Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business cover art

Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business

Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business

By: Markus J. Diplama
Listen for free

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 future in every single podcast, which represents the entrepreneurs, disruptors, and innovators across the world. What we aim to do is feature such companies and make them known to the public, and give entrepreneurs an audience to share their vision, achievements, and experiences. We also reveal strategies that such companies are utilizing in their bid to gain rapid growth and influence. Those who will be listening will be not only updated with the latest trends in business innovations but also emotionally influenced through the stories of the Entrepreneurs' spirit, creativity, and Leadership which form the path to the business giants of the future. This is the ideal platform where entrepreneurs, investors, and persons with a passion for business can meet to exchange their insights and perspectives regarding the future of business. Let us explore the newest developments in innovative business and take a sneak peek at the future. https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-next-biz-thingMarkus J. Diplama Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Next Biz Thing #374 hubhound.com

    Next Biz Thing #374 hubhound.com
    Jul 6 2026
    HubHound https://www.hubhound.comThis episode of The Next Biz Thing spotlights HubHound, a Portland, Oregon based private investigation firm with more than three decades of combined investigative expertise. Markus talks through how HubHound's licensed team handles everything from criminal defense support and workplace investigations to relational infidelity cases and personal background checks, all while operating nationwide with a strong focus on discretion and client care. The conversation covers what makes a modern investigative practice different from the old private eye stereotype, and why clients keep coming back to a team built on precision, communication, and real results. Tune in to hear why HubHound has earned such consistent trust from the people who need answers most.What do you actually picture when you hear the words private investigator? For a lot of us, it is still some grainy image from an old movie, a guy in a trench coat sitting in a parked car with a long lens camera. But the real world of private investigation today looks nothing like that, and the businesses doing it well are quietly some of the most interesting operations out there, because they sit at this intersection of law, psychology, technology, and just plain old human persistence.Welcome back to The Next Biz Thing. I am Markus J. Diplama, and this show exists because I love finding the businesses that are doing important work without a lot of noise around it, the ones solving real problems for real people, often at some of the hardest moments in their lives. Today I want to introduce you to a company that fits that description about as well as any I have covered, and that is HubHound.HubHound is a private investigation firm based in Portland, Oregon, and while their roots are in the Pacific Northwest, they operate nationwide, which tells you something about the trust they have built. This is a team with more than three decades of investigative expertise behind it, and that kind of tenure matters in a field where judgment, discretion, and the ability to read a situation correctly can make or break someone's case, or someone's peace of mind.Here is what struck me most researching HubHound. Their work spans an enormous range of human situations. On one end you have criminal defense investigations, where their team supports attorneys and defendants by gathering evidence, tracking down witnesses, and building the kind of case strategy that can genuinely change an outcome in court. On the other end, you have deeply personal matters, divorce and child custody cases where the stakes are emotional as much as they are legal, and where a careful, sensitive investigator can make an already difficult process feel a little more manageable.Then there is relational infidelity work, which might be the most emotionally charged category of investigation there is. People do not hire an investigator for this kind of case because they are looking for drama. They hire because they need clarity, because uncertainty is its own kind of exhausting, and HubHound approaches those cases with a level of care that treats clients as people first and cases second. It is one thing to be skilled at gathering evidence. It is another thing entirely to deliver that evidence to someone whose life may be changing in real time, and still leave them feeling supported rather than just informed.That balance between technical skill and genuine human care shows up again and again in how clients describe working with the HubHound team. People talk about investigators who kept them updated at every stage, who were patient with complicated schedules and difficult circumstances, and who were transparent about billing and pricing from the very beginning. In an industry that can sometimes feel opaque from the outside, that kind of communication is not a small thing. It is often the difference between a client who feels like a case number and a client who feels like a person who was actually heard.On the corporate and professional side, HubHound handles workplace investigations, the kind involving misconduct, theft, or internal disputes that businesses cannot afford to get wrong. They also offer personal background checks and pre-employment and landlord screening, services that exist to protect people before a bad situation ever starts, whether that is a company making a hiring decision or a landlord vetting a potential tenant. And their surveillance investigations service brings it all together with detailed, photographic documentation that turns suspicion into evidence.What really sets HubHound apart, based on everything I found, comes down to a few things. First, they are fully licensed and they operate within the law every step of the way, which matters enormously in an industry where cutting corners can destroy a case and destroy trust. Second, their team is described again and again by clients as fast, communicative, and genuinely compassionate, which is not something ...
    Show More Show Less
    9 mins
  • Next Biz Thing #373 barbeauty.ca

    Next Biz Thing #373 barbeauty.ca
    Jul 2 2026
    Bar Beauty Medical https://barbeauty.caMarkus J. Diplama spotlights Bar Beauty Medical, a medical aesthetics clinic at CityPlace Fort York in downtown Toronto where medical grade treatments meet a beauty bar atmosphere. The episode explores their full menu of Botox, dermal fillers, microneedling, thread lifts, and IV therapy, all performed by Registered Nurses under physician delegation, plus the Aerolase Neo Elite laser that is safe for every skin tone. Markus also digs into their transparent pricing, free consultations, and perfect five star Google rating. Listen in, then visit their website to book a consultation.Have you ever noticed that the places we trust with our health rarely feel like places we actually want to be? Think about the last time you walked into a medical clinic. Fluorescent lights, cold air, that faint smell of disinfectant, and a waiting room that makes you count the minutes. Now imagine getting a medical grade treatment, performed by a licensed nurse, in a space that feels more like a private retreat than a doctor's office. That contrast, right there, is the story of today's episode.Welcome back to The Next Biz Thing, the show where we spotlight the innovative businesses and bold founders who are quietly reshaping their industries, one smart decision at a time. I am your host, Markus J. Diplama, and every week I go looking for companies that make me stop and say, now that is how it should be done. Today, we are heading to downtown Toronto, right to the foot of the CN Tower, to talk about a medical aesthetics clinic called Bar Beauty Medical. You can find them online at their website, and trust me, by the end of this episode, you might want to.So let me set the scene. Bar Beauty Medical sits at 46 Fort York Boulevard in Toronto's CityPlace neighbourhood, just a few blocks from the waterfront and a short walk from Union Station through the PATH. It is a full service medical aesthetics clinic offering Botox, dermal fillers, lip fillers, microneedling, laser treatments, thread lifts, chemical peels, body contouring, and even IV vitamin therapy. On paper, that sounds like a lot of med spas you have probably walked past. But here is the thing. Bar Beauty was founded on a very specific observation, and I love it when a business starts with an observation instead of just a product. The founders looked at medical aesthetics in Toronto and decided the industry had, in their own words, a vibe problem. Most clinics feel cold and sterile. So they built one that does not.Their philosophy is printed right on their homepage, and it is a good one. Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can wear. Everything about the clinic flows from that idea. Soft lighting instead of fluorescent panels. Music in the background. A space designed to feel closer to a beauty bar or a private retreat than a hospital corridor. Their goal, as they put it, is that booking Botox should feel about as casual as booking a haircut. And honestly, when you think about how mainstream these treatments have become, that framing makes a lot of sense.But, and this is the part that really caught my attention, the relaxed atmosphere does not come at the cost of medical rigor. In fact, it is the opposite. At Bar Beauty, estheticians do not inject Botox. Every injection is performed by a licensed medical professional. We are talking Registered Nurses working under physician medical delegation, with advanced aesthetic medicine certifications, trained directly with the manufacturers themselves, names like Allergan, Galderma, and Aerolase. The clinic is medically directed by Doctor John David Henneberry-Fudge, a physician certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. That is the line they hold, as they say. What goes under your skin should be handled by someone who actually trained for it.Now, let us talk about what the medical aesthetics industry actually looks like right now, because context matters here. This is one of the fastest growing corners of the wellness economy. Treatments that used to be whispered about are now discussed openly over brunch. Preventative Botox in your twenties, skin boosters, collagen banking, these are everyday conversations for a whole generation of consumers. And with that growth has come a flood of providers of wildly varying quality. Discount injectors, pop up clinics, treatments done by people with a weekend certificate. The industry's biggest challenge is not demand, it is trust. And that is exactly the gap Bar Beauty Medical is built to fill. Medical grade standards, delivered in an environment that removes the intimidation factor.Let us take a walk through what they actually offer, because the menu is impressively deep. On the injectable side, you have Botox starting at ten dollars a unit, covering everything from forehead lines and frown lines to masseter Botox for jaw tension and even medical Botox applications. There are dermal fillers for lips, cheeks, jawline, chin, ...
    Show More Show Less
    12 mins
  • Next Biz Thing #372 remindher.app

    Next Biz Thing #372 remindher.app
    Jun 19 2026

    RemindHer https://remindher.app/

    In this episode, Markus explores RemindHer, the family calendar and organizer app built to help moms stop carrying the mental load alone. Founded by Adi Ben Elyahu, the app combines voice-to-task capture, a shared family calendar, and Google Calendar integration to turn invisible household coordination into visible, distributed responsibility. A warm and practical listen for any parent who has ever felt like the only person keeping track of everything.
    Show More Show Less
    8 mins
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
No reviews yet