Just Build It Podcast with Paul Benevich

In this episode, Paul Benevich  and Dave Linhardt discuss Greg Nigro’s successful journey on Shark Tank. It’s a story with twists and turns, has a very unexpected outcome, and provides insight into how the show operates behind the scenes.  

In many ways, preparing for Shark Tank is similar to preparing for any investor pitch. The primary difference is the magnitude of the audience you are pitching. Anyone that has ever pitched to a ...

In this episode, we focus on three important questions to ask when you are thinking about raising capital for your venture: 

1.     Should I raise capital? and if you decide the answer is yes, then

2.     When should I raise capital? and

3.     How do I find a compatible investor? 

Raising capital can be a significant commitment in regards to time and resources for a startup, and it can be a humiliating and excruciatingly long process ...

In this episode, we discuss Not Sweating the Details Until you Need to Sweat the Details.  

Often as entrepreneurs, we can over-think an idea or concept. We painstakingly try to map out the entire business model in our head and in doing so, complicate the idea to a point where we get defeated, even before we have a chance to truly explore it.  

I think if we can keep an idea pure, it gives us the best chance of giving that idea life....

In our podcast, we try to portray the raw mindset of an entrepreneur as we build our startups. In this episode, we take a look at why entrepreneurs often experience "FEELINGS OF GUILT" as we venture out to create our companies, and we discuss and how we go about taming these feelings.  

Today, Paul Benevich and Dave Linhardt discuss the origin of this GUILT, why it can be so destructive, and how we handle it. We don’t want...

This podcast episode is dedicated to discussing the benefits of being our authentic selves. 

I have found that almost all entrepreneurs are a bit broken. In a way, I think you have to be. It comes with the job. While pursuing an idea that you have faith in, but one that is new and untested, you get beat up along the way. You will face doubters and rejection. So, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off, put on a smile, and walk into ...

In this episode, Dave takes us through the process of navigating his new startup’s first product build and making decisions on the resources he needs to initiate operations.

Paul Benevich and Dave Linhardt discuss issues like:

·      Finding a development team

·      Fixed bid vs. hourly

·      1st build budget

·      Negotiating pricing

·      Managing a build

·      Development team skills

·      and Goals of the first product.

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It’s so easy to lose focus when you’re building a business.  And when you lose focus, you lose traction.  Sometimes it’s difficult to decide which of the challenges you face has the highest priority.  Which one do you tackle first?  Are you wasting your time and energy on the wrong things?  Creativity has so many avenues – it can lead to opportunity or a curse.   

In this episode, we explore what methods and processes Paul Benevich ...

The focus of this episode is on the importance of building a community of advocates around your business or startup. The community can consist of advisors, supporters and solution evangelists, investors, and customers.

Each of these advocates can have a profound influence on your business success. Whether it’s welcome advice, public approval and commendation, financial support, influence, or someone becoming a buyer, you can never h...

Dave and I are trying something different in this episode. As Dave has mentioned a few times throughout this podcast, good mental health is probably the most important component of being a successful and balanced entrepreneur.  You have to be ready to deal with challenges that test your confidence, courage, creativity, intuition, business sense, and maybe stamina, too.

With this said, on occasion, we will host a series of episodes c...

In Episode 5, we talk about bringing your first product to market. You have to decide if you have enough market information to move forward with a “Minimal Viable Product.”  This is the first solution that you can offer to allow your customers to experience it.  You can improve on it later, but you need to get something out there for customers to see.

So, you have to decide what that solution looks like, and how much you want to inv...

In Episode 2, we discussed “The Honeymoon Phase – The Possibilities are Endless.”  That’s the time when we are really excited about our ideas and we are totally fearless.  But experience has told me that, while a honeymoon period is a necessary time to get us motivated, reality does set in at some point.

In Episode 4, I share my own emotional journey with Dave Linhardt as I continue to move forward creating this podcast.  I discuss ...

In Episode 3, we examine the process of market-testing your idea. It is a fundamental concept to be a lean, agile entrepreneur or have such a company.  So many entrepreneurs and start-ups claim to be lean and agile but very few founders and startup teams apply these concepts well, and that includes, at times, both Dave and myself.

In this podcast, Paul Benevich and Dave Linhardt interview a new entrepreneur, Dave Salyers, who had pl...

In Episode 2, “The Honeymoon Phase, the Possibilities are Endless,” you get a glimpse of the excitement and energy surrounding a new idea.  During this phase, the idea lives largely in our minds and we take the first steps at bringing this idea into reality.   

We thought it would be interesting to allow our audience to journey behind the scenes as Paul Benevich and Dave Linhardt bring this podcast to life.   

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In Episode 1, you as an entrepreneur, are introduced to The “Just Build It” mindset: The importance of getting your first product to market as quickly and affordably as possible to get initial audience feedback.  Yes, this will be an imperfect product – and that’s quite acceptable at this early junction.

In this episode, you get acquainted with your “Just Build It” Podcast hosts – two long-time friends from College, Paul Benevich an...