The Next Step

The Next Step

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The Next Step episodes

  • Step #15: Building Awareness
    This week's podcast continues the topic of Marketing with two more steps: building awareness through content and three rules to help make your startup look real.
    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 #14: Naming your Startup
    This week's podcast jumps into the topic of Marketing and begins with two steps: naming your company and beginning the process of making the world aware that the company exists.
    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
    14 min
  • Guest #1: Partnerships & Coworking
    Sometimes the team you need to build is external through partnerships. This week I talk to Sarah Studer of Impact Hub Seattle about our various partnerships.
    Plus every company needs a place to work, and Impact Hub Seattle is one of the oldest and largest coworking spaces in Seattle. Sarah explains the benefits of coworking.
    Impact Hub Seattle, http://impacthubseattle.com/
    Hubcast, https://open.spotify.com/show/1MttZiR8KO5pr3zq1ZE4js
    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
    9 min
  • Step #13: Team
    How do you find a co-founder? How do you build your startup team?
    This week's podcast answers those questions, along with other bits of advice when it comes to making the first handful of hires for your startup.
    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
  • Step #12: Penciling out (Part 2)
    Can your startup ever earn a profit? If so, when? If so, how much money will it take to reach that goal? Answers to these and other questions are the purpose behind building a financial model, a key component of a business plan.
    This week's podcast continues walking you step-by-step through the a quick "back of the envelope" financial model, which in under an hour can tell you whether you are heading in the right direction or wasting your time.
    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
    9 min
  • Step #11: Does it Pencil?
    Can your startup ever earn a profit? If so, when? If so, how much money will it take to reach that goal? Answers to these and other questions are the purpose behind building a financial model, a key component of a business plan.
    This week's podcast will walk you step-by-step through the a quick "back of the envelope" financial model, which in under an hour can tell you whether you are heading in the right direction or wasting your time.
    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
    9 min
  • Step Back #1: Plan?
    What is the point of a business plan? Can't I just launch an MVP and see what happens? In this first step back, the purpose of a business plan is explained... through the quintessential startup, a lemonade stand.
    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
    7 min
  • Step #10: Winner Take All
    Are you aiming for a market where winner takes all? Do you have a network effect? Do you know how Alex sold the first telephone? How Facebook grew to billions of customers? Or are all these questions unimportant?
    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
    6 min
  • Step #9: Your Secret Sauce
    What makes your business unique? What is your "secret sauce?" Why is that important?
    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
    8 min
  • Step #8: Competition
    Who is your competition? Not just other companies providing similar solutions, but the deeper question of how your potential customers are solving the problem? Do they even know they have the problem? Do they care?
    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
    8 min

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