From day one, Corbett, Chase, and Caleb prioritized member success here at Fizzle. As Corbett put it in his great post on Five Ways to Stand Out In a Sea of Noise, "caring can be your company's growth engine."
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From day one, Corbett, Chase, and Caleb prioritized member success here at Fizzle. As Corbett put it in his great post on Five Ways to Stand Out In a Sea of Noise, "caring can be your company's growth engine."
Last year we ran a pilot to test local meetups for the Fizzle community. We learned a few things in the process: Community is everything for an entrepreneur. In fact, a local support system of fellow entrepreneurs can be the difference between persevering and quitting. And we're not a fan of quitting around here.
In 1974, Robin Dunbar earned his stripes as an anthropologist and evolutionary pscyhologist by completing work on his PhD from the University of Bristol, which was summarized in a paper entitled, Social Dynamics of Gelada Baboons. (Look those suckers up, they’re scary.)
I walked into the Starbucks, took a look around and then saw a friendly wave from the Fizzler I was there to meet. We were sitting down to catch up and chat about his growing business, and he had already grabbed a table for us.
Why don’t entrepreneurs just get started on the projects they talk about all the time? We hear from aspiring and current business owners all the time who have dreams of taking on projects big and small, often times hearing from them multiple times about the same project.
"In December, I want to look back at the year and answer two questions: 1. how did we do? and 2. what do we want to do better next year?" That's a quote from Chase in our podcast episode on conducting a yearly review for your business. He continues:
As Chase says so often on The Fizzle Show, even as an entrepreneur, it's so easy for your business to become just another job. You get down in the weeds, working on the never ending to-do list and before you know it, you're wondering why you ever started a business to begin with.
The Eagle and Child pub is similar to many other pubs in Oxford. It's dimly lit, serves beer at room temperature, and cider is an easy find. They have fish and chips along with other pub food. By all accounts, it's just another common place in one of the greatest college towns in the world. Except for one thing...
Whew. It’s been a busy couple of months since we last updated you on what’s new inside of Fizzle. We’ve released an all new member dashboard, two new courses on video production and product creation and two new founder stories with inspiring entrepreneurs.
Andy Perdue stands over his desk, looking at 29-years' worth of paraphernalia from his career in journalism. As he looks from item to item, memories flash across his mind. His first article published in print. His first day covering wine as his day job. The internet changing everything for newspapers.