The Next Step

The Next Step

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The Next Step episodes

  • Guest #15 - Cat Berman - CNote
    This week is an interview Cat Berman, founder/CEO of the 3-year-old fintech startup CNote.
    In this podcast, Cat and I talk about a variety of common startup issues including: data-driven decisions, customer segments, customers you don't actually want, Reg A+ fundraising, and more.
    You can find CNote at mycnote.com
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    13 min
  • Podcast #33 - Incorporation and Startup Lawyers
    When do you need to incorporate? What do startup lawyers do beyond incorporation? What else do I need to know about startup law?
    This week we return to business planning, this time answering the questions above, explaining the role of startup lawyers in incorporation, regulation, and risk.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Watch the related video and read the related blog post at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-role-of-startup-lawyers/
    See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    10 min
  • Podcast #32 - When did you start? and Complexity!
    When did you start your startup? When exactly is Day 1? How do you get from the simple startup you have now to the complex companies you see around you?
    This week we talk about the fuzziness around when a startup gets started and the process of learnings that turn a simple startup business plan into a highly complex company. Along the way we'll ask the question of how Fledge14 is or isn't the fourteenth session of the namesake accelerator. TL;DR; it's complicated!
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Read the related blog post at http://fledge.co/2019/the-14th-session-of-fledge/
    See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    9 min
  • Guest #14 - Jimmy Jia - Post Mortem #1
    This week is a discussion with special guest Jimmy Jia, founder of Distributed Energy Management, a startup that (like many do) unfortunately didn't make it.
    In this podcast, Jimmy and I talk about what went wrong and how he decided to ultimately shut down his startup. That is never an easy decision. One that I had to make myself with my first startup decades ago.
    See the DEM Demo Day story: http://fledge.co/fledgling/distributed-energy-management/
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    10 min
  • Step #31 - Employee Ownership
    What changes when employees own the business, rather than outsiders? How does that change the organization for the better? And how exactly do you set up a company where the owners are the employees?
    Following on the last two weeks' rant about the true purpose of business, this week dives into the topic of how to organize an employee-owned company, and how that is one of the secrets to building a company that has a higher chance of success.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    See some examples at start.coop
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    14 min
  • Purpose #5 - Amazon And Walmart
    What is Amazon doing wrong? Why are members of the U.S. government talking about breaking up the company? Why is Walmart so unloved? So reviled? Ultimately this is a question about the purpose of business. You hear that answered as "maximizing shareholder value" everyday in the media, and everyday at the top business schools. But it's simply not true. It never was.
    This is part four of a podcast "storm" (like a tweetstorm only longer than a paragraph) explaining what Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are doing wrong, and more importantly, what they should have been doing to not have these problems.
    These are issues you should care about as an entrepreneurs, as you don't have to make the same mistakes. You can instead make a business that serves the true purpose of business, making happy customers, making happy employees, and making happy communities. Do that and you'll have happy shareholders.
    This is a topic not found in lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Watch the related video and read the related blog post at https://lunarmobiscuit.com/the-purpose-of-business-ignite-bainbridge/
    See dozens of purposefully businesses at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    8 min
  • Purpose #4 - Facebook
    What is Facebook doing wrong? Why are members of the U.S. government talking about breaking up the company? Ultimately this is a question about the purpose of business. You hear that answered as "maximizing shareholder value" everyday in the media, and everyday at the top business schools. But it's simply not true. It never was.
    This is part three of a podcast "storm" (like a tweetstorm only longer than a paragraph) explaining what Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are doing wrong, and more importantly, what they should have been doing to not have these problems.
    These are issues you should care about as an entrepreneurs, as you don't have to make the same mistakes. You can instead make a business that serves the true purpose of business, making happy customers, making happy employees, and making happy communities. Do that and you'll have happy shareholders.
    This is a topic not found in lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Watch the related video and read the related blog post at https://lunarmobiscuit.com/the-purpose-of-business-ignite-bainbridge/
    See dozens of purposefully businesses at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    3 min
  • Purpose #3 - Google
    What is Google doing wrong? Why are members of the U.S. government talking about breaking up the company? Ultimately this is a question about the purpose of business. You hear that answered as "maximizing shareholder value" everyday in the media, and everyday at the top business schools. But it's simply not true. It never was.
    This is part two of a podcast "storm" (like a tweetstorm only longer than a paragraph) explaining what Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are doing wrong, and more importantly, what they should have been doing to not have these problems.
    These are issues you should care about as an entrepreneurs, as you don't have to make the same mistakes. You can instead make a business that serves the true purpose of business, making happy customers, making happy employees, and making happy communities. Do that and you'll have happy shareholders.
    This is a topic not found in lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Watch the related video and read the related blog post at https://lunarmobiscuit.com/the-purpose-of-business-ignite-bainbridge/
    See dozens of purposefully businesses at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    8 min
  • Purpose #2 - Apple
    What is Apple doing wrong? Why are members of the U.S. government talking about breaking up the company? Ultimately this is a question about the purpose of business. You hear that answered as "maximizing shareholder value" everyday in the media, and everyday at the top business schools. But it's simply not true. It never was.
    This week begins a podcast "storm" (like a tweetstorm only longer than a paragraph) explaining what Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are doing wrong, and more importantly, what they should have been doing to not have these problems.
    These are issues you should care about as an entrepreneurs, as you don't have to make the same mistakes. You can instead make a business that serves the true purpose of business, making happy customers, making happy employees, and making happy communities. Do that and you'll have happy shareholders.
    This is a topic not found in lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Watch the related video and read the related blog post at https://lunarmobiscuit.com/the-purpose-of-business-ignite-bainbridge/
    See dozens of purposefully businesses at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    6 min
  • Step Back #5 - Purpose #1 - The Purpose of Business
    Before you create another company that the world considers a menace, let's take a step back and talk about the true purpose of business.
    This week we continue the step back from business planning and talk about the purpose of business, about customers and employees, and everything else that goes into creating a company that people love.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Watch the related video and read the related blog post at https://lunarmobiscuit.com/the-purpose-of-business-ignite-bainbridge/
    See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    12 min

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The Next Step by Luni Libes, a step-by-step guide for entrepreneurs