The 1000-Day CEO
The Bill Canady Podcast features conversations with CEOs, founders, private equity leaders, and business operators who’ve created measurable results. Each episode explores the decisions, leadership principles, and operating strategies behind profitable growth — giving peers practical insights they can apply in their own organizations.
Every episode features accomplished operators sharing practical lessons from real-world leadership. From scaling businesses to navigating transformation, the focus is always on actionable insights that help others succeed.
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The 1000-Day CEO is a show for private equity sponsors and the CEO operators who run their portfolio companies. Host Bill Canady of the 80/20 Institute breaks down how value actually gets created inside a portco — finding the number, building the team, and turning the first 1,000 days of a hold into durable EBITDA and a clean exit. Direct, practical, and built for the people accountable for the outcome.
Can your business run without you?
Nitin Khanna of N3 Business Advisors and Bill Canady explore how to build a business buyers can trust.
From the vacation test to cash flow and succession, learn to document work and delegate decisions in the first 100 days.
IN THIS EPISODE
• Test owner dependence.
• Track cash, receivables and job profit.
• Delegate more decisions by day 100.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:59 Profitable vs. transferable
03:10 Three readiness questions
06:26 Five exit paths
08:25 Owner-dependence test
11:12 Return on time
14:51 Preparing for the next owner
18:36 First 100 days: document work
19:56 Cash flow and job costing
24:14 Day 100: delegate decisions
25:09 Family, management or buyer
27:07 Start with a blueprint
28:35 Connect with Nitin
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Mastering the Business of Construction
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