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The Fizzle Show

Episode 115: How to Manage a Side Project With a Full Time Job (FS115)

The Fizzle Show

fizzle.co

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Freelancing, Marketing, Small Business

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2015

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

    <p><a href="http://fizzleshow.co/115">http://fizzleshow.co/115</a> - We love side projects. Most of our successful projects started out as side projects during full time employment. But finding the balance between a side project and a day job often feels impossible. Then you try to throw in a little time for yourself outside of the jobs and side projects and the whole thing topples over. So, if so many businesses are started out as side projects, how can we balance both staying employed for as long as necessary *and* finding enough time to build our side project? That's what we get into in the show today, complete with several examples of very successful businesses today that were once started as side projects. Enjoy!</p>

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Fizzle show.

0:12.8

This is the Fizzle show, our chance to help freelancers, creatives, and indie entrepreneurs by sharing the nuts and bolts

0:22.9

of building a small business that works.

0:25.5

Every Friday, we publish another conversation about the art and science of supporting

0:30.3

yourself doing something that you care about.

0:33.0

Your hosts are, we all work here at Fizzle.

0:35.7

Barrett Brooks, he's the head of growth.

0:37.9

Steph Crowder, rhymes with Chowder, and she's the director of member success.

0:42.8

Corbett Barr are experienced and fearless CEO who's done everything from venture back

0:47.4

startups to blogs to bootstrap businesses.

0:50.3

And me, Chase Reeves, the Hart and Chutzpah creative director here at Fizzle.

0:55.3

I'm mostly the dancing monkey.

0:56.8

Don't let anybody else tell you otherwise.

0:59.5

In this episode, all right, this is a good one.

1:02.0

You're going to like this one.

1:02.8

At least I really did.

1:04.0

Okay?

1:04.3

We love side projects here at Fizzle.

1:07.1

Most of our projects that have started out as side projects during some other full-time

1:13.1

employment that we had. But finding the balance between a side project and a day job also can

1:20.0

often feel impossible. Then you try to throw in a little time for yourself outside of the jobs

1:25.9

and side projects and the whole thing

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