{"podcast":{"title":"Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business","slug":"next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632","podcast_index_feed_id":6794632,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-next-biz-thing","website_url":"https://nextbizthing.transistor.fm/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/26zmLj8xzgQoESxDpol-JGjhNGe_THsLu1AeQ6NWrNo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5NzEzLzE3MDc4/NDQ0NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Markus J. Diplama","episode_count":428,"summary":"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…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T20:19:13.823415+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632"},"episode":{"title":"Next Biz Thing #401 toubkal-trekking.com","slug":"next-biz-thing-401-toubkal-trekking-com","published_at":"2026-08-18T15:34:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632/next-biz-thing-401-toubkal-trekking-com","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f7818c2b","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f7818c2b/bc102a91.mp3","summary":"Toubkal Trekking https://toubkal-trekking.com Toubkal Trekking is a licensed adventure travel operator based in Douar Imlil, the gateway village to Morocco's highest peak. Founded and led by mountain guides from the Toubkal area, the company runs summit treks, Atlas Mountain hikes, Berber village walks and Sahara desert journeys with licensed guides, professional cooks and muleteers. This episode explores why official Ministry of Tourism licensing and insurance matter at altitude, how direct booking keeps value in local communities, and what the company's model says about travellers moving back toward the operators themselves. A good listen for anyone drawn to the mountains. There is a mountain in North Africa that most people have never heard of, and it is the highest point on the entire continent north of Kilimanjaro. Mount Toubkal stands at just over four thousand one hundred metres in Morocco's High Atlas range, close enough to Marrakech that you can be drinking mint tea in the medina in the morning and walking through a Berber village in the foothills by the afternoon. And here is what I find remarkable about it. Unlike almost every other summit of that stature, Toubkal is genuinely reachable by an ordinary, reasonably fit person who has never described themselves as a mountaineer. That combination, real altitude and real accessibility, has made it one of the most quietly extraordinary trekking destinations anywhere. Welcome back to The Next Biz Thing. I am Markus J. Diplama, and today we are heading somewhere rather different from the usual. I want to talk about a company operating in a niche where the gap between a good operator and a bad one is not a matter of customer satisfaction scores, but a matter of whether people come home safely. 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