{"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 #406 brtrandpay.com","slug":"next-biz-thing-406-brtrandpay-com","published_at":"2026-08-21T10:12:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632/next-biz-thing-406-brtrandpay-com","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/a39845a2","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/a39845a2/cc67b633.mp3","summary":"Brtr&Pay https://brtrandpay.com/ This episode of The Next Biz Thing explores Brtr&Pay, a freelance services marketplace and creative collaboration platform built for actors, filmmakers, content creators and freelancers. Markus looks at why talent and cash flow so rarely arrive at the same time in creative work, and how a platform that lets people barter skills for credits alongside ordinary paid gigs opens a door for those at the start of their careers. Along the way there is Stripe backed payments, category listings, badges and levels, and the very specific problem of finding a self tape reader at short notice. Let me describe a situation to you and see if it sounds familiar. There is an actor who needs somebody to read the other lines for a self tape audition, tonight, because the deadline is tomorrow morning. There is a film editor two streets away who has all the time in the world this evening and no work booked in. And there is a director who needs an editor, and who happens to have exactly the camera gear the actor has been trying to borrow for a month. Three people, all with something the other one needs, all with almost no money to spend, and no reliable way of finding each other. That is not a rare scenario in the creative industries. That is Tuesday. Welcome back to The Next Biz Thing. I am Markus J. Diplama, and this is the show where we look for businesses that spot a structural problem hiding in plain sight and build something that actually addresses it. Today's company has picked up one of the oldest problems in creative work, which is that talent and cash flow almost never arrive at the same time, and it has built a marketplace designed around that reality rather than pretending it does not exist. The business is Brtr and Pay, and it describes it…","meta_description":"Brtr&Pay https://brtrandpay.com/ This episode of The Next Biz Thing explores Brtr&Pay, a freelance services marketplace and creative collaboration…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632/episodes/next-biz-thing-406-brtrandpay-com/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/next-biz-thing-unveiling-tomorrow-s-business-6794632/next-biz-thing-406-brtrandpay-com.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}