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A young couple figures out what improves their relationship and packages it into a blog and online course for other couples. The episode…
Failure Friday: Luciana Torous, founder of 3 Leaf Tea, loses her long-time Japanese tea supplier mid-pandemic and her supply chain…
A warehouse manager discovers Twitter threads as an audience-building tactic, then builds a 'Twitter Threads As A Service' offering for…
A college student sees his roommate make $2,000 in a weekend flipping silver, learns about precious metals, and earns $10,000 his first…
Failure Friday: the inventor of the peeLUX pitches her product to the Spanx founder, only to be shut down by the company's lawyers. The…
A remote worker trying to thank healthcare staff discovers an untapped market for custom charcuterie and cheese boards, which she turns…
A real estate agent builds a side business processing bulk direct-mail (snail mail) campaigns, which frees her from financial stress. The…
An Australian who runs small-ship Mediterranean tours commissioned a new vessel from a local shipbuilder, and the project turned into a…
A tech-savvy marketer in Charleston, South Carolina expanded her existing music bingo hosting side gig. The episode covers how she scaled…
As a joke, a baking hobbyist started an Instagram account selling bread, and it snowballed into a real business doing more than $100,000 in…
The founder of a workplace inclusion and antiracism agency saw major growth during the past year but ran into clients who weren't sure what…
A social studies teacher started a TikTok account during lockdown to stay connected with her students and ended up building 1.5 million…
Chris Guillebeau interviews Tim Welsh, Vice Chair of Consumer and Business Banking at U.S. Bank, about how small businesses are driving the…
A psychology graduate carrying $65,000 in student debt turned an equestrian art hobby into a scalable business. The episode covers how she…
A personal finance blogger launched a coaching program with zero response from his audience and spent two years recovering financially and…
A Peace Corps alumnus used his teaching background to help a friend prep for a military entrance test and discovered that many recruits pay…
Instead of staying in R&D or academia, a PhD food scientist pivoted to freelance writing specialized in food science topics. The episode…
A military spouse sells punny greeting cards and gets the chance to pitch her business to executives at an incubator. She tries to wing the…
A college student who had been launching blogs since age 15 discovered she had a knack for visual design and began taking on design work as…
After a pandemic pay cut, a marketing manager meditates on options and launches a wellness/mindfulness blog. The episode walks through how…
A design studio owner burned out, overworked herself, and ended up in the emergency room at 3 a.m. The episode is a cautionary story about…
A husband-and-wife team started a personal finance blog aimed at getting out of debt. Growth was slow at first—nine months to reach $50 in…
An Atlanta accountant discovers the car-sharing economy, starts renting out vehicles, and scales up to owning an entire fleet. The episode…
A Failure Friday episode about someone who turned a Reddit Secret Santa gift exchange into a recurring business that ultimately didn't pan…
