Fail To Learn: Teaching Stories From Business, Sales, Marketing, Coaching, Blogging, Freelance, & Entrepreneurs.

Starting a service business wasn’t the first thing on Carey Green’s mind. He had been a pastor for the last 20 years but he felt a calling towards a different path. Carey left his church and wondered what he was going to do. He pursued ideas that went nowhere fast. He was editing a friend’s podcast and his friend said, “Why don’t you turn this into a business?” And he did. In 2013 he started Podcast FastTrack and has nurtured it into a profitable service business. But, shortly after starting he had his doubts. And that’s what we talk about in today’s show. Here’s what Carey and I discuss: How his friend convinced him to start a podcast editing business. How his quick growth led to simple mistakes, and how you can avoid these mistakes. What happened when he received an email from an unhappy client. How that took a toll on Carey and made him doubt he was doing the right thing. What happened when Carey began doubting he could make it as an entrepreneur. Why you need to have procedures and systems in place for e