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Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, an American non-profit organization which aims to present hope for people struggling with addiction, depression, self injury, and thoughts of suicide while also investing directly into treatment and recovery.

Jordan Harbinger is an American lawyer turned Social Dynamics expert. He is the owner and co-founder of The Art of Charm, a dating and relationships coaching company and top rated podcast. In this Founder Story, Corbett sits down with Jordan to discuss how he started this business on the side while working as a layer, how he built up his team of coaches and employees, and the impact podcasting had on growing his audience and client base.

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine and The Referral Engine. In this Founder Story, Corbett sits down with John to discuss what he has learned through frequently consulting with small and mid-sized businesses to help them create marketing plans that lead to steady growth.

Get booked solid with clients using this system… even if you hate marketing and selling. The Book Yourself Solid system, developed by Michael Port almost 10 years ago and updated in two major versions since, will turn your business (and you) into an engine of production.

The Fizzle Business Sketch Template identifies all the essential elements of your business plan… on one page—not a 50-page business plan, not a 20-slide presentation. One page. We developed the Business Sketch Template (BST) to be a quick and simple tool to identify all the building blocks of your business idea. And, maybe more importantly, to show you where the holes are.

In this special Fizzle workshop we cover how to tell your company's story and create a compelling elevator pitch that will make all of your efforts more effective. From there we share how to turn your pitch into a concise tagline for your business and website.

Create, Launch and Sell a new product or service online in the next 30 days. We’ll walk you through it, step-by-step. We've created a very special 30-day challenge and we want you to join.

Josh Shipp has been public speaking since he was 17. He toured with Bill Cosby when he was still a kid, used to be on MTV's Total Request Live, and just recently had his own TV show with Oprah's executive producer.