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A grad student in need of extra money started listing his own unused belongings online, then expanded by selling friends' and family's…
Two long-time friends run a songwriting school in Toronto and used the pandemic as a chance to keep teaching with adapted formats. The…
A Failure Friday episode about TuckTats, a small company selling temporary tattoos designed to cover surgical scars. Early on the…
After a previous startup attempt failed, a developer revisited a solitaire card game he had built years earlier as a side project and…
A competitive nighttime runner, frustrated by bulky safety gear like reflective vests and armbands, invented a slimmer, more wearable…
A Failure Friday episode featuring a Nashville-based maker of handmade goods whose early sales success convinced the co-founder he could…
A listener started writing personalized, scented 'letters from Santa' for children and turned it into a seasonal side business that brought…
A former pharmaceutical sales rep invented a pet-and-shower cleaning product that became an Amazon bestseller, generating more than $2…
A Q&A episode explores the idea of buying and reselling virtual loot bags, which contain digital in-game items tied to a game that does not…
Matthew Bivens founded a business that provides captioning services for live theater performances aimed at deaf and hard-of-hearing…
After learning his wife was expecting twins, an oil-field mechanic started a handyman side hustle serving realtors with small fix-up jobs…
A nomadic couple turned their love of travel and vintage campers into a rental business offering unique stays. The episode covers how a…
A Failure Friday story from Julia Taylor, owner and designer of an adventure-themed brand of totes and mugs, about combining business with…
An insurance manager with a midnight idea fell in love with the intersection of entrepreneurship and sports and built a product-review…
A tech-savvy senior instructor teaches online wellness classes to other seniors through a third-party platform, getting paid per class. The…
A Failure Friday episode featuring an attorney who sells cork sunglasses as a side hustle; a large client order was held up by a long…
A teenage history fan started a podcast about Vikings that grew to 50,000 downloads per month, then pivoted into becoming a podcast growth…
A Texas crafter upcycles discarded chairs into whimsical works of art and built a six-figure shop from it. The episode covers how a…
A Failure Friday episode revisiting the co-founders of Dancakes, an international pancake art brand previously profiled on episode 1,000.…
An aerospace manager who decided to embrace her gray hair launched a blog aimed at women going gray, and grew it into roughly $6,000/month…
A 7th-grade English teacher uses his writing skills on the side, crafting them for others to land their dream jobs. The episode covers how…
A Failure Friday story from Jonathan Fields, author of Sparked, about the morning his popular yoga studio had a VIP guest and the sound…
A dinosaur-loving couple started a niche podcast about ancient reptiles, eventually publishing more than 350 episodes and turning it into a…
A Utah dad runs a seasonal paddleboard rental side hustle that benefited from pandemic demand for outdoor activities, with Google Maps…
