast
by Kevin Appleby & Graham Arrowsmith
The Next 100 Days Podcast is a leading UK business show. Through this podcast, Kevin and Graham reveal strategies you can use to improve your business and take it to the next level. In addition to featuring their own advice, Kevin and Graham host amazing guests from across the business world. Often the guests are successful, but lesser-known business owners and entrepreneurs, enabling the show to bring fresh content and stand out from many of the US based business shows. Graham and Kevin believe that business change comes about when a business owner focusses on just one thing that will make a real difference to his business. That might be product development, a new product launch or a marketing campaign. Focussing for less than 100 days, or focussing on too many things generally won't deliver the results you need, Equally, its difficult to maintain effective focus for much longer than 100 days without re-assessing priorities. The Next 100 Days Podcast is your
Episodes
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#549 Daniel Roth – Coaching
Coaching: Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution Daniel Roth, founder and president of Pangea Effect and author of The E3 Effect, has spent 27 years running operations, from the Ritz Carlton to call centres for Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. He explains execution drift, the quiet gap that opens...
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#548 Misbah Gulzar – DEI
Misbah Gulzar of Equitas Consultancy Services explains what diversity, equity and inclusion really mean, why so much corporate DEI is performative, and why she would never want to be hired to tick a box. Graham pushes back hard, Kevin brings a London 2012 case study, and the result is one of our...
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#547 - David Hori - Scaling Businesses
David's story includes scaling businesses for 4 different founders (3 have exited in the past 5 years). These days, he's in the business of buying businesses and coaches a select group of business owners. Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Podcast Guest: David Hori (Top Line Operators)…
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#546 - Robin Waite - Fearless Pricing
Fearless Pricing author Robin Waite provides business coaching that improves the efficiency, profitability and potential of ambitious businesses throughout Gloucestershire, the UK and worldwide. He joins us for Episode 546 of The Next 100 Days Podcast. Summary of the Podcast Robin's Background…
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#545 Michael Diegelmann - Warren Wise
Warren Wise is Michael Diegelmann's "agentic finance" tool for CFOs. It helps them pre-empt investor reactions to financial reports by simulating analysis from value investors (e.g., Warren Buffett). Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Warren Wise AI: A tool for CFOs to pre-empt investor…
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#544 Peter Wardle - Intelligent Assessments
Intelligent Assessments is Peter Wardle's company. He digitises intellectual property to provide actionable insights. Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Intelligent Assessments digitises IP by converting manual frameworks (often in spreadsheets) into a SaaS platform, enabling consultants to…
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#543 - Kevin Appleby - Adopt AI in The Next 100 Days
Kevin demonstrates ways you can adopt AI in the next 100 days Summary of the Podcast Overview Episode 2 of a mini-series within The Next 100 Days Podcast where Kevin Appleby and Graham Arrowsmith discuss how AI is influencing their work Pre-recording conversation touched on football transfers…
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#542 - Graham Arrowsmith - Lead Conversion AI
Kevin Appleby interviews Graham Arrowsmith about AI applications, such as the lead conversion AI he offers through MicroYES. We also discuss personal productivity. Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Agent Delivery Systems (ADS) drive conversion by providing immediate value before asking for...
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#541 - Stephen Somers - Selling on Whatnot
You'll remember that Selling on Whatnot guest Stephen joined The Next 100 Days a while back to talk about building an Amazon business from scratch. Since then, things have moved on quite a bit. Stephen's been deep into a newer side of the business, live selling on Whatnot. The team has been…
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#540 - Guy Bartlett - Buying Businesses
Guy Bartlett is ex military, but now helps others when they are buying businesses. He is the author of Business Magic. In his 30 years he's closed more than 200 deals, sitting on both sides of the table. He will buy, operate and grow UK businesses and help founders do the same. Guy Bartlett...
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#539 - Francis Rodino - Lead Conversion
Lead Conversion expert Francis Rodino claims 15+ years working in sales and marketing, but as we'll find out, you can probably double that number. First in corporate, then building and scaling his own businesses. He's worked with 300+ clients across HVAC, engineering, construction, recruitment…
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#538 - Andrew Sparks - Business Exit
Today's guest is Andrew Sparks from Sydney Australia, who discusses business exit strategies for founders for them to build a business that can run without them. Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Build a Saleable Asset: A founder-dependent business is unsaleable (e.g., Dave the plumber's…
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#537 - Alexis Sikorsky - Business Scaling & Exit
Business Scaling & Exit Expert Alexis Sikorsky has launched, built and grown businesses. He knows it can be incredibly lonely doing this. Founders can feel swamped, overwhelmed, isolated and unable to make the right decision for what comes next in their business. That's where Alexis comes in. On...
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#536 - Nicola Anderson - Capacity to Grow
This podcast is all about founders having the capacity to grow. Nicola Anderson is a Business Growth expert and she shares her DASH framework to help founders push on from the £1-5m turnover level. Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Founder Bottleneck: Business growth often stalls at £1M–£5M...
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#535 - Dr Amanda Gummer - FUNdamentally Children
Dr Amanda Gummer, founder of FUNdamentally Children, is a renowned child development expert, and often features in media discussing the role of play in learning. Through FUNdamentally Children and the Good Play Guide, she offers valuable insights on educational toys and parenting, helping…
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#534 - Abel Prieto - inCruises
Abel Prieto joins The Next 100 Days podcast to discuss InCruises as a side gig opportunity and its business model. Summary of the Podcast Key Takeaways Unique Membership Model: InCruises doubles members' monthly contributions (e.g., $100 → $200) into "Reward Points" for travel, forcing savings…
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#533 Shalece Daniels - Rest Tech
Rest Tech innovator Shalece Daniels previously built and operated a seven-figure real estate investment and property management firm, coached multiple seven-figure businesses on scaling, then stepped fully into her zone of genius as an executive rest coach. Shalece created FLOW, an AI rest-tech...
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#532 Mark Sherwood Edwards - Sales Side Lawyer
Mark Sherwood Edwards is the Sales Side Lawyer. This podcast is all about having a sales-centric approach to legal contracting. Summary of Podcast Key Takeaways Problem: ~50% of deals die in contracting, often due to lawyers acting as a "Department for Sales Prevention" and triggering buyer...
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#531 - Lisa Jane Watson Heath - Kidzplay
Kidzplay is a national soft-play membership network that Lisa built from scratch — a wholesale model in which we buy fixed table capacity from partner venues and resell it through memberships. Lisa is an accountant! Kevin will be in heaven. PwC-trained ACA. 18 years in soft play. One MBO…
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#530 Dr Anton Janse van Rensburg - Burnout
Burnout expert Dr Anton Janse van Rensburg is a practising medical doctor from Pretoria, South Africa, with 27 years of experience as an Integrative Practitioner. Besides his MBChB degree, he has a Master’s degree in Applied Human Nutrition from the University of Pretoria, and an Advanced...
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#529 - RJ Talyor - AI for eCommerce
RJ Talyor is the Founder and CEO of Backstroke a AI for eCommerce generative content platform for email marketers. Instantly create on-brand, high-performing email subject lines, preview text, mobile push notifications, and SMS messages. Summary of Podcast Podcast introduction and guest…
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#528 - Allan Khazak - High Intent Annuity Leads
Allan Kazakh runs an agency specialises in generating exclusive, high-intent leads for annuity products. It is called Vroom Media Group. Annuity leads are a type of financial product that provides a guaranteed stream of income in retirement. Summary of Podcast Allan's marketing agency and annuity...
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#527 Steve Turner - Multimedia PR
Steve Turner is a multimedia PR expert. Solomon/Turner has managed and executed dozens of targeted campaigns for clients of all sizes. The firm enjoys a special expertise in both businesses to business and business to consumer publicity, as well as reputation management. Solomon Turner maintains…
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#526 Nishant Sharma - Rutland Square
Nishant Sharma is the founder of Rutland Square. Their Chai Spiced Scottish Gin combines a unique recipe with a captivating story that sets it apart in the world of premium spirits. This extraordinary gin blends modern business principles with deep respect for tradition—a perfect fusion of two...
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#525 Christopher Carter - Approyo
Christopher Carter is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Approyo, a Wisconsin-based managed services company that was one of the first to put SAP systems into the cloud (back in 2002). He founded Approyo in December 2013 to provide full SAP technology services with extensive capabilities in…
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#524 - Stevey Arroyo - The Brand Exit
Stevey Arroyo joins The Next 100 Days podcast to discuss The Brand Exit. For Stevey, brand value is a prerequisite for exit. A strong brand is a transferable asset that de-risks a business for buyers, enabling a sale (e.g., Pimlico Plumbers sold for £134M, compared with an unbranded plumbing…
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#523 - Zana Goic Petricevic - Bold Leadership
Zana Goic Petricevic pivoted from a successful corporate career to find her true calling - coaching bold leadership. Zana's career change came about after being fired from a corporate director role for being "blunt" with the chairman, which she reframed as a necessary catalyst for her true…
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#522 Dr Denis Cauvier - Human Resources
Dr. Denis Cauvier is an expert in HR, talent management, and leadership. This podcast discusses Denis's background and expertise, noting that he has written over 32 books on these topics. Biography Dr. Denis Cauvier is a global leadership strategist, executive advisor, and 30+ time author who…
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#521 Phil Treagus-Evans - Human First Marketing
Graham, Kevin, and Phil discuss Phil's new book "Human First Marketing", which aims to address issues like ad desensitisation, homogenised content, and the modern consumer's desire for authenticity. Phil explains his motivation for writing the book and the key principles behind the "human first"...
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#520 - Jason Wong - Packaging
Packaging expert Jason Wong shares his background, starting as a young entrepreneur selling things online and eventually discovering his passion for packaging and manufacturing. He describes how he bought factories in China to produce packaging for various consumer brands, leveraging his…
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#519 - Ed Cappabianca - Ingenion Medical
Ingenion Medical, run by our guest Ed Cappabianca, is going to change the standard catheter in the UK - The Foley catheter. Urinary catheter-associated infections kill 2,100 people a year and block 1.2 million hospital bed-days. And yet, the Foley catheter - the standard of care - has barely...
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#518 Carmen Sederino - Illuminated Story
Carmen Sederino’s holistic approach to her Illuminated Story approach combines narrative structure, stage presence, and multimedia elements to create immersive, encore-worthy shows that resonate deeply with audiences. Drab speakers are a thing of the past! Summary of Podcast Introduction to…
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#517 Adam O'Leary - Lead Generation
This is a lead generation focused podcast about a novel B2B sales follow-up strategy. Summary of Podcast Key Takeaways Novel Follow-Up Strategy: A third-party "good cop" provides hyper-relevant value (e.g., podcast intros) to prospects, bypassing their AI-filtered inboxes and achieving 70–80%…
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#516 Ricky Ho - Sourcing Products
Ricky Ho is a young entrepreneur, already on his second start-up company that is set to dominate the sourcing products arena. Yes, he has Alibaba to outmanoeuvre, but the signs are good, and his AI-inspired model has much to recommend it to SMBs/SMEs around the world. Summary of Podcast...
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#515 - Martin Booth - AI Copywriting
How can AI Copywriting help Martin Booth, who has worked as a journalist and copywriter, but traditional clients are turning to large language models to draft their copy nowadays? An answer emerges during the conversation. Summary of Podcast The rise of AI copywriting Martin shares his…
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#514 Ash Seddeek - Executive Greatness
Where does Executive Greatness come from? By helping executives, founders, and leadership teams communicate with conviction, clarity, and presence. Ash is the Founder & CEO of the Executive Greatness Institute, where he has coached leaders at Cisco, Uber, Google, HPE, and Sprinklr to deliver...
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#513 John McClarey - Dragon's Den
With a Dragon's Den appearance being released the day before we release this podcast, we wanted our returning guest, John McClarey, on Business Fives to explain the process. Summary of Podcast Key Takeaways Dragon's Den Appearance: Business Fives will appear on Dragon's Den (Feb 19, BBC) after...
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#512 - Marc Walton - Forex Mentor
Marc Walton is a Professional Forex Mentor and Trader, and ex-fund manager, who has been working in the finance industry for over 25+ years. He started FMP in 2008 and mentors students on how to trade professionally. He retired from full-time trading in spring 2020 and now focuses on running…
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#511 - Bill Squires - What Challenges Do Business Owners Face?
Business Owners have plenty of challenges. We thought it would be helpful to invite Bill Squires to share his knowledge of those challenges, and more importantly, what to do about them in the next 100 days. Bill has a keen eye for commerce and finances. He wants to help individuals, teams, and...
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#510 - Dave Rogers - Beyond The Business
Beyond the Business creator Dave Rogers, is also known as ‘The Business Explorer’. He's a previous TEDx Speaker, an award-winning Business Consultant, Coach and Author. For 30 years, he's been using that curiosity to help businesses tackle challenges. On top of that, Dave’s not your typical...
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#509 - Daniella Paolozzi - Handwritten Post
If you’ve ever Googled handwritten post in the UK and then had a small financial wobble at the prices, you’re not alone. Daniella Paolozzi is proud to be a female leader of her handwritten marketing business. Choosing to market using handwritten post does not have to be a luxury beyond your...
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#508 - Faiza Patan - From Student to AI Engineer
Faiza has gone from Student to AI Engineer, developing valuable solutions for MicroYES and Finely Fettled clients. Her skills include AWS, Linux, and DevOps. She hails from Southern India and will complete her MSc in International Management at York St John University in early 2026. She is...
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#507 - Holly Golebiowski - Business Coaching
Business Coaching of mid to upper-level management, high-potential leaders, and struggling leaders is Holly Golebiowski's focus in her coaching practice. Summary of Podcast Introductions and small talk The participants - Kevin, Graham, and Holly - greet each other and engage in some casual...
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#506 - Ziv Raviv - Micro Niche Podcasts
Ziv Raviv's Micro Niche Podcasts model combines coaching with a full marketing agency (logo design, copywriting, web dev), delivering tangible results and justifying higher fees. Micro-Niche Strategy: Focus on a highly specific niche (3k–20k people) for rapid market entry. The small size enables...
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#505 - Lisa Clements - Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor, Lisa Clements from Kansas joins The Next 100 Days podcast to talk about marketing herself as a financial advisor to single women executives. Summary of Podcast Introductions and Casual Conversation Graham and Kevin welcome Lisa, a financial advisor from Kansas City, to the Next...
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#504 - Dr Fred Moss - Mental Health
Mental health expert Dr Fred Moss joins The Next 100 Days podcast to talk about being an un-doctor. Summary of Podcast Introductions and Banter Kevin and Graham introduce their guest, Dr. Fred Moss, a psychiatrist who refers to himself as the "un-doctor". They engage in some lighthearted banter...
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#503 - Hugh Massie - DNA Behavior
DNA Behavior CEO Hugh Massie joins The Next 100 Days podcast to talk about how he is set to transform the way behavioural data can transform financial and sales performance. Summary of Podcast Introductions and banter Graham and Kevin welcome Hugh Massie, the founder of DNA Behavior, to the...
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#502 - Rebecca Irey - Wealth Management
This podcast discusses alternative ways to wealth management. Rebecca Irey from Austin, Texas, joins to share how she sets people free with generational wealth creation. A fascinating podcast. Summary of Podcast Casual conversation about England, Ireland, and immigration The discussion begins…
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#501 - Nikola Jakic - Compass AI
Financial Intelligence. Nikola Jakic from Compass App AI combines your financial data with context to give you confident decision-making. Summary of Podcast Introductions and background Kevin and Graham introduce themselves and welcome their guest Nikola Jakic. Nikola is the founder of a…
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#500 - John Bush - Answer Engine Optimisation
John Bush has created a way for businesses to be seen by Large Language Models called Answer Engine Optimisation. Summary of Podcast Podcast milestone and background Kevin and Graham discuss reaching their 500th episode of The Next 100 Days podcast. They reflect on their journey over the past 10...
About this show
The Next 100 Days Podcast is a leading UK business show. Through this podcast, Kevin and Graham reveal strategies you can use to improve your business and take it to the next level. In addition to featuring their own advice, Kevin and Graham host amazing guests from across the business world. Often the guests are successful, but lesser-known business owners and entrepreneurs, enabling the show to bring fresh content and stand out from many of the US based business shows.
Graham and Kevin believe that business change comes about when a business owner focusses on just one thing that will make a real difference to his business. That might be product development, a new product launch or a marketing campaign. Focussing for less than 100 days, or focussing on too many things generally won't deliver the results you need, Equally, its difficult to maintain effective focus for much longer than 100 days without re-assessing priorities.
The Next 100 Days Podcast is your
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