EP35 · Marc Spiegel
Fix the Diagnosis Before You Fix the Business
What if the diagnosis is wrong? Marc Spiegel joins Bill Canady on recovery, trust and local authority.
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Listen to operators and leaders on the work behind growth: cash, customers, teams, strategy and the handoff to what comes next.
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EP34 · Adam Povlitz
Grow Without Becoming the Bottleneck
Growth stalls when every problem reaches the CEO. Adam Povlitz of Anago Cleaning Systems joins Bill Canady on service quality, customer retention and systems that free leaders to g
EP33 · Steven Lustig
Find the Cash Trapped in Your Supply Chain
Inventory growing faster than sales? Steven Lustig joins Bill Canady on finding cash in the supply chain, diligence misses and integration, and useful first boards for family compa
Bonus · CEO Mandate Workshop
Why 70% of PE CEOs Get Replaced Before They Have a Plan
You live between two numbers: today's EBITDA and the EBITDA your board has already decided you will deliver.
EP32 · JG Christman
Hire the Leader Your Business Actually Needs
Hire for the mission, then test the evidence. JG Christman, Managing Partner at DHR Global, joins Bill Canady in EP32 on defining the job, assessing an executive's contribution and
EP31 · Tom Gallagher
Why Saying No to $30M Helped the Business Grow
Can your company thrive after you step aside?
EP30 · David March
Rebuild It Like a Startup: A Software Turnaround
EP30: Declining sales. Lost trust. David March, CEO of Concierge Power & Capital, shares the customer-and-employee focus behind a software turnaround he helped lead as EVP of sales
EP29 · James Bates
Great Technology Isn't Enough: Make Adoption Easy
Great tech needs easy adoption.
EP28 · Rob Santana & Ken Kelly
Cash, Trust, and the Kelly Roofing Rescue
Cash can run short even when a business reports profit. Rob Santana and Ken Kelly join Bill Canady with two perspectives on the Kelly Roofing rescue: the financial diagnosis and th
EP27 · Matt Tortora
Build a Business Buyers Want
Would a buyer want the business you are building?
EP26 · Bob Smith
You've Built Success. What Will You Do With It?
You've built a successful business. What should that success make possible?
EP25 · Glenn Grow
Building a Business in Asia: Trust, Cash, and Letting Go
Growing internationally can stretch your cash, your team, and your ability to stay in control.
EP24 · Nitin Khanna
Why Profitable Businesses Struggle to Sell
Can your business run without you?
EP20 · Brian McWhorter
Turn Company Knowledge into Value with AI
When a key employee leaves, how much of your company's know-how walks out the door?
EP19 · JR Butler
Why Résumés Miss Your Best Hires
Most companies say they hire for character. Then they let a résumé decide who gets through the door. What talent are they missing?
EP18 · Heath Naquin
Founder to CEO: Why Great Technology Still Fails
Great technology does not become a great business on its own. The breakdown often occurs when founders must convert technical progress into investor confidence, customers, and ente
EP17 · Ted Wright
Stop Buying Attention. Start Earning Advocacy
Most companies try to buy attention. Ted Wright explains how CEOs can earn something more valuable: a story customers genuinely want to share.
EP23 · Teaching
How to Fix a Plan That’s Drifted in 100 Days
When a company's plan drifts, the usual response is another off-site and a new three-year strategy. Bill Canady argues that a tenured PE-backed CEO needs something more concrete: u
EP21 · Teaching
How to Take Command of a Company in 100 Days
Every book on taking a new job says to spend the first 90 days listening. But if you’re a private-equity-backed CEO, that advice can cost you the seat—because while you’re listenin
EP22 · Teaching
The Hidden Number Your Board Is Measuring You Against
There’s a number that may decide whether you keep the CEO job—and it isn’t in your budget or operating plan. It lives in the underwriting created before you took the seat, and your
EP16 · Chris Maresca
Why AI Won’t Fix a Broken Business
AI can make a strong business faster. It can also make a weak business fail faster.
EP2 · Teaching
Get a Goal: The One Number That Runs Your Company
What happens when five people inside the same company give five different answers to one simple question: “What are we trying to accomplish this year?”
EP3 · Teaching
The 80/20 Engine: Where Your Profit Actually Lives
Your P&L shows averages—but profit doesn’t live in averages. It lives at the intersection of a specific customer buying a specific product.
EP15 · David Socha
From Garage to Global: Building a 100-Year Toy Company
What does it take to turn a garage startup into a global company—and keep it alive when revenue falls more than 80%?
EP14 · Christophe Piron
The Deal Is the Easy Part: Building One Company After an Acquisition
Why are small acquisitions often harder to integrate than large ones?
EP13 · Teaching
The CEO Mandate: Turn the Board’s Number Into a 100-Day Plan
Most CEOs can repeat the number their board expects. Far fewer can explain—clearly and defensibly—the operating plan that will deliver it.
EP12 · Mark Davis
Can Quantum Computing Tame AI? Cybersecurity, Risk & the Middle Market
Bill Canady sits down with Mark Reid Davis, Chairman and CEO of Quantum Dome to discuss quantum computing, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, the Golden Dome and the path from
EP10 · Teaching
ALWAYS BE EXITING: BUILDING THE PREMIUM BY DAY 1,000
Two businesses can produce the same EBITDA—and deliver dramatically different outcomes at exit.
EP9 · Teaching
The Cadence: How to Take Charge Without Taking Over
Meetings fill a calendar. A cadence runs a company. In this episode, Bill Canady
EP11 · Russ Reeder
Heroes Don’t Scale: Why AI Makes Broken Businesses Worse
AI doesn’t fix broken execution—it compounds it.
EP8 · Teaching
The Team Lock: The Rule of Three
The most expensive problem in a middle-market company isn’t pricing or cost. It’s the owner trap—when every important decision still depends on one person.
EP7 · Teaching
Zero-Up: Rebuilding the Budget From Zero
“Last year plus five percent” is how companies preserve every bad decision they have ever made. In this episode, Bill Canady introduces Zero-Up—a disciplined way to rebuild the bud
EP6 · Teaching
Price First, Cost Last: The Five-Lever Bridge
An EBITDA bridge is useless if its levers are only colors on a slide. In this episode, Bill Canady lays out the five levers of value creation in the order they should be pulled: pr
EP5 · Teaching
THE COMPLEXITY TAX: QUAD 4 AND THE DIRTY DOZEN
Complexity does not appear as a line item on the P&L, but it quietly consumes capacity, margin, and management attention. In this episode, Bill Canady explains why Quad 4—the lowes
EP4 · Teaching
Earn the Right to Grow: The Two-Line Ratio and How to Move It
Growth can create value—or magnify problems already hiding in the business. In this episode of The 1000-Day CEO, Bill Canady explains the Two-Line Ratio, how it reveals whether you
EP1 · Teaching
The Clock: Why 1,000 Days Decides Everything
The clock starts before most CEOs realize it.
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