Side Hustle School

A man designed a tabletop card game as a birthday gift for his wife, and it grew into a $40,000 business. The episode covers the journey…

After 30 years in the Air Force, a veteran with OCD opened a specialty candy shop. The description focuses on the personal story rather…

A Minnesota woman turned her design hobby into a clothing line for people and their dogs, reaching $250,000 in canine clothing sales. The…

A UK-based consultant started a book club to build a better reading habit and grew it to 350 members, generating about $6,400 per month.…

A product-development executive built a group-buying platform for electronics and other items, starting with $5,000 and now generating…

This special feature highlights a family that built a business around plant-based, organic body-care or cleaning products, growing it from…

Twin brothers turned their cardistry (card-manipulation performance art) into a profitable business selling playing cards and related…

A former stay-at-home mom in Maine started baking whoopie pies in bulk after her kids left for college. She now produces them by the…

Two business-student friends launched a product after a frustrating experience with expensive headphones. They designed a headphone…

A biology student and model with an interest in sexual wellness built a side business around writing about the topic. The description…

A lifelong baker who feared pies starts selling pies and grows a baked-goods business with hundreds of customers. The brand positions her…

After watching a marketing client earn on seasonal pet products, the founder launches dog-themed holiday stockings. The side hustle sells…

A musician who can't afford new guitar pedals designs his own switching system, then turns the design into a small manufacturing business.…

Two friends turn their bargain-shopping eye into an affiliate-marketing blog and social channel. With $46 in startup costs they reached…

A full-time songwriter and music producer is asked by a friend to write intro music for a podcast, and turns that into recurring side…

Two women launch an architecturally-inspired ice cream brand that debuts at Coachella to viral attention. The product line is a designer…

A business analyst launches a side hustle in cannabis-related products and finds steady revenue in the legal weed market. The episode…

A Sacramento comic and collectibles shop owner launches a monthly comic-book subscription crate to build literacy and spark reading…

A Dutch A/V engineer with chronic headaches diversifies his income by designing and selling tabletop board games. The games became a…

An account manager and her partner create a self-care and wellness diary and sell it as a print product. The diaries are positioned as a…

Two friends start a monthly sock subscription club with $600 and grow it to 23 employees shipping 150,000 socks a month. The "Sock of the…

A working mother designs and sells a coat that works safely with car seats, solving the puffy-coat safety problem. The product lets parents…

What started as a joking blog post about produce-themed temporary tattoos turns into a real product line called Tater Tats. The…

A college student buys and resells classic video games to pay off a $4,000 student loan. The business is built on thrifting, listing, and…