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Our podcast launch week was a big success! Here’s some of the best resources we’ve found on podcasting (and some of our favorite podcasts). Last week we launched The Fizzle Show, a talk show for creative entrepreneurs like yourself who want to build a business you care about.

We've been busy over at Fizzle in the past couple of months and I wanted to share some exciting news with you. If you haven't heard about Fizzle yet, we call it "Honest Online Business Training." We think it's the best training library and community for online business builders anywhere.

In my first couple of startups, I built things in the traditional order: product first, then audience. With Think Traffic, I started blogging first, then figured out which products and services to deliver to the audience that gathered here.

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).