The Business Strategist With Adam Strong

Updated: 04 Dec 2025 • 369 episodes
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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 scaling techniques, this podcast has you covered. With expert interviews, real-world case studies, and a focus on achieving business freedom, the business strategist is your go-to resource for taking your business to the next level. Tune in every week for new episodes designed to inspire, educate, and empower your entrepreneurial journey. Adam's Contact details LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamistrong YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/adamstrong Is your business ready to run without you? Take the 2-minute Exit Readiness Assessment — a fast, strategic scorecard for founders who want to scale, sell, or step back without becoming the bottleneck. Get instant insights across leadership, systems, marketing, and more. Click here to take the assessment: https://readytoexit.scoreapp.com

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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 sp

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What is the real competitive advantage for founders of small and medium sized businesses right now, smarter AI or leaders who know how to be deeply human. In this episode, I sit down with executive coach and former COO Chris March to explore the human edge in an AI world and why treating AI as a shortcut instead of a m

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What if the economy is not the problem? What if your strategy is? I sit down with Dr Rebecca Homkes to blow up the doom narrative and show founders how to grow when everyone else is stuck. We unpack why uncertainty favours the bold, how to swap rigid plans for belief driven preparation, and the simple loops and huddles

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You are not leading. You are firefighting. And it is costing you growth. In this episode I talk about the trap founders fall into when the business starts running them. If you are answering every email, fixing every mistake and your team will not move without you, this is for you. I break down why we slip into reactive

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Culture doesn’t sit on your balance sheet — but it’s the reason some businesses sell for millions more than yours. In this episode I sit down (for the third time!) with WSJ bestselling author Alex Brueckmann to unpack something most founders completely miss in their exit plan: buyers don’t just buy your numbers — they

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The next hire you’re avoiding is costing you millions—and your peace of mind. In this episode, I sit down with Talent Maximizer Roberta Matuson to unpack the real reason founders stall: people. We get honest about 3 a.m. recruitment anxiety, the fear of hiring someone better than you, and the scarcity mindset that keep

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