Side Hustle School
#1991 - Digital Illustrator Crafts Creative DesignsAn American expat based in France sells multiethnic graphic illustrations online, drawing on her artistic background and heritage. The…
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Side Hustle School#1990 - First $1,000: “I wanted to be the guy with a laptop on the beach…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1990 - First $1,000: “I wanted to be the guy with a laptop on the beach…”First $1,000: the founder of Maid This builds a cleaning company into a multi-million-dollar operation that he runs remotely. The episode…
Side Hustle School#1987 - Failure Friday: “I acted like an inexperienced order-taker…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1987 - Failure Friday: “I acted like an inexperienced order-taker…”Failure Friday: a freelance writer who now earns six figures looks back at her early mistakes when she acted as an inexperienced…
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#1984 - Data Scientist Profits from Viral ArticleA data scientist publishes a Medium article that goes viral, then turns the attention into an online community and a series of paid courses…
Side Hustle School#1983 - First $1,000: “I’ll never forget the moment I got paid…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1983 - First $1,000: “I’ll never forget the moment I got paid…”First $1,000: belly-dance coach Jennifer Sobel moves her in-person program online and turns it into a sustainable business teaching…
Side Hustle School#1980 - Failure Friday: “We locked ourselves in a room for six months to build it…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1980 - Failure Friday: “We locked ourselves in a room for six months to build it…”Failure Friday: co-founders of Sports Bookr, an online booking and scheduling service for sports facilities, learn the hard way that…
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#1977 - This Balloon-Popping Tool Strikes Helium GoldA graphic designer invents a tool that pops helium balloons safely and turns the invention into a sellable product. The episode walks…
Side Hustle School#1976 - First $1,000: “I wasn’t sure what to do, so I started selling sports cards…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1976 - First $1,000: “I wasn’t sure what to do, so I started selling sports cards…”First $1,000: a Los Angeles consultant starts buying and reselling sports cards during the pandemic for fun and it turns highly profitable.
Side Hustle School#1973 - Failure Friday: “Offensive Greeting Cards” Lost in PostSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1973 - Failure Friday: “Offensive Greeting Cards” Lost in PostFailure Friday: a UK founder of crude, offensive greeting cards scales up with overseas suppliers for a big holiday run — and loses the…
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#1970 - Charcuterie Boards Cure Couple's Pandemic WoesA midwestern couple restarts their income during the 2020 lockdown by selling charcuterie boards, turning a pandemic setback into a small…
Side Hustle School#1969 - First $1,000: “I couldn’t believe I got paid playing a game I loved…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1969 - First $1,000: “I couldn’t believe I got paid playing a game I loved…”First $1,000: the founder of StartPlaying.Games creates a marketplace where companies professional dungeon masters who run private tabletop…
Side Hustle School#1966 - Failure Friday: “80% of our customers never returned…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1966 - Failure Friday: “80% of our customers never returned…”Failure Friday: Plate Crate, a baseball-themed subscription box, takes a hit when a website rebuild disrupts the customer experience and…
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#1963 - Head-to-Toe Holistic Skincare Biz Shows MoxieA single mom launches a small-batch holistic skincare line for about $150 from a tax refund, focusing on teaching customers about skin…
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#1962 - First $1,000: Bulldog Blogger Builds Bow-Wow BizFirst $1,000: the creator of FrenchieJourney.com builds a French bulldog blog into a niche resource and business, earning her first…
Side Hustle School#1959 - Failure Friday: “Switchasaurus” Card Game Almost Goes ExtinctSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1959 - Failure Friday: “Switchasaurus” Card Game Almost Goes ExtinctFailure Friday: the creator of Switchasaurus, a dinosaur-themed card game, runs into trouble when his first supplier fails to deliver. He…
Side Hustle School#1956 - College Student Turned Fashion Influencer Earns $140,000SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1956 - College Student Turned Fashion Influencer Earns $140,000A university student builds a fashion blog into a $140,000 business using SEO and Pinterest traffic. The episode covers how she monetised a…
Side Hustle School#1955 - First $1,000: Digital Art Reaches Physical Homes WorldwideSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1955 - First $1,000: Digital Art Reaches Physical Homes WorldwideThe co-founders of Wandercolors produce digital illustrations of famous travel destinations and turn them into physical prints shipped to…
Side Hustle School#1952 - Failure Friday: “I naively thought the influencers would bring sales…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1952 - Failure Friday: “I naively thought the influencers would bring sales…”An Australian ecommerce founder of a mindful toys and gifts store hired Instagram influencers after a rebrand, only to discover the…
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#1949 - Travel Membership Program Earns $300,000/YearA travel writer runs a membership site that helps families book discounted airfare, generating roughly $300,000 a year through subscription…
Side Hustle School#1948 - First $1,000: “I took a salary cut of fifty per cent…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1948 - First $1,000: “I took a salary cut of fifty per cent…”An Australian ad agency owner took a 50% pay cut to learn pay-per-click advertising early on, and that bet on PPC knowledge turned into a…
Side Hustle School#1945 - Failure Friday: “They just weren’t interested in what we were selling…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1945 - Failure Friday: “They just weren’t interested in what we were selling…”The co-owner of a wedding livestream business tried to expand into a new adjacent market when Covid hit, only to find buyers weren't…
Side Hustle School#1942 - Ottawa Teacher Finds “Unexpected Journey” After RetirementSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1942 - Ottawa Teacher Finds “Unexpected Journey” After RetirementA retired Ottawa teacher turned her knowledge of the city's overlooked landmarks into a side business catering to visitors who want…
Side Hustle School#1941 - First $1,000: “My roommate threw a wad of hundred-dollar bills on the table…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1941 - First $1,000: “My roommate threw a wad of hundred-dollar bills on the table…”A college student branded as Silver Picker earned about $10,000 in one summer by buying coins and precious metals at estate sales and…
Side Hustle School#1938 - Failure Friday: “My app kept crashing during the big pitch…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1938 - Failure Friday: “My app kept crashing during the big pitch…”The founder of iGoal.io, a project management tool, recounts how the app crashed during an early pitch to a major investor and what he…