Derek Halpern

I AM NOT DEAD - I PROMISE.

But, I've been busy.

Just did my first interview in probably 5 years. If you're interested, give it a watch.

3 months ago | [YT] | 1

Derek Halpern

So, it’s been a while.

I spent most of my life teaching marketing and business…

…but I finally wanted to create a business instead.

The company I cofounded is called Truvani.

We are just over 3 years old. And we just launched a new YouTube advertisement that Harmon Brothers created for us.

I may not be teaching anymore. Instead I’m doing what I always told everyone else to do…

But, people always ask me, “when will you make content again?”

The answer is not likely.

Not like I used to anyway.

For now, I’m enjoying the journey in building a household brand with household products.

Our goal?

A Truvani product in every household.

We have a long ways to go, but we will get there.

3 years ago | [YT] | 3

Derek Halpern

So, last year I quit teaching online business.

You see, I co-founded a consumer product company called Truvani and I wanted that to be my main focus.

I spent years teaching people how to start and grow businesses and I wanted to do just that. Start and grow a business outside the world of “teaching people how to grow a business.”

It’s about changing priorities. I reached a different stage of life, where I knew I couldn’t talk about the same things anymore.

You see, nothing in business actually changes. Most of what I do now I learned through trial and error and pilfering business books written more than 50 years ago.

However, the nature of teaching online business requires you to package things as “new, revolutionary strategies” to break through the noise and get attention.

This gets tiresome.

While I did improve how I taught business - by using modern examples, simplifying things for beginners, and also expanding on it for more advanced folks - it became a treadmill grind that wasn’t worth it to me as a creator.

So, I asked myself what am I most passionate about?

And how can I leave a different impact on the world?

This is one of the reasons why I cofounded the company Truvani with two close friends.

Many people have asked where I went.

I didn’t go anywhere.

I’m here.

I’m just not talking about business anymore.

I’m out there. Building one. And while I’ll like share more about this in the future, for now the main focus has been... building that business.

5 years ago | [YT] | 54

Derek Halpern

So, I saw a few comments about people asking me "Where did you go?" And I realized that I emailed my email newsletter, but never mentioned what happened here on YouTube.

(For people who only subscribed on YouTube).

Now I'll share the full story, but first...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Okay, let's jump right in...

Right around when I stopped vlogging, I had co-founded a new company called Truvani. We create health and wellness products (like protein powders, collagen, bone broth).

And things have been VERY busy.

Honestly, It took me by surprise.

The growth came so quickly that I had to go ALL IN.

It's one of the reasons why I just announced a few weeks ago that I'm no longer going to create and sell online courses. I wanted to focus on my new consumer product company.

However, that doesn't mean I have nothing left to say or share. And I do plan on creating content again. I'm just thinking about what I want to create and why I want to create it.

Anyway, now you know what happened! In the mean time, what's one thing you learned from my YouTube channel that you loved?

6 years ago | [YT] | 32

Derek Halpern

This is the new community tab. CAN YOU SEE THIS?

7 years ago | [YT] | 22

Derek Halpern

So, I'm back to publishing videos. And beginning in 2018 I plan to publish even more. It's going to be fun.

7 years ago | [YT] | 47