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A client services manager who tried and failed at baking scones turned to her real passion, ballroom dancing, and published how-to guides…
A full-time job recruiter with a family of four used his everyday recruiting skills to earn extra money on the side by helping LinkedIn…
A Bay Area tech worker started a Napa wine blog as a creative outlet and discovered wineries would pay for exposure. The episode covers…
A listener who wanted a diet he could put on autopilot spent months developing a recipe and became the resource for hungry ketogenic…
A physical therapist who wanted to fix his own workout injuries invented a portable 'Neck Hammock' device, patented it and has sold 57,000…
One founder turned a $46 beard oil idea into a six-figure-per-month brand now selling in 35 countries. The episode covers how a tiny…
An attorney noticed bloggers were unintentionally breaking rules nobody else understood, and built a business helping them get legally…
An inventor frustrated by loose hair clogging his drains created an innovative drain solution and turned it into a million-dollar product.…
Shola Akinlade founded Paystack, an online payments processor positioned as 'Stripe for Africa,' scaling to 17,000+ merchants processing…
An IT manager wanted to reconnect with her creative side and started a sewing-based side hustle. The episode covers how she threaded the…
A couple who met on Tinder decided to sell $20 cupcakes, took a long walk through Central Park to plan it, and built a working cupcake…
After three years of nightly video game streaming to thousands of viewers, a marketing manager earns more from streaming than his Nestle…
A Crossfit trainer and her partner launched a healthy meal prep and delivery service with zero startup costs and grew it to nearly $1M in…
An aircraft company employee invented a sweat-wiping product to deal with summer sweat marks and built it into a business. The episode is…
A Nike employee who couldn't find a good non-alcoholic drink learned to make fruit-infused balsamic sodas, then created, packaged and sold…
A Boston-based designer missing the South created sports-themed pennants and t-shirts celebrating hometown pride. Since launch he has…
A former marketer who started with private cooking lessons pivoted into running food tours, a business that reached $100,000 in profit. The…
A UK sales manager teams up with his mother and sister to open a one-stop online shop for analog/film photography supplies, serving a niche…
A Pennsylvania couple rents out live chickens (around 2,000) to households interested in urban homesteading, earning a steady side income.…
Three friends create day-long, distraction-free 'concentration caves' where modern workers can pay to focus without phones or…
Inspired by South America, a Chicago pet-supplies manager launches a tip-based 'free' walking tour company. The model relies on tourists…
Christy Laurence, a non-technical designer, bootstrapped Plann, a mobile app for social media planning. She traded her marketing skills to…
A German DJ first tries and fails at selling an online course, then pivots to a more provocative DJ-mix product aimed at weddings and finds…
An Alberta firefighter uses downtime and a chainsaw to carve life-sized wooden bears, selling them to universities, restaurants and…
