How to Build An Audience Before a Product with Corbett Barr Co-founder and CEO of Fizzle

The Exit - Presented By Flippa

Technology

5.0 • 420 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Today we’re talking with Corbett Barr, co-founder and CEO of Fizzle, a company that helps entrepreneurs to grow an audience and get paid for their work as an independent creator. Corbett’s first dive into owning a business wasn’t the best experience but it taught him a lot. Rebounding from that with a fun business experience, Corbett created, ran, and sold a Spanish tutorial service. With his collection of experiences he has gone on to start Fizzle, a company that gives him the life he desires. -- The Exit - Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the exit presented by Flippa. This is a 30 minute podcast featuring
0:17.3	amazing entrepreneurs who have been there and they have done it. The exit talks to operators
0:21.4	who have bought and sold businesses of all different shapes and sizes. You'll learn
0:25.9	how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits.
0:29.2	It's a world occupied by a small few but accessible to many. And on this episode, I sit
0:34.9	down with corporate bar. He's a fantastic entrepreneur who really figured out early on from a failure
0:42.5	at an exit that a lifestyle business doesn't have to mean your entire life being wrapped
0:47.7	around a business means that the business can operate around your life. You can function,
0:54.0	have a great life and be a digital no-bad in a way to create a cool lifestyle for yourself
1:00.5	and operate a business on your own time. And he created a business called Fizzle and he does
1:06.8	a great job of walking us through his journey actually starting and raising millions of dollars
1:13.1	and failing at an exit and what he learned through that process all the way to starting Fizzle
1:18.7	and operating a successful profitable business eventually exiting one on the Flippa market
1:23.9	place that was a Spanish teaching application and he does a great job, great storyteller.
1:30.0	So without further ado, let's dive right into my interview here with corporate bar.
1:36.0	All right. I am here with corporate bar, the co-founder and CEO of Fizzle. How's it going today,
1:43.2	Corbett? Hey, great. Thanks so much for having me, Steve. Yeah, I'm excited about this. So before we
1:48.6	dig into your exit and some of the details around Fizzle and things like that, let's hear a little
1:54.8	bit about your background and what brought you into starting business in the first place.
2:00.0	Yeah, I didn't have a good idea of what I wanted to do with my career and I just kind of
2:06.0	like followed one opportunity to the next. I was definitely interested in technology and I ended
2:11.5	up in Fortune 500 consulting. It was nothing that I had ever thought of as a kid. It's not like your
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