The #WhatsNext Podcast
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The #WHATSNEXT Podcast is a life changing resource that you can use to make huge impact in your business & life! Hosted by Chartered Accountants, Luke Kemeys & Phillip Smith. With these two leading the charge, there is no doubt that you'll find a heap of value and a non jargon approach to business. Consider nextAdvisory as the value library for business resources. Listen to find out #WhatsNext for your business.Grab our free business planning template our most successful client's use:https://nextadvisory.nzWant to book a call with us to discuss your business? Folow the link below:https://nextadvisory.nz...
Episodes(40 episodes)
The 4 Negotiation Levers When Buying A Business
When buying a business, there's four key negotiation levers you can pull on to make sure you find a price right for your circumstances. Today, Phil's diving into what they and how you can use them to better negotiate when buying a business.If you are looking to buy a business, book a call with Phil first: https://calendly.com/philsmith/
Published: Sep 10, 2026Duration: 8m 3s
Ep 586 - South Island Outperforming The North Island (Kiwibank Data)
Kiwibank have come out with a new report on how business owners are feeling in the different regions and its showing the south island is far outperforming the north island, today we're diving into what that means and what you can do with the info. If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Sep 6, 2026Duration: 31m 26s
What Kiwi Business Owners Are Actually Worried About
In the final installment of this series, we're diving into the survey responses of 123 New Zealand business owners to find out what they're actually worried about. If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Sep 3, 2026Duration: 13m 55s
Ep 585 - The Reality Of Growing An ICT Business in New Zealand with Christopher Gracie
Christopher Gracie has spent the past four years building his business ProPartner, today we're diving into his journey as a business owner. What drove his decision to go into business, switching from employee to contractor to business owner, and whats worked for him thus far as a business owner. Find Christopher here:https://www.propartner.co.nz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-gracie/ Interested in our Christchurch 'profit & planning' day? Email luke@nextadvisory.nz to secure your spot before it sells out.If you're interested in working together:Visit our...
Published: Aug 30, 2026Duration: 50m 22s
We Asked 123 Business Owners About Their Competitive Advantage: This Is What They Said
Recently we surveyed 123 New Zealand business owners asking them a range of questions, including what they thought their competitive advantage is. Today Im sharing 5 key themes from the survey, and some things to think about when considering your own competitve advantage. If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Aug 27, 2026Duration: 15m 48s
Ep 584 - Why You MUST Understand 'Breakeven' in Business
Understanding breakeven is one of the most important things for you to understand as a business owner, today Phil & Luke are diving into what this number is, what it means and why you need to focus on going beyond breakeven. Interested in our Christchurch 'profit & planning' day? Email luke@nextadvisory.nz to secure your spot before it sells out.If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Aug 23, 2026Duration: 33m 25s
The 5 Most Common Limiting Beliefs in Business Owners
Another installment of our recent series going through data we've surveyed from 123 New Zealand business owners, this time looking at limiting beliefs people hold that hold them back. Once you understand what these are, it gives you the ability to work through them and eventually overcome them. Hope this episode helps!If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Aug 20, 2026Duration: 20m 37s
EP 583 - How To Know If Your Business Is Doing 'Well' In New Zealand
It can be easy to fall into the comparison trap these days, whether that be on social media or simply the business owner up the road from you. But what you see externally can often be decieving, they may look like they're doing well publicly when behind the scenes it's falling to pieces. This leaves you thinking you're not doing as well because you're comparing the full reality of your own situation, to the highlights someone else is sharing. So today, we're diving into signs that show your business is doing well, and if you aren't ticking off t...
Published: Aug 16, 2026Duration: 36m 12s
We Helped 20 NZ Business Owners At Our In Person Event
We recently held our Auckland 'profit and planning day' to help kiwi business owners grow. This is a quick recap of the day with a few lessons from both us and the audience.Next up we're heading to Christchurch in September to do it all again, we're getting close to selling out so if you'd like a spot email luke@nextadvisory.nz to lock it in.
Published: Aug 13, 2026Duration: 10m 59s
EP 582 - Labours New Small Business Tax Changes
Labour have come out with some big changes for small businesses in New Zealand, including changes to the small value asset threshold, how quick larger businesses have to pay invoices and the GST threshold. We dive into what these changes are, but we'd love to hear what you think in the comments!Interested in our Christchurch 'profit & planning' day? Email luke@nextadvisory.nz to secure your spot before it sells out.
Published: Aug 9, 2026Duration: 36m 44s
We Asked 123 Business Owners What They Actually Want From Their Business
We asked 123 small business owners, prior to working with us, what they want out of their business. Today, Im divng into some of the common themes.Apply for the winning formula 12 month business planning: https://nextadvisory.nz/the-winning-formula/If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Aug 6, 2026Duration: 15m 5s
LEAKED: 4 Hour New Zealand Business Consulting Session
Last year I helped a client make their first hire and scale up the profit in their business, through our 90 day business planning program. He's been kind enough to let us film the sessions and make them available to you all to learn from.Find more on Gordon's business here: https://socket.nz/Get our business planning template here: https://nextadvisory.kartra.com/page/businessplanMore information on our 90 day business planning program: https://nextadvisory.nz/90-day-business-planning/Visit our website for more: https://nextadvisory.nz
Published: Aug 4, 2026Duration: 4h 7m 43s
EP 581 - Making Better Decisions With Confidence In Business
Making good decsions is crucial to the success of your business, yet so many business owners lack sometime as fundamental as a decision making framework. Today, we dive into how to make better decisions to grow your business. Interested in our Christchurch profit and planning workshop? Email me luke@nextadvisory.nz for more information and to book your spot. If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Aug 2, 2026Duration: 36m 30s
123 New Zealand Business Owners Reveal Their Biggest Fears
We asked 123 small business owners, prior to working with us, what keeps them up at night, to see what are the real things business owners are struggling with. After crunching the numbers, we've put together this content summarising our findings for you.Apply for the winning formula 12 month business planning: https://nextadvisory.nz/the-winning-formula/If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Jul 30, 2026Duration: 16m 15s
EP 580 - We Taught 20 NZ Business Owners How To Make More Profit (workshop recap)
Recently we hosted a one day in person event helping business owners with their profit & planning.Today, we're diving into some reflections from the event, key learnings and whats coming next.Looking for more clarity and growth in your business? Book a call with us at https://nextadvisory.nzIf you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Jul 26, 2026Duration: 32m 9s
How To Finish 2026 Strong (as a business owner)
We're now slightly past the half way point of 2026, and for you business owners out there this is the chat you need to end the year strong. We've got an election ahead followed by the usual slow down of decision making in December, which means now is when you want to be getting ahead of the game. Hopefully this helps.Apply for the winning formula 12 month business planning: https://nextadvisory.nz/the-winning-formula/If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.c...
Published: Jul 23, 2026Duration: 15m 42s
Ep 579 - Is The New Zealand Economy Finally Recovering?
There's a lot of economic noise out there nowadays, so in this episode we're diving into the reality of whats happening and how the New Zealand economy might just be starting to make a turn for the better.On top of that, we dive into what separates businesses that thrive from those stuck in a race to the bottom.More information on our 90 day business planning program: https://nextadvisory.nz/90-day-business-planning/If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https...
Published: Jul 19, 2026Duration: 35m 18s
If You Want to Grow, Stop Focusing on This (We Had To & Now Turnover $2mil)
Apply for the winning formula 12 month business planning: https://nextadvisory.nz/the-winning-formula/If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Jul 16, 2026Duration: 10m 17s
EP 578 - What Does The OCR Change Mean For Business Owners?
Last Wednesday the reserve bank increased the Official Cash Rate up 25 basis points from 2.25% to 2.50% citing increased inflation and uncertainty. Today we discuss what this means for business owners and what you need to start preparing for so you don't get caught out.Apply for the winning formula 12 month business planning: https://nextadvisory.nz/the-winning-formula/If you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Jul 12, 2026Duration: 16m 23s
You Must Understand These 3 Xero Reports As A Business Owner
Register for the 'know your numbers' training here: https://nextadvisory.kartra.com/checkout/webinarIf you're interested in working together:Visit our website https://nextadvisory.nzLet's connect over a quick call: https://calendly.com/philsmith/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextadvisory.nz/
Published: Jul 9, 2026Duration: 10m 43s