The #WhatsNext Podcast
Episodes
Ep 485 - Who’s On Your Team?
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It can be tempting to take advice from all over the place, but it’s important to pause and consider where that advice might lead you. In this podcas...
Ep 484 - Are Your Revenue Targets for 2026 Financial Year Realistic?
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of year when people set ambitious revenue targets for the 2026 financial year, but often struggle to back up how they came up with th...
Ep 483 - Don't Ask, Don't Get
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The economy has shifted, and we’re seeing more businesses and clients making bold asks, and getting yeses. In this podcast, we’ll share real examp...
Ep 482 - What Will a One-Term Government Mean for SMEs?
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a lot of talk right now about the possibility of a one-term government, and business owners are already wondering what that could mean if th...
Ep 481 - Technology Hacks For Staff
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As you grow your team, it's important to have the right support in place so you don’t waste time stressing over employee processes. In this podcast...
Ep 480 - Kickstart Your Wealth In 2025- Investing Hacks w Linus Field
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to start 2025 right and take control of your financial future? From compounding growth to investment hacks and beyond, this podcast will help yo...
Ep 479 - Should You File Your Own GST Return?
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it worth having your accountant handle your GST return, or could you simply do it yourself? Doing it on your own might save you money and seem easi...
Ep 478 - All Of Our Free nextAdvisory Resources
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have a massive collection of free resources available to you, including business planning templates, a Skool group, home office templates, and a co...
Ep 477 - Why nextAdvisory? | The Work We Do & Why We Do It
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we will toot our own horn and walk you through the key services we provide for clients. We’ll share why hundreds of businesses in N...
Ep 476 - Don’t Make This Financial Mistake
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before making any major financial decision, whether it’s hiring, launching a new product, or taking on a new lease, make sure you fully understand y...
Ep 475 - Why To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, a new business owner asked us how to stop comparing themselves to their competitors. This is a common challenge we discuss with business own...
Ep 474 - Getting Ready For Year End 🥵
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is the most wonderful time of the year...year end.It is nearly that time of year again when accountants need to complete a set of accounts to keep...
Ep 473 - Why Personal Brands Win (And Everyone Else Gets Left Behind) w Stanley Henry (AttentionSeeker.co.nz)
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This man knows how to get attention and turn it into serious business growth. In just 6 years, Stanley Henry has built The Attention Seeker from 0 to ...
Ep 472 - Before You Sell Your Business
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve recently had several conversations with business owners considering selling all or part of their business. In this podcast, we’ll walk you t...
Ep 471 - Invest In Yourself Or Vehicles?
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often speak with business owners who struggle with the decision of whether investing in themselves is a good use of money. We also hear similar con...
Ep 470 - Business Is Only 11 Months Of The Year
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all know the country basically shuts down for an entire month each year. It’s essential to keep this in mind when planning your business and prep...
Ep 469 - Let The Past Data Do The Deciding (Data Hacks)
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've had several recent conversations with clients who are analyzing past data to anticipate trends in their industry and the economy. By doing so, t...
Ep 468 - A 0.5% OCR Shock Orr As Expected? What It Means
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Reserve Bank has decreased the official cash rate by 0.5% as expected, and many people are getting excited about the possibility of further intere...
Ep 467 - Your Questions Re Buying A Business
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am again joined by my business partner Phil Smith from nextAdvisory.nz who has advised countless potential business buyers (and sell...
Ep 466 - What Work NOT To Do! (Exercise)
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often advise clients and business owners to avoid tasks they know, deep down, they shouldn’t be doing. Here are some ways to identify work that m...
Ep 465 - The Basics Of Buying A Business
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You asked for it so here it is. Ever wondered about buying a business? Here’s some of the basic! A heads up, it’s a foreign language when you get ...
Ep 464 - What We Are Seeing Out There - Early Feb 2025
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well we are now 5 weeks into the new calendar year and we have had a chance to speak to a lot of clients across a lot of different industries. We are ...
Ep 463 - Biggest Business Opportunities Of 2025?
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We recently explored the biggest challenges for business owners in 2025, and now it’s time to focus on the opportunities ahead. Opportunities can of...
Ep 462 - 1 On 1 Know Your Numbers
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024 we took a number of 'Know Your Numbers' sessions with clients to help dig into what was happening in their business and their finances. We’l...
Ep 461 - Biggest Business Challenges Of 2025
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We asked you what you saw as your biggest challenges in business for 2025, and you answered. In this podcast, we go over some of your responses and sh...
Ep 460 - Hidden Business Costs Revealed
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In business we have to make major financial decisions and we will take you through a number of these and get you thinking about the cost that are asso...
Ep 459 - What Not To Do In 2025
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we will remind you of some of the things you should not do in 2025 so that you can get a jump on others and ensure that you continue ...
Ep 458 - We Survived Til 25, So Ahhh, Now What?
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the new year, what an exciting time of year that it always is. In this podcast, we explore how to maintain the hunger for the rest of the c...
Ep 457 - Provisional Tax 15th January
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before you make payment for provisional tax on January 15th, make sure you check out this podcast to get a better understanding of how it all works. ...
Throwback | Ep 113 - Focus - Tips & Tricks
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Are you finding yourself constantly getting distracted? In toda...
Throwback | Ep 99 - Doing Things You Don't Want To Do - Why It's Important
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.In today's episode, Luke and Phil talk about the importance of ...
Throwback | Ep 89 - Referrals | Asking For 1 Or 100?
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.In today's episode, we're discussing thinking outside the box w...
Ep 456 - GDP Shock No One Saw Coming
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merry Christmas, everybody! We hope you had an amazing 2024.In this podcast, we're going to explore the data that has finally backed up what many of y...
Ep 455 - Get A Cleaner. Here's Why!
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This could be your permission to finally get a cleaner for your house. This podcast is designed to get you thinking about the task that you don't need...
Ep 454 - The Simple Sales Salad
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to think about simplifying your sales process so that you can make more money in 2025 and beyond. In this podcast, we will go through some e...
Ep 453 - Scaling To $1,000,000: Tips & Tricks
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We recently saw a post on LinkedIn about tips on scaling up to a $1 million turnover well. We give our thoughts on this after doing it ourselves and g...
Ep 452 - Can You See These Opportunities In Your Business?
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is no secret that it is very tough and tricky out there at the moment but that doesn't mean that there aren't opportunities that you can be focusin...
Throwback | Ep 79 - Is More Profit Worth The Tax You Pay?
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Accountants or radio hosts? Luke and Phil are back on the mics ...
Ep 451 - How To Take Payment On Your Phone
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Its never been easier to collect cash in your business but too many business owners ignore the tools that are right in front of them. In this podcast,...
Ep 450 - When/Will The IRD Call?
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The IRD is increasing its activity in terms of enforcement for overdue tax arrears. In this podcast were going to through what you need to be thinking...
Throwback | Ep 77 - Entertainment | What Can You Claim?
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Work hard, play hard, and decrease your taxable earnings! In t...
Ep 449 - Sentiment Vs Data
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are starting to hear a lot of business owners say that they feel like things are picking up, that it seems like their business is going to get busi...
Ep 448 - Insights: Know Your #'s Session
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We recently hosted business owners in the office to go through different sets of financials and teach them about reading these and the things that the...
Throwback | Ep 74 - Will Property Tax Changes Lead To House Prices Rising?
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Do the new property tax changes have you confused? In today's e...
Ep 447 - A Business Plan For 2025
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's nearly the time of the year to start getting excited about what you are going to achieve in the next calendar year. We are here to give you some ...
Ep 446 - Fix Personal Problems To Fix Business Problems
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We often say that people take their personal standards into their business and create their business standards this way. This can be great but it can ...
Ep 445 - Will They Tax Your Crypto? (Yes!)
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cryptocurrency seems to be on a run again and that has everybody refreshing the bitcoin price to see how much it has gone up. In this podcast, we go t...
Ep 444 - Your Biggest Business Problem? We Asked You
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently we asked business owners for their biggest pain points, here is a look at a few of their answers as of October 2024. Hopefully some of our re...
Throwback | Ep 70 - Do You Need To Go To University To Run A Business?
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful."C.A is life" "I am a hero" - Just a few phrases Phil used to s...
Ep 443 - What Will Unemployment Be In 2027?
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unemployment has now risen to 4.8% and continues its rise. We take a look at what it is expected to get to and when it is expected to get down to the ...
Ep 442 - Tech Stack Analysis Paralysis
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are often asked what is the best tech solution for [Insert problem here] and the answer is there is that there is never a best answer because thing...
Throwback | Ep 62 - How Not To Blame, Make Excuses & Deny
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Starting off this podcast with Phil spitting out his water... l...
Ep 441 - The Basics Of Marketing Your Business Well
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marketing; we all love it or hate it. Some of us are scared about putting ourselves out there or we love the thought of people wanting to buy from us....
Ep 440 - OCR Chopped AGAIN, So Whats Next?
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Oor has again cut the official cash rate and many people around the country including business owners are getting excited about what this could...
Throwback | Ep 50 - 5 Lessons From a Day with Brendan Lindsay
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Find out some our learnings from Brendan Lindsay, creator of Si...
Ep 439 - Cashflow Management 101 - Q's From You
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/nextadvisory-business-basics-5934/aboutThis is a question from the nextAdvisory Skool community, if you would l...
Ep 438 - Is Insurance In NZ Worth It Anymore? w Johny Winstone (Insurance Market)
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is Insurance In NZ Worth It Anymore? w Johny Winstone (Insurance Market) The cost of insurance has been climbing and many people are thinking about...
Ep 437 - Phil Returns From The USA
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are back in town and back on the podcast microphone. Hopefully, you haven't missed us. We go through some of Phil's observations and lessons ...
Throwback | Ep 24 - What is Working Capital?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Working Capital! What the hell is that?? Capital that is used w...
Ep 436 - Are Airpoints For Average Thinkers?
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yet again there is another scheme to help you 'win' when it comes to business and that is to spend more money in order to earn more points so you can ...
Throwback | Ep 14 - Celebrity Service
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Is it possible that you would treat a celebrity different to yo...
How To Really KNOW Your Numbers
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Secure a ticket here: https://nextadvisory.kartra.com/checkout/webinarIf you want to get a better understanding of your numbers, this is for you. Plea...
Ep 435 - Accrual Vs Cash Accounting - MUST Understand
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we will take you through some accounting lessons to help you understand how accounting works. Don't switch off because you must und...
Throwback | Ep 362 - Back To Basics in 2024
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Well it's here, a new year and for a lot of us that will start ...
Ep 434 - Christmas Is Coming
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It won't be long before Santa is here, which means Christmas parties, Christmas offers, and Christmas events. Let's jump on it and think about what we...
Ep 433 - Phil Is Going On Holiday FINALLY!
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After seven years Phil is finally taking a break and going to the great country of America to cast his vote in the upcoming election. You may notice a...
Throwback | Ep 299 - Business Planning - Time To Get Serious
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.We appreciate your feedback from the last pod and have taken it...
Ep 432 - Insights From Prov Tax 28th August
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first provisional tax payment of the 31 March 2025 financial year has been and gone and we take you through some of the insights that we noticed f...
Ep 431 - Start, Scale & Sell - a Kiwi SME Success Story w Henry & Jack Double Yolk
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
0 to 100 real quick, literally. Learn from 2 lads who scaled a business from 0 to 100 staff and then sold it. It can be done. They take us through the...
Throwback | Ep 280 - The Collapse Of Construction
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.We are seeing more and more cases of strain in the construction...
Ep 430 - Are You Broke Busy?
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hear it all the time—people are busy, but the money isn't coming in. How is it possible to be so busy yet not see the financial rewards? In this ...
Ep 429 - Business Confidence Is BACK!
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Latest survey from ANZ suggests that business confidence has been at its highest over the last 10 years. We dig into the data to determine if it i...
Throwback | Ep 291 - There’s Never Been a Better Time For a Recession
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Can you remember when the last recession was? Realistically mos...
Ep 428 - Selling Baby Sleep Secrets To The World w Luke Snedden (LittleOnes.co)
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I want more Kiwi to understand that their knowledge can be exported. You can package your knowledge and sell globally, earning different currency and ...
Ep 427 - Money Month: Pause, Get Sorted
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Money Month is a public awareness and engagement campaign coordinated by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission, in partnership with the financial ca...
Throwback | Ep 306 - The recession is finally here
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.It is finally confirmed that we are in a recession by the bares...
Ep 426 - Recession Lessons From The Elders
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are gonna take you through some lessons from highly respected business people who have been through recessions previously and share their lessons f...
Ep 425 - Listen To This When You’re About To Quit
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been about to quit? Haven’t we all? We tell a tale of a business owner on the edge who was ready to throw it all in. Before they did they asked...
Throwback | The 'New Normal' Webinar
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.It's no secret that the economy is shaky out there.Just because...
Ep 424 - Cut Cut Cut! Shock OCR Drop (Live From Soulless Bar)
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well the official cash rate has finally had its first cut in over four years. We dig into what could be behind this shortcut and what it might mean fo...
Ep 423 - Working Capital - Why Is It So Important?
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We aren’t talking Wellington in this one. Working capital is about cash. CASH! Moving through your business. We discuss why understanding the workin...
Throwback | Ep 315 - 50% Of You Aren't Paying Yourself, WTF!!
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Recent data from Xero reveals that many small business owners a...
Ep 422 - Why Are you In Business?
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know why you are doing it? What got you into business in the first place? Is your business looking like that today? We find that business owner...
Ep 421 - The Biggest Problem In Your Business
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another smack in the face as a business owner because we are about to reveal to you the bigger problem in your business and you may no...
Throwback | Ep 323 - 140 Opportunities in This Recession
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.We asked business owners what 1 specific opportunity was that t...
Ep 420 - What Is The Role Of Your Accountant?
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a big difference between a book keeper, an accountant and an advisor. In this podcast we will run you through those differences so that you c...
Ep 419 - Want To Buy A Commercial Building?
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever thought about buying a commercial building here are some of the questions to think about before going away and looking at it. It should...
Throwback | Ep 330 - Life changing - 8. Calculated Risk Taking
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.In the eighth of our 10 part series of looking at what makes an...
Ep 418 - Who's Got YOUR Money?
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The All Blacks could sell out Eden Park ahead of time. The Warriors only took 17 minutes to sell out a flight to Vegas. So what are you doing to find ...
Ep 417 - Help: Crowdfunding A Game Changer w Alli from Sharenanigans.co.nz
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alli Kennedy is on a mission to help everyday Kiwis be educated on investing. She has created a board game for people to play to learn more about inve...
Throwback | Ep 346 - Debt Can Be Your Friend
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Debt it isn't always bad and in this podcast we will give you s...
Ep 416 - From 1 Staff Member to 36 - The Story Of Hire a Housewife
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We check in with Natasha from Hire a Housewife (https://www.hireahousewife.co.nz/) to discuss what she has learnt growing her business from 1 staff me...
Throwback | Ep 328 - When The Plan Ain't Working
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Right now a lot of business owners are actually doing all the r...
Ep 415 - The Most Common Business Mistakes
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many businesses in NZ fail. How come? Tune in to find out as we discuss some of the common things that tip a NZ business over. Learn from other people...
Ep 414 - Shareholder Current Accounts Explained
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder what the hell your accountant is talking about when they mentioned the shareholder's current account? In this pod, we will take you throug...
Throwback | Ep 311 - Get F@4k!n Known!!!
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.Now is the time to capture attention and plant yourself is the ...
Ep 413 - How Will You Retire?
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 1st of July in Australia employees and employers were forced to put more into their superannuation, which got us thinking about retirement here...
Ep 412 - Secrets To Minimise Your Tax
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone hates tax, right? Or they pretend they love it but secretly try and minimise it. Whatever your thoughts are on tax, here are some ways to kee...
Throwback | Ep 327 - Valuing a Business
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-release of an earlier podcast that other listeners have found very useful.There are many ways to value a business and in this podcast we ...
Ep 412 - The NZX Hack You Can Use
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently when talking with a client we uncovered a good hack that any SME in New Zealand could use and it involves the best and biggest businesses in ...