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What To Do Next

Hosted by Highbeam · business · EN · 12 episodes

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Successful founders share the decisions that can make or break your business, so you can anticipate what's coming and build your own competitive advantage.

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29%

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Selective

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What is What To Do Next about?

Successful founders share the decisions that can make or break your business, so you can anticipate what's coming and build your own competitive advantage.

Who hosts What To Do Next?

What To Do Next is hosted by Highbeam. The show has published 12 episodes to date.

What has What To Do Next covered recently?

Recent episodes include "How HigherDose Built A Luxury Brand In A Commodity Market | Katie Kaps" (21 July 2026, 45 minutes), "Bala's Max Kislevitz: How We Sold 3.5 Million Bangles After Almost Going Broke" (7 July 2026, 48 minutes), and "The Community Flywheel Behind Spikeball’s Massive Growth | Chris Ruder" (23 June 2026, 55 minutes).

How often does What To Do Next publish?

What To Do Next publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 12 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on What To Do Next?

Booking probability for What To Do Next is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. What To Do Next requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. What To Do Next's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for What To Do Next are Business & Management Consulting. What To Do Next has a business audience.

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Highbeam hosts What To Do Next, a business show with 12 episodes published.

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    How HigherDose Built A Luxury Brand In A Commodity Market | Katie Kaps

    Jul 21, 202645 min

    HigherDOSE began as a single infrared sauna spa. Today, it's a multi-channel wellness brand with products sold online and through high-end retailers. In this episode of What to Do Next, Katie Kaps, co-founder of...

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    Bala's Max Kislevitz: How We Sold 3.5 Million Bangles After Almost Going Broke

    Jul 7, 202648 min

    Max Kislevitz is the co-founder of Bala, the fitness brand that reimagined workout equipment through thoughtful design. Before launching Bala with his wife, Natalie, Max spent more than a decade in advertising, working...

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    The Community Flywheel Behind Spikeball’s Massive Growth | Chris Ruder

    Jun 23, 202655 min

    Chris Ruder didn't invent Spikeball. He resurrected it. After discovering that the game had disappeared from store shelves, Chris and a group of friends set out to bring it back as a side project. Eighteen years later...

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    Fired for Being "Too Disruptive"—Then Built America's Fastest-Selling Backpack | Marcus Harvey

    Jun 9, 202648 min

    Marcus Harvey got fired from his first job out of college for being too disruptive. Instead of looking for another job, he decided to build something of his own. Before launching Portland Gear, Marcus bought the...

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    The Playbook Behind Original Grain’s 8-Figure Growth: Kickstarter, Facebook Ads, and Brand Storytelling | Ryan Beltran

    May 26, 202650 minS0

    <p>Ryan Beltran moved to China to learn how products get made, immersing himself in the manufacturing world long before he had a clear business idea.</p><p>That experience became the foundation for Original Grain, the...

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    I Quit a $500K Salary to Sell Supplements — Here's What No One Tells You About Starting Over

    May 12, 202654 minS0

    <p>Novisa Petrusich, CFO and co-founder of Graymatter, left a high-paying career in finance to help build Graymatter, a plant-based cognitive supplement company offering a natural alternative to traditional stimulants...

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    From Navy SEAL to $100M Founder: The Craziest Double Life in Business | Bear Handlon (Founder, Born Primitive)

    Apr 28, 20261h 2mS0

    <p>For eight years, Bear Handlon was running a fast-growing apparel company while serving as an active-duty Navy SEAL, taking supplier calls at 2 a.m. and wiring seven-figure payments between missions.</p><p>In this...

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    30,000 Stores in 12 Months: The Playbook Behind Wip’s Explosive Growth

    Apr 14, 202648 minS0

    <p>Richard Mumby is the CEO of Wip and a longtime operator in consumer brands and growth strategy. Before founding the company, he worked across investing and consulting, helping businesses scale and build durable...

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    From Joke to Category Killer: Pit Viper’s Playbook for Product-Market Fit | Chris Garcin

    Mar 31, 202651 minS0

    <p>Chris Garcin is the co-founder and CEO of Pit Viper, a brand that didn’t start with a traditional plan. It began as a joke, a $500 experiment built on military surplus sunglasses, irreverent graphics, and a...

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    How Cuts Clothing Hit $400M by Mastering the One Thing Most Founders Ignore

    Mar 17, 202646 minS0

    <p>Steven Borrelli launched Cuts Clothing with $50,000, no full-time employees, and a lot of confidence about what it would take to build a brand. In the early days, the team was spread across four different cities, and...

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    How To Build A Supply Chain So Good It Changes An Industry Forever

    Mar 5, 20261h 3mS0

    <p>Sana Javeri Kadri decided early that Diaspora Spice Co. would never compromise on spice quality or what it pays farmers. The rest of the business had to adapt around those two constraints.</p><p>In this episode of...

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    How To Build a Luxury Brand with No Outside Funding

    Feb 19, 202648 minS0

    <p>Most people think bootstrapping means working harder or putting your own money into a business. That is part of it, but it misses the deeper question of financial sustainability and self-reliance.</p><p>In the...

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