Episodes: 20
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 2.5k followers
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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.
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.
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 ...
Konnected Minds Podcast with Derrick Abaitey · Low booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
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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.
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