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#1827 - New Year, New Season! Here’s What’s Coming UpA short host monologue kicking off year six of Side Hustle School. It previews a new weekly segment, more founder stories plus Q&A, and a…
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Side Hustle School#1826 - Failure Friday: Self-Guided London Food Tours Fail to ExciteSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1826 - Failure Friday: Self-Guided London Food Tours Fail to ExciteJennifer Earle, founder of Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, used to run guided London food tours and tried expanding into a self-guided version…
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#1823 - New App Designer Jumps Into No-Code DevelopmentA nomadic designer relocates to Switzerland and pivots into no-code app development, shipping more than ten apps in a single year. The…
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#1821 - Marketing Analyst Serves Up Gluten-Free ProfitA home chef who has personal experience with food limitations turns that into a gluten-free food blog. The site earns around $5,000 per…
Side Hustle School#1819 - Failure Friday: “I had to take a hard look at my business model…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1819 - Failure Friday: “I had to take a hard look at my business model…”Failure Friday: Allen Chiang of Retro Radio Farm had so much demand he couldn't keep up, then watched Facebook ads stop delivering, leaving…
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#1816 - ‘Jack n ginger’ Admin Designs Island-Life JewelryAn office manager nicknamed 'jack n ginger' designs island-style jewelry inspired by Hawaii, reportedly making up to $4,000 a month…
Side Hustle School#1814 - Freelance Writer Publishes Sixty Articles Each MonthSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1814 - Freelance Writer Publishes Sixty Articles Each MonthA freelance writer carves out a niche in financial content and produces about sixty articles a month, clearing six figures a year on a…
Side Hustle School#1812 - Failure Friday: “We went all-in on applying for a $2 million grant…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1812 - Failure Friday: “We went all-in on applying for a $2 million grant…”Failure Friday: Suzanne Tucker of Generation Mindful recounts going all-in on a multi-million-dollar NIH grant application, only to be…
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#1810 - Should I start a new site for my food business?A listener with an older dormant food blog asks whether to convert it to an ecommerce store or start a fresh site. The episode weighs SEO…
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#1809 - Writing About Reality TV Becomes Rite of PassionA journalism teacher turns her reality TV habit into a paying side hustle by writing about reality shows for an engaged audience. The…
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#1807 - Expat Teacher Draws Up Personalized WoodworksA New Zealand teacher relocates to Japan and starts a side hustle making custom wood art based on customers' personal memories. The episode…
Side Hustle School#1805 - Failure Friday: “All I had to do was hit the record button…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1805 - Failure Friday: “All I had to do was hit the record button…”Failure Friday features Side Hustle School team member Jedd Chang, whose online cooking club surged during COVID slowdowns; a 200+ attendee…
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#1802 - CBD Oil Products Produce Big ProfitsA pharmacist who used CBD to manage her own anxiety launches a line of natural health products, including CBD oils. The episode covers…
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#1800 - The Blog That Laid the Golden EggA Wall Street accountant builds a million-dollar business around raising backyard chickens, growing the idea from a blog about her own…
Side Hustle School#1798 - Failure Friday: “Our first trade show was canceled with no refund…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1798 - Failure Friday: “Our first trade show was canceled with no refund…”On Failure Friday, Chris Cavallari, who sells Maine-themed wholesale products, prepared for his first big trade show in March 2020 only to…
Side Hustle School#1795 - Unofficial Schitt’s Creek Cookbook Folds in the CheeseSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1795 - Unofficial Schitt’s Creek Cookbook Folds in the CheeseTwo sisters publish an unofficial cookbook inspired by the TV show Schitt's Creek, leveraging fan demand to drive self-published sales. The…
Side Hustle School#1793 - Accountant Trades Active Clients for Passive Course SalesSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1793 - Accountant Trades Active Clients for Passive Course SalesAn American accountant based in South Africa builds a financial wellbeing course for small business owners. The passive course revenue lets…
Side Hustle School#1791 - Failure Friday: Test Prep Tutor Gets Rejected by 100 PublishersSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1791 - Failure Friday: Test Prep Tutor Gets Rejected by 100 PublishersThis Failure Friday tells the story of a standardized test prep founder who scored perfectly on the SAT and then pitched a book to more…
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#1788 - Rustic Tiki Bars Turn Into Pallet-able CareerA new teaching graduate skips the classroom and instead earns a living building custom tiki bars for homeowners out of rustic pallet-style…
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#1786 - Australian Shapes Crafty Shop During LockdownDuring Australia's lockdown, a maker who discovered polymer clay built a one-stop e-commerce shop catering to other polymer-clay crafters,…
Side Hustle School#1784 - Failure Friday: “Weeks after launch, the website was totally dead…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1784 - Failure Friday: “Weeks after launch, the website was totally dead…”Rupert Hunt, founder of SpareRoom.com, recounts how in its earliest days the website saw almost no traffic weeks after launch while the…
Side Hustle School#1781 - Fishing Charter Marketplace Hooks Clients and GuidesSOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1781 - Fishing Charter Marketplace Hooks Clients and GuidesTwo friends built an 'Airbnb for fishing,' a marketplace that connects fishing-trip clients with charter guides around the world. The…
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#1779 - Plant-Based Lebanese Food Goes OnlineAn Australian of Lebanese heritage converted traditional meat-based family recipes into vegan versions as her health improved and started…
Side Hustle School#1777 - Failure Friday: “No one wanted a bat house during the pandemic…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
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#1777 - Failure Friday: “No one wanted a bat house during the pandemic…”A Failure Friday segment about the maker of 'Big Bat Houses,' a large wooden bat shelter product. When the pandemic hit and home…