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The Business Strategist With Adam Strong

The Business Strategist is the ultimate podcast for entrepreneurs, founders and business owners looking to scale, grow, and exit their businesses successfully. Hosted by Adam Strong, an award-winning strategist with over 30 years of industry experience and three times best selling author. Each episode delivers actionable business advice, practical tools, and insights to help you build a thriving enterprise. Whether you want to master leadership, craft a winning exit strategy, or implement proven

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00:24:27

How I'd Build a One Person Business That Runs Without...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/04/16

8 years ago I packed up my life in the UK and moved to Sweden to start a family. I thought my business would run without me. It didn't. Everything fell apart and it forced me to confront something most founders never want to admit. In this episode I'm getting brutally honest about what actually happened, the mindset shifts that changed everything and the three things I'd do differently if I was starting from scratch tomorrow.In this episode I cover:Why moving countries destroyed the business I

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00:17:26

The 5 Lies Business Owners Tell Themselves Before...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/04/09

70% of her revenue was tied to one person. The buyer walked away.I sat across the table from a founder a few months ago. Seven-figure business, great team, 25 years of graft. Within 20 minutes of looking under the hood, I had to tell her the business was essentially worthless to a buyer. Not because the numbers were bad — because she was the business.When the buyer dug into due diligence, they discovered 75% of the revenue was tied to her personal relationships. The deal collapsed. And the worst

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01:03:33

How Purpose Drives Profit and Exit Value

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/04/02

Blockbuster asked how do we make more money. Netflix asked how do we give people better entertainment. One question built an empire. The other killed one. So which question is your business asking right now?In this episode I sit down with Lisa Earle McLeod, the woman who literally wrote the book on purpose driven business. She's worked with Google, Hilton and some of the smartest founders on the planet and what she told me completely flipped how I think about profit, purpose and why so many business

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00:46:36

Your Identity Is Your Last Competitive Advantage

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/03/26

What if the real reason your business is stalling has nothing to do with your strategy?I sat down with Michael King, executive coach, keynote speaker and recording artist with over 100 published songs. The leaders he works with, the ones hitting burnout, losing sales and watching their teams fall apart, they all share the same root problem. And it's not what you think. Michael has spent close to 20 years coaching high performing entrepreneurs and top level executives, and he's built a framework

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01:07:29

Mergers and Acquisitions for Dummies: How to Buy or...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/03/19

Less Than 18% of Businesses Ever Sell. Will Yours Be One of Them?I sat down with Bill Snow, a 30 year veteran of mergers and acquisitions, author of Mergers and Acquisitions for Dummies, and someone who has been in the trenches of hundreds of deals across multiple industries. What he told me completely changed how I think about buying and selling businesses. If you are planning an exit or looking to make your first acquisition, this one is not to be missed.5 Reasons To ListenThe hidden deal killers

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72:08

The 24 Year Old Who Built a £1M LinkedIn Agency From £18

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/03/12

What if two broke brothers with just £18 between them could build a multi-million pound agency in under three years, almost entirely through LinkedIn?I sat down with Niall Ratcliffe, 24, who along with his brother Morgan did exactly that, starting from a spare room in Burnley with no investors, no fancy degree and no safety net. In this episode Niall pulls back the curtain on the exact LinkedIn strategies the fastest growing B2B brands in Europe are quietly using behind the scenes, and nobody is

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67:20

Unlock Your Leadership Archetype: The Key To Driving...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/03/05

Have you ever noticed how your leadership style flips under pressure—sometimes you micromanage, sometimes you retreat, sometimes you charge ahead like you're putting out fires? That reaction isn’t random. It’s driven by an invisible operating system that's been with you since birth. In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Rory Kilmartin—relationship researcher and founder of the Archetypal Relationship Academy to explore a groundbreaking framework for decoding human behaviour through four

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25:33

The LinkedIn Top Voice Badge Is A Lie (Here's What...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/02/26

The LinkedIn Top Voice badge is the most addictive distraction on the platform. The real question is how much time, energy and opportunity have you already lost chasing it?I held the LinkedIn Top Voice badge for over two years and recently lost it. My first reaction? It felt like my credibility had been stripped away overnight. But then something unexpected happened. My business grew. Better clients, more conversations, more revenue. So I started asking myself whether being part of the top

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79:19

How to Build an Uncopyable Business No One Can...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/02/19

What if the reason you are not growing has nothing to do with your product and everything to do with the fact you sound like every other business in your space?In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Les Evans, who I have called the marketing disruptor for years. He has spent two decades transforming misfits, mavericks and outsiders into businesses that cannot be duplicated. We unpack why most founders have nothing new to say, why shouting louder is not the solution, and how one small

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42:36

More Connected, More Lonely: The Leadership Crisis No...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/02/12

Why are we buried in Slack messages and back-to-back Zooms but feeling lonelier than ever? Dr. Michelle K. Johnston just co-wrote a book with Marshall Goldsmith that exposes the hidden crisis destroying teams—and it starts with you.Dr. Michelle K. Johnston's back with a warning: we're going down a dark path. She just co-wrote The Seismic Shift in You with legendary executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, and they reckon most leaders are sleepwalking into disaster. This isn't about work-life balance

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66:43

The Hero Trap: Why You Are The Problem

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/02/05

What if the thing making you feel most needed in your business is actually the thing stopping it from growing?I sit down with Bill Flynn, someone who's survived IPOs, acquisitions and proper business chaos, to unpack the hero trap. If you're the one who fixes everything, closes every deal and makes every decision, this one's for you. It feels productive. It feels like leadership. But it quietly turns you into the bottleneck. We talk about why leaders default back to control mode when pressure

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45:40

The HR Lie Founders Keep Buying That Stalls Growth

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/01/29

Most founders are wasting a fortune on tools promising to shift the needle but instead it is quietly killing their growth.This episode exposes why personality testing, competency models, and culture fit interviews often fail and what to replace them with if you want a team that actually delivers. In this episode, I sit down with Barry Wolfe, an HR veteran with 30 years in the trenches helping founders and CEOs solve the people problems that stall growth. We go beyond generic HR and get into why

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36:29

How To Break Stagnation and Drive Fast Growth

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/01/22

Let’s be real for a second: Law school, the accounting bodies, the professional exams they never actually taught you how to run a business. They taught you how to be a technician.Now, you’re stuck in the trading time for money trap, thinking that being hardworking and professional gives you an edge over the competition. It doesn't. That’s just the baseline. In 2026, relying on those standards is the quickest way to get left behind. I joined Dan Warburton to talk about the shift from being a

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55:52

The Relationship Recession: Why “Fine” is Killing...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/01/15

Fine is the most expensive word in your business.When your team tells you they’re fine, they aren’t being polite. They’re checking out. We’re in a Relationship Recession, and it’s the silent tax stripping productivity, slowing decisions, and shaving value off your company from the inside. In this episode, I sit down with Morag Barrett, leadership expert, member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, and the person CEOs call when trust is breaking and performance is slipping. Morag explains

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39:53

Your Hustle Is Killing Your Metabolic Health

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/01/08

I spent years chasing the myth that the harder you work the bigger the rewards. I was obsessed with growing my company to find freedom but it was a failed experiment. My business was scaling while my body was screaming a question I could not answer: how long can you actually sustain this for? I was winning on paper but my biology was being liquidated behind the scenes. Can you relate?I used to treat my health like a cost centre I could manage after the next milestone. In this episode I sit down

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22:11

2026 Business Trends: My Strategy for Winning the...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2026/01/01

Stop planning for 2026. If you are still preparing for the future, you have already been overtaken by those of us who are already living in it. Most people are waiting for a signal to move, but I am already executing the plays that will define the next twelve months. I am not here to give you a forecast; I am here to give you the exact moves I am using to dominate while everyone else is still waking up. The gap between the leaders and the crowd is widening, and the old rules of growth are

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65:17

The M&A Playbook: Navigating the Identity Crisis...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2025/12/25

The deal closes. The champagne goes flat. And suddenly you're staring in the mirror wondering who the hell you are anymore. Your company's gone. Your title means nothing. The identity you wore for a decade has been stripped away. Did you just make the biggest mistake of your life?I sat down with Jennifer Fondrevay, the M&A Whisperer who's lived through three multi-billion-pound acquisitions and consulted with over 60 CEOs on the hidden psychology of business exits. As a best-selling author and

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62:38

How to Buy Your Competitor with Zero Money Down

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2025/12/18

What if you could eliminate your biggest competitor without spending a penny upfront? While most business owners throw money at marketing and AI tools, there's a silent weapon hiding in plain sight: buying the competition that's stealing your clients.In this episode, I’m joined by Jeremy Harbour, Wall Street Journal bestselling author and founder of The Harbour Club. We get practical about growing through acquisitions by buying your competitor. We talk about why so many owner run businesses

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14:22

Stop Writing Content, Start Positioning: How to...

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2025/12/11

Stop feeding the content monster. LinkedIn doesn’t reward volume; it rewards positioning.If you are a founder with decades of experience but your posts are being ignored, the problem isn’t the algorithm. It is your structure. You don’t need 100,000 followers to dominate your niche; you need a framework that turns your specific life experience into a strategic asset. In this episode, I am handing you the blueprint to my personal content strategy. This isn't theory; it is the exact methodology

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56:44

How To Use Licensing To Scale Your Business

The Business Strategist With Adam Strong ·

2025/12/04

What if the fastest way to scale this year is to stop selling your time and let other people sell your method for you?If your calendar is full, your revenue is capped and you think another course or mastermind is the answer, this episode will flip that thinking on its head. In this episode I sit down with licensing specialist April Beach to unpack how to scale by letting other companies pay to use your intellectual property. We break down what licensing really is, when you are ready for it and

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