My First Million
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Indie Hackers#149 – Generating Passive Income by Teaching What You Know with Greg Rog of LearnUXSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#149 – Generating Passive Income by Teaching What You Know with Greg Rog of LearnUXGreg Rog runs LearnUX.io, a UX design teaching site that makes over $10k per month while he spends less than a day each month on it. He…
Side Hustle School
#1144 - Designer’s Love Of Color Earns GreenbacksAfter a tough divorce, a mom and designer launches a blog about stylish color palettes. The blog eventually becomes a real source of income…
Side Hustle School#1142 - Which comes first: growing a community or selling a product?SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1142 - Which comes first: growing a community or selling a product?A Q&A episode tackling a listener who wants to launch 'Business Mind Hack' and wonders whether to seed the community first or sell paid…
Side Hustle School#1140 - Car Parts Employee Finds Shocking Surplus SuspensionSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1140 - Car Parts Employee Finds Shocking Surplus SuspensionA young marketer who feels undervalued at work begins reselling surplus car suspension systems on eBay. The episode tracks how he sources…
Indie Hackers
#148 – Quick Chat with Nathan Rosidi of Strata ScratchNathan Rosidi bootstrapped Strata Scratch, a data-science interview prep resource, to 2,500 users and around $1,500 in monthly recurring…
Indie Hackers#147 – Having Fun on the Path to Independence with Cory Zue of Place Card MeSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#147 – Having Fun on the Path to Independence with Cory Zue of Place Card MeCory Zue, creator of the printable place card tool Place Card Me and a Django SaaS starter, made over $26,000 in profit from side projects…
Side Hustle School
#1137 - Polish-American Sisters Cook Up Pierogi ProfitsTwo sisters leave their small hometown for Boston and notice an underserved pierogi market. They start making and selling pierogi, filling…
Side Hustle School
#1134 - Journalist Gets Paid to Host Outdoor ActivitiesAfter newsroom layoffs, a Maine journalist launches a paid membership community of readers who join her for outdoor activities. The episode…
Indie Hackers#146 – Refusing to Take No for an Answer with Alexandria Procter of DigsConnectSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#146 – Refusing to Take No for an Answer with Alexandria Procter of DigsConnectAlexandria Procter, a former student in South Africa, taught herself to code and built DigsConnect, a student-housing marketplace that has…
Side Hustle School
#1130 - Busy Mom Flips RVs for Fun and ProfitA mother of five with a DIY blog learns to buy, repair, and resell used RVs. She averages about $6,000 of profit per rig, combining her…
Side Hustle School
# 1129 - CLASSROOM: Avoiding Mistakes In the Idea PhaseA 'classroom' episode laying out seven common pitfalls in the idea phase of a side hustle, from trying to serve everyone to ignoring…
Side Hustle School
#1127 - Bellydance Class Gets High-Tech UpdateA bellydance instructor finds a way to deliver her classes online, expanding beyond her in-person studio. The episode follows how she…
Indie Hackers#145 – The Slow, Deliberate Process of Making a SaaS Business Work with Jane Portman of UserlistSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#145 – The Slow, Deliberate Process of Making a SaaS Business Work with Jane Portman of UserlistJane Portman, after a decade of design consulting and four published books, started Userlist, a SaaS for email automation and lifecycle…
Side Hustle School#1123 - Flimsy Notebooks Inspire Crafty Construction WorkerSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1123 - Flimsy Notebooks Inspire Crafty Construction WorkerA safety supervisor is frustrated when his 'genuine leather' notebooks keep falling apart, so he investigates the supply chain and starts…
Side Hustle School#1120 - Student Quits Restaurant Job, Starts Moving BusinessSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1120 - Student Quits Restaurant Job, Starts Moving BusinessA college student leaves his restaurant job and starts a moving service that lets him set his own schedule. The business grows into a full…
Indie Hackers#144 – Putting People First as a Founder with Vlad Magdalin of WebflowSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#144 – Putting People First as a Founder with Vlad Magdalin of WebflowVlad Magdalin, founder of Webflow (no-code website builder that has reached millions in revenue and 155 employees), talks about principled…
Side Hustle School
#1116 - Avid Hikers Step Into Comfy Athletic SocksAn RV-traveling couple designs and manufactures their own hiking sock line, branding around comfort for avid hikers. The episode covers…
Side Hustle School
#1113 - Nanny Cashes In On Custom KicksA nanny is asked to customise a pair of high heels and turns the request into a side hustle selling bespoke customised footwear. The…
Indie Hackers#143 – Following Your Passion to Become an Indie Hacker with Pete Codes of No CS DegreeSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#143 – Following Your Passion to Become an Indie Hacker with Pete Codes of No CS DegreePete Codes runs No CS Degree, an online business helping aspiring software engineers without traditional credentials. Coming from…
Side Hustle School
#1109 - Bartender Brews Up Brewpub Tour BizA bartender constantly asked for brewery recommendations converts an old school bus into a Maine brewpub tour vehicle and runs tours. The…
Indie Hackers#142 – Building the Ultimate Lifestyle Business with Dmitry Dragilev of JustReachOut.ioSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#142 – Building the Ultimate Lifestyle Business with Dmitry Dragilev of JustReachOut.ioDmitry Dragilev bootstrapped JustReachOut.io, a PR tool for indie hackers, from $0 to $30,000/month while working only ~25 hours a week and…
Side Hustle School
#1105 - Librarian Invents Eco-Friendly Dental FlossA librarian struck up a conversation on a flight that led, over twenty years, to launching a half-million-dollar eco-friendly dental floss…
Side Hustle School
#1102 - The Battle of the New Zealand SpeedCubersA New Zealand speedcuber wanted travel funding for international Rubik's Cube competitions and turned that into a recurring monthly profit…