Running an indie business is more possible than ever — even when you’ve got a young baby or a new marriage. But if you try to simply burn more candles at more ends (or pour more cups of coffee to get through the day) you’ll find yourself and your family paying a price too high.
Picture this: you've been working hard on your business when an amazing opportunity comes along. You've been asked to speak on a panel where your ideal customers will be eagerly listening in the audience. The adrenaline starts pumping as you process the good news, when suddenly…
When we compare ourselves to other people our work gets worse not better. And yet it’s a totally human experience: “they have people buying, listening, reading, clicking their stuff, why don’t I have that?”
Something really stuck with me after reading the amazing four-part blog post series at Wait But Why about Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX. In the first article in the series, Elon Musk: The World’s Raddest Man, author Tim Urban notes “… he [Elon Musk] refuses to advertise for Tesla, something most startup car companies wouldn’t think twice about — because he sees advertising as manipulative and dishonest.” (emphasis mine)
“I don’t really have deep expertise in anything. I’m more of a jack of all trades. Do I have any business starting a business?” We’ve heard this question a number of times at Fizzle, so let’s set the record straight and give you some insights about starting a business without expertise.
Sabiki rigs are one of the most fascinating tools I've ever seen used in fishing. They consist of anywhere between six and ten small lures with individual hooks, all attached to one fishing line and rod with a sinker at the end.
Can you try two business ideas out at the same time or will it just waste your time on both to not focus on either? On the show today we share our thoughts on that question as well as 3 others brought up recently on the Fizzle Forums:
April is famous for bringing us rain showers, baseball and the second quarter of the year. What we talk about less often? The goals you eagerly set back in January, now swept under that giant pile of stuff in your garage you promise you'll organize this Spring.
“I just want to make my site and my products and not reach out or communicate as a marketer except minimally…” This was in a note we received recently. It was from a Fizzler who was considering giving up.