
The Business Strategist With Adam Strong · 2026-06-04 · 52 min
What if everything you've built over the last 15 years was only worth a fraction of what you thought? And what if the reason had nothing to do with how hard you worked? In this episode I sat down with Matthew Pohl, founder of the ReWild Group, author of 16 books and the guy who took 30 years of research across 1,500 businesses and turned it into something every founder needs to hear. We got into the hidden barriers nobody talks about. Why headcount, not revenue, determines your real stage of growth. Why most founders are playing a game they don't even know has levels. Value bombs from this episode Find out the 7 stages of growth and why most founders get stuck between two of them Learn the people, process, profit ranking that most founders get completely wrong Discover the builder vs protector ratio and why it changes at every stage Hear the brutal truth about why your business might be worth less than you think Get the diagnostic question that reveals where you actually are versus where you think you are Interested in freeing yourself in the business? Take the exit ready diagnostics test and identify the gaps in your growth and scale model.