Episode 164: How Long Should Your Business Take to Earn Revenue? (FS164)

The Fizzle Show

fizzle.co

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

4.8 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

    <p>I heard some advice from an entrepreneur about how hopeful entrepreneurs should pursue their first business idea. (That advice is explained in the podcast below.) It made me think about how long it can take before your business starts earning revenue. How long is too long? Should you be fighting for revenue right out of the gate? Should you keep a job so you have some financial stability while you get your own business off the ground? In this episode we share our advice about these question. We’ve been, done and seen a lot in the world of small business, and this episode brings some excellent perspective. Enjoy! Shownotes: fizzleshow.co/164</p>

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Fizzle show.
0:09.3	All right.
0:11.5	All right.
0:13.4	Hey, everyone.
0:14.3	This is Chase from The Fizzle Show, where every Friday we publish another conversation
0:19.4	about the art and science of supporting yourself doing something that you care about.
0:24.3	In case you aren't familiar with us, we host and run fizzle.com, where we show creatives, freelancers, and entrepreneurs,
0:32.7	how to build a business that actually works.
0:35.3	We have a roadmap broken into three phases that guides you through every step of small
0:40.1	business from coming up with your business idea to growing your email list to getting people
0:43.6	to know, like, and trust your website, podcast, or video channel, etc.
0:48.0	Membership to fizzle.com costs about a dollar a day.
0:51.2	But as a listener, you can try your first five weeks for free on us
0:55.5	when you go to fizzle.co slash try five. All right, in this episode, how long should your
1:04.2	business take to earn revenue? I heard some advice from an entrepreneur about how hopeful entrepreneurs
1:10.5	should pursue their first business idea.
1:13.1	I'll explain that advice a little later in the show here.
1:15.3	It made me think about how long it can take before your business starts earning revenue.
1:20.0	And my question immediately is like, okay, so how long is too long?
1:23.8	Should you be fighting for revenue right out of the gate?
1:27.1	Sure, or should you keep a job so you have some financial stability while you get your own
1:30.8	business off the ground? So those might seem kind of rudimentary questions, but I think
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from fizzle.co, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of fizzle.co and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.