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A group of friends tapped into the Korean face-mask trend by launching a subscription box around skincare products. The episode covers…
A runner and industrial designer set out to build dress shoes that look good and perform athletically, aiming for a $1 million milestone.…
This special feature profiles an illustrator who designed a line of animal-print glassware. The description focuses on the artist's work…
A short host monologue updating listeners on the Side Hustle School show itself: what's coming next, a personal regret, and a hint about…
A man designed a tabletop card game as a birthday gift for his wife, and it grew into a $40,000 business. The episode covers the journey…
After 30 years in the Air Force, a veteran with OCD opened a specialty candy shop. The description focuses on the personal story rather…
A Minnesota woman turned her design hobby into a clothing line for people and their dogs, reaching $250,000 in canine clothing sales. The…
A UK-based consultant started a book club to build a better reading habit and grew it to 350 members, generating about $6,400 per month.…
A product-development executive built a group-buying platform for electronics and other items, starting with $5,000 and now generating…
Cameron Yarbrough and Keegan Walden co-founded Torch.io, pairing leadership-coaching software with human coaching to help leadership teams…
This special feature highlights a family that built a business around plant-based, organic body-care or cleaning products, growing it from…
Twin brothers turned their cardistry (card-manipulation performance art) into a profitable business selling playing cards and related…
A former stay-at-home mom in Maine started baking whoopie pies in bulk after her kids left for college. She now produces them by the…
Two business-student friends launched a product after a frustrating experience with expensive headphones. They designed a headphone…
A biology student and model with an interest in sexual wellness built a side business around writing about the topic. The description…
A lifelong baker who feared pies starts selling pies and grows a baked-goods business with hundreds of customers. The brand positions her…
After watching a marketing client earn on seasonal pet products, the founder launches dog-themed holiday stockings. The side hustle sells…
A musician who can't afford new guitar pedals designs his own switching system, then turns the design into a small manufacturing business.…
Two friends turn their bargain-shopping eye into an affiliate-marketing blog and social channel. With $46 in startup costs they reached…
A full-time songwriter and music producer is asked by a friend to write intro music for a podcast, and turns that into recurring side…
Two women launch an architecturally-inspired ice cream brand that debuts at Coachella to viral attention. The product line is a designer…
A business analyst launches a side hustle in cannabis-related products and finds steady revenue in the legal weed market. The episode…
Joel Hooks co-founded egghead.io, a marketplace connecting programmers with video educators, bootstrapping it past $3M in annual revenue…