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Step Into Next

Leanne Shear, Helaine Knapp

Booking Overview

This entrepreneur-focused interview show explores career transitions, reinvention, burnout, personal development, and building meaningful work, with recurring guests who are founders, authors, coaches, and business or technology professionals sharing firsthand experience. Agencies could credibly pitch accomplished entrepreneurs, published authors, executive or startup coaches, and experts with strong stories about pivots, resilience, responsible technology, or redefining success; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 20

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 2.5k followers

Page updated: Nov 4, 2026 · How we check this data

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

step.into.next.official@gmail.com

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Host

Leanne Shear - Entrepreneur and co-host focused on candid conversations about business, career transitions, and navigating what comes next.

Helaine Knapp - Entrepreneur and co-host focused on entrepreneurship, personal reinvention, and the challenges of building a fulfilling next chapter.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Founders, entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, startup operators, and business or technology professionals with substantial firsthand experience navigating reinvention, failure, burnout, career pivots, or purpose-driven growth.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a business, Published books or built a substantial body of work, Held senior roles in startups or established organizations, Developed an expert coaching, advisory, or educational practice

Recent Guest Discussions

Cara Alwill - Leaving A Secure Media Career, Side Hustles, Self-publishing, Entrepreneurship, Coaching And Mentoring, Artificial Intelligence, And Building Businesses Around Intellectual Property.

MK Getler - Career Pivots Into Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI Adoption, Saas And AI Evolution, Impact Strategies, Uncertainty, Resilience, And Surrendering To Change.

Andy Ellwood - Entrepreneurial Reinvention, Startup Failure, Burnout, Therapy, Coaching, Founder Resilience, Leadership, Family, And Building A Purpose-driven Company.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Career Transitions, Burnout, Personal Development

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Step Into Next
:

Cosmodisca: Naomi Piercey on Witchcraft, Costumes, and Choosing Your Own Weird

October 22, 2026

It's our most whimsical and witchy episode yet! Naomi Piercey shows up to this Halloween episode in a Dolly Parton wig (with a mid-episode costume change), and the conversation only gets better from there.  Naomi, Helaine, and Leanne get into what witchcraft actually is (hint: it's the same impulse as a prayer or a birthday wish), why she thinks tarot cards are "real if they're real to you," and a word Naomi invented with a friend, cosmo-disca, for the idea that everything we create is a remi...

The Goods of Growth: Rachel Krupa on Building a Business at Your Own Pace

October 07, 2026

What does growth look like when you stop measuring success by store count, venture funding, or someone else's timeline? Rachel Krupa - founder of The Goods Mart and Krupa Consulting - joins Leanne and Helaine for an honest conversation about building a purpose-led business without losing the passion that inspired it.  Rachel shares her journey from early reality TV and celebrity PR to launching a better-for-you convenience store that champions emerging, female-founded, and diverse CPG brands....

Pick Yourself: Cara Alwill on Side Hustles, Publishing, Entrepreneurship, and Golden Handcuffs

September 22, 2026

In her late twenties, Cara Alwill negotiated a raise that put her at about $75,000 at MTV, while the MTV News jobs she wanted paid closer to $30,000. She kept the paycheck, spent six years building The Champagne Diet on the side, wrote a book, and then took 19 publisher rejections as her cue to stop waiting to be picked. Cara joins Helaine and Leanne to tell that story. She has ten books to her name and built her career on self-publishing. Girl Code was earning her about $20,000 a month when ...

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How do I get in touch with Step Into Next?

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What is the email for Step Into Next?

The publicly listed email for Step Into Next: step.into.next.official@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Step Into Next have?

Podseeker estimates Step Into Next reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Step Into Next?

Step Into Next typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Founders, entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, startup operators, and business or technology professionals with substantial firsthand experience navigating reinvention, failure, burnout, career pivots, or purpose-driven growth. Common among recent guests: Founded or led a business; Published books or built a substantial body of work; Held senior roles in startups or established organizations. Recent guests include Cara Alwill, MK Getler, and Andy Ellwood.

How hard is it to get booked on Step Into Next?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Step Into Next cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Entrepreneurship, Career Transitions, Burnout, and Personal Development. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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