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A Failure Friday episode about a Lego reseller who took a deal that seemed too good to be true and learned a hard lesson about integrity…
A linguist with a passion for accessibility turned Braille translation of documents and materials into a side hustle serving schools,…
A Failure Friday episode about an SEO consultant who outsourced client work to an unvetted agency and suffered when that agency produced…
A home cook built an affiliate blog reviewing high-end kitchen tools, earning commissions on purchases driven by her reviews and recipes.…
A Failure Friday episode about an influencer who hastily promoted a supplement brand without vetting the company and suffered reputational…
A travel planner built a side hustle by specialising exclusively in bespoke luxury trips built around Four Seasons resorts, charging…
A Failure Friday episode about a graphic designer who used copyrighted images in a client deliverable and faced legal consequences. The…
A developer combined a passion for birdwatching with coding to launch a niche mobile app for birders, monetising it through in-app ads and…
A Failure Friday episode about a vintage watch restorer who suffered a client dispute born of unclear communication about scope and…
An accountant built a side hustle offering tailored financial-planning and bookkeeping services specifically to freelancers, carving out a…
A Failure Friday story about two friends who spent nearly six months planning a fashion blog together but never launched because they kept…
A makeup artist and SFX specialist built a side hustle by posting viral special-effects makeup tutorials on TikTok and monetising the…
A Failure Friday episode about an attempted mobile app marketplace designed to generate revenue through App Store referral fees. The…
An Instagram growth specialist turned their social-media skills into a side business helping local businesses build their Instagram…
A longtime hustler tried to build a custom fitness tracker in the wearable-tech space, only to hit the wall between prototype and mass…
A genealogical detective turned family-history research into a side business, piecing together clients' hidden heritages for a fee and…
A side hustler built a business around personalized tech tutorials and code reviews, only to watch demand collapse as AI coding assistants…
A former spy turned his surveillance and counter-surveillance expertise into an online business teaching people how to stay safe and…
A freelancer joined a coworking space hoping for collaboration, but found it was essentially a quiet office rental with little real…
The episode answers a listener question about how virtual assistants can land higher-paying gigs, raise rates, and move upmarket. It covers…
A reseller buys bulk toothbrushes and other items cheaply on Temu and resells them in bulk to local businesses like hotels and clinics,…
An aspiring entrepreneur tried to launch a short-term housing network in Bali, only to discover Airbnb already dominated that niche. The…
A creator sells AI-generated artwork to high-volume internet publishers that need hundreds of images a day to accompany articles. The…
A women's clothing retailer used predictive analytics to plan inventory for the holiday season, but the forecast missed demand and she…
