The podcast

Motion to Launch, the show

A weekly conversation with Josh and LeeAnne, 30 to 40 minutes, for people starting and growing businesses. Coming soon.

Every episode is marked Launch, Momentum or Both, so you can find the ones meant for you.

Each episode closes with a single thing to do that week.

Episodes point to a template or checklist that helps you act on what you heard.

Season one

The first ten episodes

01
Both
Motion to Launch: Why We're Doing This
Years of owning and running businesses, and what we wish someone had told us.
02
Launch
LLC, S-Corp or C-Corp? Picking the Right Entity
The first decision most founders get wrong, explained by an attorney without the jargon.
03
Momentum
Your First Key Hire
How to know when doing it all yourself is what's holding the business back.
04
Launch
The Five Legal Documents Every New Business Needs
What to have signed before you take your first dollar.
05
Momentum
Cash Flow Is Not Profit
How to read your own numbers the way an investor would.
06
Launch
Funding Your First Year
Savings, loans, friends and investors: what each one really costs you.
07
Both
Partners, Spouses and Co-Founders
The agreements that protect the business and the relationship, from a married pair of co-founders.
08
Launch
The Mistakes That Kill Businesses in Year One
The patterns we have seen from the lawyer's chair and the operator's chair.
09
Momentum
Systems Before Scale
Building an operation that runs when you are not in the room.
10
Momentum
Raising Capital or Selling: Getting Your House in Order
What buyers and investors look for, and how to fix it before they ask.

Episodes will appear here as they are released.