A designer reinvents her career by launching an eco-friendly line of reusable plastics. The business is positioned as both environmentally…
Side Hustle School
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A traveler looking to cover rent in Amsterdam starts leading bike tours, then grows the side gig into one of the city's premier touring…
A self-taught coder who moved to London after music school builds a website that helps housemates find each other. Fifteen years later, the…
A pastry chef bakes wedding and custom cakes on the side before turning the hobby into a full-time business. The shop now sells more than…
An interior designer who was tired of poorly designed vacation rentals starts a curated Airbnb alternative featuring boutique,…
A Los Angeles TV and magazine writer launches a side business producing memorable audio interviews. The episode focuses on the creative and…
A Colorado mom invents a detangling hair brush designed for kids' curly hair to speed up her own morning routine. The product catches on…
A bilingual insurance agent who loves Chinese culture builds a niche insurance practice serving Chinese-speaking clients. After initially…
After tasting house-made mustard in Ireland, a young couple spends years perfecting their own recipe and turns the condiment into a side…
A traveling copywriter creates online yoga courses tailored to people living with chronic illnesses. The business packages yoga instruction…
An LA graphic designer cold-pitches design work to YouTube influencers, lands clients, and grows the work into a full design agency…
An automotive painter realises the scrap bin contains valuable material and starts a side hustle selling it for profit. The episode is a…
Two Boston training managers who noticed little diversity in their local art scene launch a for-profit paint-party and multicultural arts…
A San Diego woman builds a custom-blend tea business where customers can design their own tea mixes. The episode covers how she brewed the…
Two former journalists, laid off when their newsrooms closed, design and sell original t-shirts and report moving roughly 8,000 units in a…
Two college grads who were early Facebook users spotted how big social media would become and built a social-media agency around that wave,…
An architect who loved sewing as a child returns to it later in life and builds a fashionable online shop around her handmade apparel. The…
A bored graphic designer, jealous of other artists' work, channels her love of artwork into an online art blog that becomes popular. The…
A Seattle illustrator whose first idea—making chocolate—proved too difficult pivots to hand-drawn tarot-style packaging for other products.…
A self-taught maker turns a hobby of rustic wall hangings into a full-time woodworking home-decor business. The episode tracks her…
After noticing that thousands of women struggle to pee while wearing post-surgery shapewear, a side hustler and her product-designer…
An expat couple designs and sells cocktail-themed enamel pins, leaning on punny names that capture the spirit of their favorite drinks. The…
A New Zealand photojournalist turns historic fighter-jet imagery into jewelry as a creative outlet and a nostalgia-driven income stream.…
A Colorado artist uses Instagram and wholesale relationships to grow a design-driven brand around his artwork. After a failed first attempt…