Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business
The Next Biz Thing is a podcast that delves deeper into the next businesses that will disrupt the way industries function. We showcase the face of the future in each and every episode. It is the innovators and the disruptors from across the globe, as well as the exclusive insights into what they went through and the solutions that they came up with. Next Biz Thing is a podcast where we dive deeper than the surface level to discuss the next wave of businesses that will revolutionize the way a particular industry functions. We bring you the face of the...
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Next Biz Thing #399 qualevita.nl
<p>Qualevita https://qualevita.nl</p><p>This episode looks at Qualevita, a prevention and longevity company founded in Belgium in 2011 by Tatiana Bakunina with the support of Dr. Thierry Hertoghe. Now operating across London, Brussels, Andorra, Barcelona and the Netherlands, and working with clients from more than thirty five countries, the company builds personalised programmes around detailed analysis rather than generic advice. Markus explores their four pillar approach, why measurement has to come before any plan, and what changes when people stop guessing how they feel and start knowing where they stand.</p><p>Here is something strange about...
Next Biz Thing #398 qms2go.com
<p>QMS2GO https://qms2go.com</p><p>This episode looks at QMS2GO, an AI powered quality management platform built for small and mid sized manufacturers working toward ISO 9001 certification. Founded in Ruston, Louisiana in late 2023, the company replaces spreadsheets, shared drives and disconnected tools with a single audit ready system that links receiving inspection, supplier records, calibration, nonconformances and corrective actions automatically. Markus explores why handoff failures cause most quality problems, how more than ninety AI functions compress months of consulting work into weeks, and why flat pricing rather than per seat pricing matters. Worth a listen...
Next Biz Thing #397 thebean.ai
<p>TheBean https://thebean.ai</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing looks at TheBean, an AI fitness coaching platform built by a small team in Lithuania and used by people around the world. Markus J. Diplama explores why most fitness apps track everything and still leave people stuck, and how TheBean answers the simpler question of what to do next by adapting the plan as life gets in the way. The episode covers the free calculators and exercise database, the company values, and what this approach signals about where consumer AI is heading. Well worth a listen.<...
Next Biz Thing #396 goldstube-goldankauf-muenchen.de
<p>Schützen Goldstube https://www.goldstube-goldankauf-muenchen.de/uhren-ankauf-muenchen/</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing visits Munich to look at Schützen Goldstube, a family run precious metals dealer on Schützenstraße that has turned transparency into its main competitive advantage. Markus J. Diplama examines how on-the-spot, no-cost alloy testing anchored to the daily gold rate removes the information gap that has long troubled this trade, and explores the firm’s serious luxury watch specialism covering Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier and others, plus commission sales, repairs, private consultation rooms for larger transactions and home visits. A though...
Next Biz Thing #395 scrums.com
<p>Scrums.com https://www.scrums.com</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing turns its attention to Scrums.com, a Software Engineering Orchestration Platform that has spent fourteen years working on why software delivery remains so unpredictable. Markus J. Diplama walks through how the company unifies AI engineering agents, managed delivery squads, pre-vetted talent across more than a hundred technology stacks, cloud provisioning and DORA based analytics into one system, and why its outcomes based billing model signals real confidence. The episode also looks at the company’s African delivery hubs and what its approach suggests about th...
Next Biz Thing #394 diagnostikzentrum-wolfsburg.de
<p>Diagnostikzentrum Radiologie Wolfsburg https://www.diagnostikzentrum-wolfsburg.de</p><p>This episode travels to Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony to meet a physician led radiology practice that pairs advanced diagnostic imaging with unusually human care. Markus explores how Diagnostikzentrum Radiologie Wolfsburg combines radiation free MRT, low dose CT, digital X ray and three dimensional mammography with preventive prostate and whole body scans, plus image guided treatments such as periradicular therapy. The conversation looks at short waiting times, transparent procedures and the explanatory videos that dissolve patient anxiety before an appointment even begins. Anyone curious about where modern diagnostics meets genuine patient...
Next Biz Thing #393 labrynth.ai
<p>Labrynth https://www.labrynth.ai/</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing looks at Labrynth, a RegTech platform built to turn regulatory complexity into a competitive advantage rather than a cost of doing business. Markus J. Diplama walks through the Regulatory Intelligence Engine and the Red Tape Index, the agentic workflows behind faster submissions, and why a system that serves regulators as well as the enterprises submitting to them changes the incentives entirely. The conversation spans eight regulated domains, from construction permitting and energy licensing to pensions, patents and supply chain, and asks what happens to competition...
Next Biz Thing #392 vietnamsolar.vn
<p>Vietnam Solar https://vietnamsolar.vn/</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing travels to Vietnam to look at Vietnam Solar, an official solar equipment distributor and EPC contractor operating across the country since 2018. Markus J. Diplama explores why Vietnam is one of the best placed countries on earth for solar generation, what it means for one company to handle both equipment supply and installation engineering, and how their ESCO financing model removes the upfront cost barrier that stops most businesses from going solar. Worth a listen for anyone curious about how the energy transition actually happens on...
Next Biz Thing #391 intercompanysolutions.com
<p>Intercompany Solutions https://www.intercompanysolutions.com</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing visits Intercompany Solutions, a Rotterdam based firm that incorporates Dutch BV companies for international entrepreneurs in three to five business days, entirely remotely. Markus J. Diplama walks through why the Netherlands is such a strategic entry point into the European market, what a Dutch BV actually gives a founder, and why keeping incorporation, accounting, tax, compliance and payroll under one integrated team matters so much when you are operating from another country. A useful listen for anyone weighing a European base for their business.<...
Next Biz Thing #390 icspayroll.com
<p>ICS Payroll https://www.icspayroll.com</p><p>This episode of The Next Biz Thing looks at ICS Payroll, a Rotterdam based specialist helping international companies hire and employ people in the Netherlands without setting up a local entity. Markus J. Diplama explores their Employer of Record model, forty eight hour onboarding for EU and EEA nationals, thirty percent ruling tax optimisation, skilled migrant sponsorship, and the Dutch compliance details that regularly catch foreign employers out. He also looks at why a small, specialised team with a labour lawyer in house can deliver something the big global payroll platforms...
