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Posts by: Corbett Barr

Cofounder and CEO of Fizzle. Entrepreneur for a decade. Blogger, podcaster, lifestyle business builder.

One of the questions I hear most is "how do I find a mentor?" Mentorship has always been a strange concept to me. For a long time I thought it was common for people to have "official" mentors, but eventually I realized I had never met anyone with an explicit mentor relationship.

Two weeks ago we first wrote about the launch of our new training platform for online business builders in 5 lessons from a $213,000 launch. Today we have 5 more lessons from our launch to share with you. If you're building an online business or launching a new product, this post is for you.

Two weeks ago our little 3-person company launched a new video training platform and community for online business builders. The launch (which was actually iterated over 3.5 months) was a hit. We exceeded our expectations and brought in a nice chunk of revenue (which I'll detail below).

A little over a month ago, we intentionally launched a very unfinished product. Functionality was missing, content was meager and many questions were unanswered, yet we opened the doors to real customers anyway, on a date we had scheduled months in advance.

When I first started working on my own business ideas, I didn't understand how important it was to do something unique. I borrowed other ideas without contributing anything new or noteworthy and then scratched my head when my implementation never took off. "Why is no one paying attention to my idea?"

Blogging can be an incredible platform to build a business around. Blogging is a perfect way to become recognized as an expert in your field. But blogging can also become a trap that keeps you from your real goals.