A Los Angeles family-run prop shop supplies fake meth labs, body parts and gore to shows like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones; it started…
Side Hustle School
1,908 source episodes in the catalog.
A published novelist builds an online course teaching productivity for writers and reaches 3,700 students in year one, adding roughly…
A follow-up to an earlier book-deal episode, this extended cut lists 11 marketing tactics for promoting a book or other creative project…
An oil and gas project manager works nights to build an eco-conscious candle line, selling candles for personal profit while donating a…
A Silicon Valley program manager frustrated by poor workplace culture launches a conference on the topic; within two years it is doing six…
Three teachers pool their skills to launch a non-sports summer camp for nerdy kids, getting creative in year two to actually pay themselves…
Inspired by the earlier Craigslist wedding photographer story, a woman in Australia with newly learned floral arranging skills books $7,500…
A Minnesota wine store employee fields requests from a lawyer who wants tasting lessons, realizes there's a market for his knowledge, and…
A musician starts with a drum kit left at his house, builds a lifelong percussion practice, and turns it into a six-figure podcast about…
A Berlin-based designer notices that new clients have shrinking budgets for web design and builds a series of low-cost kits to serve them.…
A nomadic travel employee writes a guidebook about Iceland, then drives roughly $10,000 in sales by promoting it on Pinterest. The episode…
A painter uses her love for her hometown and her last $100 to launch a side hustle selling local-themed artwork that now brings in about…
An Oregon woman charges up to $3,000 per month cleaning animal skulls for hunters and horror productions using flesh-eating dermestid…
A sneaker fan turned a childhood mall trip into a long-running hustle buying and reselling popular sneakers for about $1,000 a month. The…
A short host message about registering a copy of the Side Hustle book to access bonus resources, plus social and podcast links. Not an…
A marketer searches for a simple solution for a client, can't find one, and spends a year building a subscription box product that reaches…
A couple in Ottawa learn to upcycle unwanted furniture and resell it, making about $1,000 per month on the side. The episode covers…
A young analyst struggling with student loans builds a 'round up' spare change service that grew into a six-figure side income. The episode…
A museum educator uses improv theater techniques ('yes, and') to build creative side income while earning a living in the arts. The episode…
Two New York City event planners build a festival series themed around desserts and other sweets, turning their love of sugar into a…
A Los Angeles designer turns his frustration about bad parkers into a novelty gift item that now earns around $25,000 per year. The episode…
A corporate marketing manager invents a wristband designed to repel mosquitoes and turns it into a $350,000 business. The episode covers…
A British man notices a gap in the Nespresso-compatible pod market for flavors beyond the standard range and starts a coffee pod side…
A farm certification specialist in California combines his agricultural day job with a side hustle selling handmade pottery. The…