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The Fizzle Show

Episode 158: Who am I to Launch a Business? Do I need Expertise? (FS158)

The Fizzle Show

fizzle.co

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

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

    <p>“I don’t really have deep expertise in anything. I’m more of a jack of all trades. Do I have any business starting a business?” Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/158 We’ve heard this question a number of times at Fizzle, so let’s set the record straight and give you some insights about starting a business *without* expertise. Today on the show we’ll cover these two questions: 1. Do I need expertise before I build my business? 2. If I have some expertise, how do i know if it’s enough to warrant a legit business? 3. BONUS: Can Barrett do a Yoda impression?</p>

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Fizzle Show.

0:07.0

This is, of course, the Fizzle Show.

0:13.0

This is, of course, the Fizzle Show.

0:17.0

Our mission is to help you do great work, dent the universe, and support yourself doing

0:22.9

something that you care about. We run fizzle.co, where new and used entrepreneurs learn how to

0:29.4

create, develop, and grow a personal business in the modern age. Membership costs about a dollar

0:34.5

a day for all of the training, support, weekly calls and webinars.

0:39.8

But as a listener, you can try your first five weeks for free on us when you go to fizzle.com

0:46.0

slash try five.

0:49.3

In this episode, who am I to launch a business?

0:53.5

Do I need expertise? I don't really have deep

0:58.0

expertise in anything. I'm more of a jack of all trades. Do I have to have any business

1:04.0

expertise before starting this business? We've heard this question a number of times at Fizzle, and we've asked it ourselves

1:11.7

some of us. So let's set this record straight and give you some insight about starting a business

1:16.7

without expertise. Today on the show, we'll cover these questions. Number one, do I need

1:23.3

expertise before I build my business? Number two, if I have some expertise, how do I know if it's

1:29.9

enough to warrant a legit business? And number three, can Barrett do a Yoda impression?

1:37.9

Follow along at home at fizzleshow.co slash 158, but first, a quick message from our sponsor.

1:46.5

And I kid you not, this really happened in real life on a real airplane. I'll put a video of him singing in the show notes.

1:54.5

Hey, this is Chase. I'm going to read the sponsor this week. It's Fresh Book, Small Business

1:58.6

Accounting. And I'm here with a real small business person

2:01.4

on an airplane heading to Austin. What's your name? My name's Matt. Matt, what do you do?

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