The Next Step: Guiding you from idea to startup

Do you want to start a startup but don't know the first step? Or the next step? Did you just complete a weekend workshop, hackathon or other entrepreneurial training event? Have you thought of a must-have product or service, but have no idea how to get from idea to startup? The Next Step will be your guide, taking you step-by-step through the process from raw idea to operational startup. Written for anyone with or without business training or experience, The Next Step provides a simple, understandable path through the stages of business planning. Each stage includes a set of key questions, which when answered, provide you with the materials needed for your formal business plan and pitch. Authored by Michael "Luni" Libes, a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of startup experience across six startups, plus dozens of others which he has advised. Note: this book contains the full contents of volumes 1 through 4 of The Next Step series.

Michael "Luni" Libes is a 20+ year serial entrepreneur, most recently founding Fledge LLC, the "conscious company" accelerator. Fledge helps entrepreneurs who aim to do good for the world, while simultaneously doing good business. Luni is the creator and Global Managing Director of Kick, "our" incubator, a program providing business education and guidance to entrepreneurs globally, operating in numerous cities around the world. Luni is an Entrepreneur in Residence and Entrepreneurship Instructor at Pinchot, and an Entrepreneur in Residence Emeritus for the University of Washington's Center for Commercialization. Luni's books, online classes, and other writing can be found at lunarmobiscuit.com.