The Next Step

The Next Step

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The Next Step episodes

  • Step #30 - Time
    "To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time" and "If I had more time, I’d have written a shorter letter."
    This week's advice is short, clear and concise, as should be all of your marketing copy, your sales pitch, your cold email, and everything you do. Spend the time to write the shorter letter, and more people will read it. Spend the time to hone your plan, and your odds of success go up.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    More details at lunarmobiscuit.com/not-enough-time/, and lunarmobiscuit.com/clear-and-concise/
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    5 min
  • Step #29 - Brute Force
    How do you make progress on your startup without any funding or other big breaks? How do you find the thousands of potential customers you need to succeed? Brute force!
    This week I share one of the small bits of advice posted on my blog, explaining how some tasks are best done the hard way, one by one by one. Long, often monotonous tasks that are no fun, but which move the company through a hurdle and which create the momentum startups often lack.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    Read this specific topic at lunarmobiscuit.com/brute-force/
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    9 min
  • Step #28 - Networking
    How do you meet the people you need to help you succeed? Networking!
    This week I go off book and share a few secrets on how to meet people, how to meet even more people, and how to keep track of all those people you are meeting. Sounds simple, but networking is a skill that most entrepreneurs don't have and don't spend enough time honing and improving.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    9 min
  • Guest #13 - Victor and Byton of Ziweto Agrovet
    This week comes from Lilongwe, Malawi with special guests Victor Mhango and Byton Simuela, co-founders of Ziweto Agrovet Shops, Malawi's now largest network of retail and wholesale products for keeping livestock healthy.
    In this podcast, Victor and Byton explain the challenges that come from growing a company 8x in three years, and from operating a global importer, a distributor, and a national-scale business.
    See the Ziweto shop in Lilongwe: https://youtu.be/aNZrqdrlCUg
    The original Ziweto story: http://fledge.co/fledgling/ziweto-enterprise/
    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
    16 min
  • Step #27 - Incubators and Accelerators
    Finishing up the topic of "The Realities of Funding", this week talks about incubators and accelerators. What are they? Are they worth your time? How do they work? What do they cost?
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    11 min
  • Guest #12 - Devin Thorpe of The Social Entrepreneur (continued)
    The tables have been turned on Devin Thorpe, who writes for Forbes.com and interviews social entrepreneurs and impact investors on yourmarkontheworld.com.
    In this podcast, Devin and I talk move over to the topic of equity crowdfunding, i.e. raising money for a startup by selling shares to investors, specifically Reg CF and Reg A+ ,the two new ways for American companies to raise money from any American.
    Links to Devin's work:
    www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe
    yourmarkontheworld.com/
    www.devinthorpe.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
    11 min
  • Guest #11 - Devin Thorpe of The Social Entrepreneur
    This week we turn the tables on Devin Thorpe, who writes for Forbes.com and interviews social entrepreneurs and impact investors on yourmarkontheworld.com.
    In this podcast, Devin and I talk about the challenges of getting your story told by a journalist, the modern business model of the press, and a bit more.
    Links to Devin's work:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe
    https://yourmarkontheworld.com/
    https://www.devinthorpe.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
    16 min
  • Guest #10 - Jonathan Rosenthal of Equal Exchange
    This week comes from day two at Start.coop where the guest speaker was Jonathan Rosenthal, co-founder of Equal Exchange, a $70M, Boston-based worker co-op that pioneered the idea of fair trade food.
    In the podcast, Jonathan and I talk about why a worker co-op, how that works in practice, the pros and cons of that structure, and a host of other topics.
    Equal Exchange- equalexchange.coop
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the books 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
    17 min
  • Guest #9 - Greg Brodsky of Start.coop
    The world now has a business accelerator for cooperative companies, Start.coop. And it itself is a coop!
    This week was recorded in Boston, on Day 2 of this ground-breaking program. Greg talks about how co-ops are misunderstood, how broad the can be, and how the program aims to fill the country (and someday the world) with cooperatively run companies.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Someday Greg will have a book on coops in lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    See the (un)cooperative startups at youtube.com/fledgellc
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    12 min
  • Step #26: The Realities of Funding (part 4)
    How do you raise money for your startup? What are the realities of startup fundraising?
    This week's podcast continues the topic of Fundraising. It's a topic full of misunderstanding, frustration, and Catch-22s. In this final week, we'll talk about venture capital funds, venture-scale companies, and how venture capital works (or doesn't) for startups.
    Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
    Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
    More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog
    Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com
    18 min

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