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A British pub manager developed a pork pie recipe as new menu item, initially for his boss, then realized it could be a business of his…

John O'Nolan, founder of Ghost (an open-source publishing platform), describes how he used his industry background to design a simple…

After traveling to Buenos Aires, an American woman fell in love with tango and created a group travel/experience business teaching others.…

A Florida-based app designer built a six-figure income designing and selling t-shirts with no inventory, using a print-on-demand service.…

A college lecturer used skills from her day job to launch a side business helping other instructors teach more effectively in the…

A California woman spotted glass nail files at a local farmer's market, then built a sustainable six-figure side hustle selling them…

An NYC jazz musician built a blog that grew into a $40,000-per-year business, then layered on an ecourse teaching others how to learn jazz.…

Three friends turned a humorous idea — shirts with huge front pockets sized for puppies and beers — into a product that sold over 1,500…

Josh Pigford, founder of Baremetrics (subscription analytics for Stripe), recounts how he went from idea to paying customers in eight days…

A Pacific Northwest couple living a full-time travel lifestyle still earns over $60,000 per year designing tiny houses and alternative…

An accountant built a side hustle that bridges the gap between financial advisers and tax professionals. The description hints at a…

A finance employee, frustrated by what was available to read, began self-publishing romance novels. The books eventually sold over 200,000…

Two friends build a 'Hair Ties for Guys' brand around the niche identity of men with long hair, packaging their shared identity into a…

An American elementary school teacher who moved to New Zealand makes about $40,000 a year panning for gold mostly on weekends. The episode…

A Chicago mom uses a peer-to-peer sharing platform (similar to baby-quipment rental marketplaces) to rent infant gear to visiting families,…

A bonus 'starter ideas' episode listing nine first-side-hustle platforms: Skillshare (teach a class), Wyzant (tutoring), Etsy (handcrafted…

A marketing consultant in the Tennessee foothills runs a quarterly, high-end retreat weekend designed to help attendees take stock of their…

A PE teacher started a blog that generates more than $11,000 in revenue via a sustainable, likely-recurring model such as memberships,…

Bryce Roberts, partner at Indie.vc, argues for revenue-first bootstrapping over the prevailing VC narrative and explains why founders…

Kara Goldin (Hint Water founder) on how she replaced her ten-to-twelve daily Diet Cokes with infused water, came from a tech background to…

A chemical engineer created a line of adventurous products inspired by the 50 Shades of Grey craze, each disguised inside an…

A Microsoft employee turned her hula hooping hobby into a side hustle earning about $800 a month, likely through classes or performance…

A former corporate employee in Ireland runs a t-shirt merchandising business on Amazon.com that earns up to $17,000 profit in a single…

An investment marketer created a poster portrait of Abraham Lincoln that sold more than 4,000 units, generating $40,000 in revenue. The…