Side Hustle School
A daily show for everyone who works a regular job and wants to start an income-earning project on the side. In each episode, listeners will hear a different story of someone who's started a side hustle—along with what went well, how that person overcame challenges, and what happened as a result. The show is written and hosted by Chris Guillebeau, the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, The Happiness of Pursuit, and other books.
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Weekly Recap #7: Live Crickets, Tarot, and Rein...
In our seventh weekly recap, we'll highlight the lessons learned in this week of Side Hustle School. Also: more listener Q&A!
9 min
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#48: New Yorker Doubles Her Income With Next-le...
How a senior designer for a feminist media publication decides to create tarot card decks and ends up making as much with her side hustle as she does at her day job.
7 min
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#47: Gallup Coach Creates StrengthsFinder Mugs
No two strengthsfinder profiles are the same, so a Gallup-certified coach learns to make and ship personalized mugs.
6 min
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#46: The Live Cricket Drop-Shipping Hustle
Another crazy story for you today about a man who sells live crickets to reptile owners—without ever handling any inventory, which of course is critical.
6 min
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#45: UX Designer Makes “Simple Bra” To Make Wom...
How a UI/UX designer scratched an entrepreneurial itch and used $15,000 of her savings to create a business manufacturing bras for women looking for an alternative to the push-up bra.
7 min
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#44: Charter Bus Employee Creates PR Service Fo...
How a digital marketer created something for himself, then decided to try selling it other people who had the same needs. He now makes more than $2,500 a month from this side project.
7 min
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#43: Miserable Day Job Turns Into $100,000 Side...
An education district employee follows her passion for writing and creates an online side hustle helping others do the same raking in over $100,000.
8 min
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Weekly Recap #6: Pole Dancing And The Expat Life
In our sixth weekly recap, we'll highlight the lessons learned in this week of Side Hustle School. Also: listener Q&A!
11 min
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#41: USPS Mail Carrier Makes Clay Imprints Of C...
How a USPS mail carrier and court interpreter created an $800/month hustle serving new and expectant parents.
7 min
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#40: Chicago Psychotherapist Becomes Ceremonial...
After being featured on TLC, a Chicago psychotherapist and marriage counselor becomes a ceremonial wedding officiant.
7 min
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#39: “Live Snoop” Service Helps Parents Monitor...
How an IT graduate created a web-based service that provides peace of mind to parents with children growing up in the era of technology.
6 min
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#38: Tour Guide Sells Astronomy Books to Tourists
How a British software engineer moved to the Canary Islands, started working as a tour guide, and wrote her own guidebook to accompany her tours.
7 min
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#37: American Expat Coaches Families Who Move O...
After living in multiple countries with his family, a technical writer creates a service to help guide other families looking to begin a similar experience.
7 min
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#36: Fitness Pole Dance Studio Grows To Four Lo...
How a graphic designer started a pole dancing fitness studio, expanded it to multiple locations, and grew it to a six-figure income before quitting her job.
7 min
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Weekly Recap #5: Observation, Validation, and L...
In our fifth weekly recap, we'll highlight the lessons learned in this week of Side Hustle School, and you'll learn why utilizing your existing skills can lead to a very successful hustle.
13 min
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#34: Real Estate Project Manager Fills Apartmen...
How a Seattle real estate project manager connects apartment properties with local artists for site-specific custom art installations.
8 min
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#33: GE Engineer Sells Hand-Crafted Slate Artwo...
A GE engineer uses his skills to make and sell hand-crafted slate artwork to all 50 states. In addition to bringing in a great side income, it’s also given him more courage and security to make decisions at his day job.
9 min
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Extended Cut #1: The Power of Observation
Bonus episode! Where do hustle ideas come from? Short version: they're everywhere!
14 min
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#32: Make $4,000/Month Renting Out Cars You Don...
How a Los Angeles man has been able to bring in over $4,000/month leasing and releasing a fleet of cars he leased from the manufacturer.
7 min
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#31: A Visit To The Ballpark Inspires a Unique ...
A couple decides learns to manufacture novelty baseball sweaters after receiving a lot of attention at the stadium.
6 min
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#30: Ohio IT Director Earns $31,000 Helping Oth...
How an Ohio IT director earned more than $31,000 by referring clients to the tools and resources they needed to set up their own websites.
7 min
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#29: Hospital Database Programmer Outsources Hi...
How a hospital employee utilizes skills that he learned from work to help others work with and process complex computer programs and information earning up to $125/hour.
8 min
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Weekly Recap #4: Good Fortune Favors the Prepared
In our fourth weekly recap, we'll highlight the lessons learned in this week of Side Hustle School, and you'll also learn why fortune favors those who come prepared. Bonus: I’m starting a traveling workshop series! Tell me where I should go.
10 min
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#27: Stressed-Out Mom Gives Up TV To Launch Her...
How a San Diego accountant coping with the struggles of new motherhood launched her own private label wine hustle for stressed out parents like herself.
7 min
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#26: These Resume Templates Make $462/Month In ...
A student creates a visual resume service to make extra cash, then transitions that service to work smarter, not harder.
6 min