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Side Hustle School
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A mom of two started freelance writing to avoid returning to full-time work; an assignment for a women's fitness site led her to clone the…
A D.C. resident originally from Hong Kong used Facebook Marketplace to build a $4,000/month houseplant hustle, leaning on Feng Shui…
Failure Friday with Meredith Golden, founder of a dating transparency app. The segment covers her struggles to launch and the lessons…
When her district went remote, a P.E. teacher and former pro volleyball player started daily livestreams on YouTube. Within two months she…
A Miami man waiting in a food-truck line discovered no-code app builders and now earns a substantial side income building apps for clients…
Failure Friday with a boudoir photographer who promoted a webinar to 400 attendees, only for the platform to cap out at 50. The segment…
A digital marketer built a six-figure business selling an online belly dancing course, replacing her corporate career with her passion.
A DIYer earned $20,000 in 2020 selling knitting kits on Etsy. The episode explores why her kits succeeded where many other craft sellers…
Failure Friday with Alan Perlman, founder of a drone training company that now does seven figures a year. The story focuses on a rocky…
A lawyer's after-hours music production hobby drew interest, leading him to package his knowledge into a series of video tutorials and a…
The daughter of a jewelry maker left corporate finance to launch her own custom jewelry brand. The episode covers how she applied finance…
Failure Friday segment with Nate Martin, founder of Puzzle Break, America's original escape room. An early expansion into San Francisco…
A product manager turned his love of tabletop roleplaying games into a business where he hosts and runs paid D&D sessions for others. The…
A Missouri ESL teacher sold a couple of barstools on a whim, then built a furniture flipping side hustle that grew into a full-time income.…
A Failure Friday segment features the inventor of a mug made of ice. He brought the product to a large outdoor event in Minnesota, but…
A menswear designer and new mom leaves her stable job to freelance for direct-to-consumer brands, building a flexible design practice. The…
Two management consultants open an online shop selling digital and print-on-demand travel-themed art prints. The episode covers building a…
Failure Friday: Amy McCord Jones of Flower Moxie learns the hard way that customers want photos of every colour option; skipping product…
A promo reminding listeners that the 'Idea to Income' course discount ends this weekend, with code IDEA at courses.sidehustleschool.com,…
After COVID deconstructs his Lego educator job, a positive psychology practitioner builds playful corporate team-building workshops. The…
A North Carolina web agency owner launches a subscription box for female entrepreneurs hoping it becomes a referral tool for her agency; it…
Failure Friday: a Canadian weighted-blanket seller scales to thousands of customers but has a disastrous holiday season when overseas…
A married couple's wedding logistics problems push them to build a live-stream service so other engaged pandemic couples can include remote…