side hustle
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Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days
by Chris Guillebeau · 18 Sep 2017 · 206pp · 60,587 words
Your Best Idea Day 6: Use the Side Hustle Selector to Compare Ideas Day 7: Become
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Price Your Offer Day 13: Create a Side Hustle Shopping List Day 14: Set Up a
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to the Future Kitchen Sink Appendix 1: Side Hustle Starter Kits Appendix 2: How to Validate
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BUILD AN ARSENAL OF IDEAS A side hustle has many benefits, but it all
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NAPKIN To estimate the profit of your side hustle, you don’t need a finance degree
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. USE THE SIDE HUSTLE SELECTOR TO COMPARE IDEAS Once you start thinking about side hustles, the ideas
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ORIGINS STORY Like a comic book superhero, your side hustle needs a history. Don’t just give ’
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odds of success. DAY 13. CREATE A SIDE HUSTLE SHOPPING LIST Your hustle will require specific tools
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well under way to a real-life side hustle. Before proceeding, make sure you’
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No man is an island, and few side hustles thrive without the help of friends and supporters
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source of income. KITCHEN SINK APPENDIX 1: SIDE HUSTLE STARTER KITS APPENDIX 2: HOW TO VALIDATE
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all true, represent the way of the side hustle: defined as a moneymaking project you start
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money in under a month. But a side hustle isn’t just about putting extra cash
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its workers has all but disappeared, the side hustle is the new job security. It affords
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“entrepreneur” or not, you need a side hustle. If you follow this plan, you’ll
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Whether you’re no stranger to side hustles or you’re brand-new to the
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right now: 1. Everyone should have a side hustle. Even if you love your job,
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first half of the book. 4. Side hustles are all about action! You need to
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for your day job. But with a side hustle, you’re starting your own business,
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to be an “entrepreneur” to start a side hustle. Even if you have zero experience working for
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BOOK I’ve been starting and operating side hustles my entire adult life. In fact,
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HOW TO USE THE 27-DAY PLAN Side hustle skills are not taught in school. Unless
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much here. The only way to master side hustle skills is by doing. The other
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you more money every month. Remember, a side hustle is the new job security. There’s
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1 BUILD AN ARSENAL OF IDEAS A side hustle has many benefits, but it all starts
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. DAY 1 Predict the Future A side hustle has many benefits and no downside. It
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side hustle isn’t just about money in the bank, as helpful as that can be. A side hustle
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thinking about your future. Assume that this side hustle thing will work out. What would that
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if you’ve started a side hustle before, the goal you had a few
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in life changes over time. Side hustles are flexible and can fulfill
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a few short weeks after starting his first side hustle reselling classic video games, he was debt free
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Philadelphia, decided to work together on a side hustle, making custom baseball jerseys. It’s
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A side hustle is like a hobby, with one big difference: most hobbies cost money. A side hustle makes
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THAT EARNS MONEY: remember, a side hustle is not a hobby. A side hustle produces income. If you don’t
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struggle. That’s not what a side hustle is about. Here’s another quick
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many of them into paying customers A side hustle is something that makes you money,
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on a recurring basis When considering different side hustle options, pass over ideas that are merely
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a contract employee to freelancing, and her side hustle income rose from $8 an hour to
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job and began to live off her side hustle income, which was then bringing in more
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DAY 3 Brainstorm, Borrow, or Steal Ideas Side hustle ideas are all around you. Using what you
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also adapted well to the world of side hustles. Since leaving high school, Dan had
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80–$125 an hour. As with any side hustle, the extra money is great, but Dan
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skill: the ability to imagine and implement side hustle ideas. After all, not every hospital
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faster and smarter. To succeed in your side hustle, this is the kind of thinking you
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be exchanged for money. In creating your side hustle, the goal is to turn your idea
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off than you were without it. Side hustle ideas are like that stock certificate.
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more profitable ideas. After all, a side hustle shouldn’t be just another part-time
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speaking, there are three broad categories of side hustles. You can sell a product, whether one
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. A lot of people get started with side hustles by driving for Uber, Lyft, or some
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2.) DON’T HAVE IDEAS? TAKE THESE Side hustle ideas are all around you, but if
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also has the added security of a side hustle that makes real money and allows
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worst-case scenario? As you narrow down your side hustle ideas, the more you can learn—and the
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a Napkin To estimate the profit of your side hustle, you don’t need a finance degree
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business or venture, whether it’s a side hustle renting out cars or a multinational corporation
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’T WAIT TO FIGURE OUT HOW A SIDE HUSTLE WILL MAKE MONEY There’s an old
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this is not a winning strategy. Your side hustle absolutely must have a clear plan to
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everything, but when it comes to a side hustle, money matters a lot. WEEK 1 RECAP
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Use the Side Hustle Selector to Compare Ideas Once you start thinking about side hustles, the ideas
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. Meredith had been searching for a side hustle. As an active knitter and web designer
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project was the perfect match. “TINDER FOR SIDE HUSTLES” The world of online dating is estimated
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than finding your soul mate. THE SIDE HUSTLE SELECTOR: HOW TO RANK AND COMPARE
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possible. Second, motivation also matters. Your side hustle should be at least a little fun
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test case to see exactly how the Side Hustle Selector works. She had already identified
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the curriculum resource guides. By using the Side Hustle Selector, she’d be able to quickly
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clear winner. You can customize this basic Side Hustle Selector tool in different ways. One option
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sometimes have trouble choosing among all your different side hustle ideas. I want to do it all!
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at the moment. When it comes to side hustles, action is almost always better than inaction.
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building valuable skills. The road to side hustle paralysis is paved with good intentions. Don
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get to work on a real-life side hustle? Let’s do a quick review
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to turn this venture into a successful side hustle. So she started doing a little
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began to have bookings almost every day. The side hustle became a way for her to enjoy the
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attract clients. With that observation, a side hustle idea was born. One day at the
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something that people needed. She called her side hustle “Wordpress BFF” and positioned it as
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side hustle so fulfilling that her life suddenly didn’t look as beige anymore. START WITH ONE Every side hustle
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can help them—the more successful your side hustle can be. To read a sample customer
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in the freelance business. But her side hustle really took off when she focused more
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longed for something greater. Who will your side hustle serve? Who is that one person who
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coffee date, and keep them in mind as your side hustle develops. Your success—and maybe theirs, too—depends
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growing his side hustle.* FROM IDEA TO OFFER To have a real-world side hustle, you need
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With steady clients and continued referrals, the side hustle is now a primary income earner that
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Your Origins Story Like a comic book superhero, your side hustle needs a history. Don’t just give ’em
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to people what it was. A side hustle idea was born! The next few
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and inspiring narrative of the why behind their side hustle. No matter what it is you’re
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came to be. Even if your side hustle origins don’t involve falling in love
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—why were you interested in starting a side hustle in the first place? Then, when
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worry: this is an area where your side hustle has an edge. A multinational corporation may
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for yourself, by yourself. You are the side hustle story, so if there’s a random
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to her on a more personal level. SIDE HUSTLE STORIES: FILL IN THE BLANKS To create
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2 RECAP! You learned how to generate side hustle ideas (remember, they’re everywhere!) and
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ideas are better than others. Use the Side Hustle Selector to find the best ones by comparing
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led Sarah Hannington to a six-figure side hustle. In her case, she was looking
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that year, but this was a side hustle, not her primary source of income—
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or country. Not sure how to file your side hustle income on your taxes? Schedule a thirty-minute
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t you supposed to be frugal when starting a side hustle? That machine was #@!% expensive! But take note
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a bank account that’s just for your side hustle. There is little to no difference between what
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7 you learned how to be a side hustle detective and scope out the competitive
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EVEN,” YOU’RE ACTUALLY LOSING MONEY A side hustle should be fun, but as you know
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great for experimenting in the way of the side hustle: you can create a profile and start
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order to gain something else. But a side hustle doesn’t have shareholders or other profit
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the beginning. The great thing about side hustles is that you can set your hustle
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off, we’d all be running our side hustles from a mansion in Beverly Hills. HOW
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flight from Seattle to Heathrow. She used her side hustle money to take the spontaneous trip, feeling justified
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price is viable. DAY 13 Create a Side Hustle Shopping List Your hustle will probably require specific
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Google. In less than a year, the side hustle was making more than $3,000 a month
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just about ready to launch! But every side hustle requires some setup work: a list of
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and profitable side hustles. This one was great yet simple to implement. Because side hustles are
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Tanner needed to do or source for this side hustle fit into one of those three steps.
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exactly the same, the recipe for every side hustle is different. Your ingredients may vary from
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well underway to a real-life side hustle. Before proceeding, make sure you’
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strictly personal hobby, rather than a potential side hustle. Finally, when the number of subscribers reached
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—so for now, she keeps the side hustle on the side. CREATE A WORKFLOW
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out. The story also illustrates another important side hustle principle: do more of what’s important
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skip a lot of steps. With a side hustle, hacks are indeed helpful. They can allow
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are lots of great reasons to have a side hustle, but never forget that money is one
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additional investment of time. • Start a side hustle to your hustle! Most hustlers operate more
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moonlighted (literally) by working on a side hustle that was based in the United States.
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things that matter the most for your side hustle: the benefit for customers, and the
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In doing the interviews for my daily Side Hustle School podcast, I’ve heard stories upon
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should. Over time, as you achieve more side hustle goals and launch other projects, this special
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beginning a consulting career and pursuing a side hustle, Julie Wilder owned an organic restaurant for
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which is a good sign for a side hustle—it shows that people are passionate and
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No man is an island, and few side hustles thrive without the help of friends and
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had been to college to launch a side hustle. She could begin experimenting with cosmetic sales
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AN ARMY OF ONE Even though a side hustle can be a solo undertaking, you’
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lead to something more. A lot of side hustles come from paying attention to how groups
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money was real. This was a side side hustle from her many other projects, and
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that all this testing can turn into a side hustle rabbit hole, so don’t jump down
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three months. Long before he started a side hustle selling handcrafted stone and slate on etsy, the
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secret weapon you have in your side hustle arsenal. This doesn’t mean you
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and for many others in the world of side hustles, those earnings were about more than the
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in trouble. But that’s also why side hustles are so important. You can recapture
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regular basis. Within a few months, this side hustle was earning more than $450 a month
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priced order, he realized that for his side hustle to be sustainable for the long term
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one way to measure success, but your side hustle should make money. If your business gained
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many other ideas. That’s the great thing about side hustles: once you get started making money, it’s
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ITERATION Regrouping and refining are the superhero skills of side hustle success. Consider this quote from Bill Gates:
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yourself unstuck and move on. AUDIT YOUR SIDE HUSTLE In my last book, I wrote about
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s an updated version that focuses on side hustles. Every month or two, take a
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serve your customers. Trevor Mountcastle’s first side hustle had nothing to do with making money—
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buy low, sell high. Trevor’s side hustle is a real-life Oregon Trail. He
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in style with his family. A SIDE HUSTLE IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER BUSINESSES In the
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II—or something else entirely. If your side hustle is a service, you want to find
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may get you thinking. In almost every side hustle, there are numerous opportunities to branch
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additional version or companion project for your side hustle. GIVE PEOPLE A CHOICE, SORT OF
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works: busy people are good at side hustles, because they know how to make
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to track his submissions (remember the classic side hustle lesson: if what you need doesn’t
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the road…or is it the beginning? Side hustles create opportunity and freedom. Once you’re
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they buy it? Thus the Ballpark Sweaters side hustle was born. There was clearly a
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be served. Bob was no stranger to side hustles, having previously started a number of websites
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’S NEXT? YOU DECIDE. Like sweaters, side hustles aren’t one size fits all. You
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fine too. If you’ve followed the side hustle plan from the beginning of this book
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side hustle has become the job, with one key difference: he makes all the decisions. For others, the side hustle
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you ultimately decide, the beauty of the side-hustle-as-backup-plan is that it gives
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could he say no? Thanks to his side hustle, he had enough income to worry a
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confident in making that decision.” Others built their side hustle to a point where it could operate without
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completely moved on to new projects, but the side hustle continued bringing in extra cash. For others,
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Here’s the thing about a good side hustle. It can help support your life,
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awaits those who embrace the way of the side hustle. Parker was a model hustler, the
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go all in. I started a podcast, Side Hustle School, and I committed to making an
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have done all the work. The side hustle economy is here to stay. It’
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more to learn. These resources might help. • SIDE HUSTLE STARTER KITS: Brief guides to several popular hustles
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STUFF: Various resources and referrals APPENDIX 1 Side Hustle Starter Kits PUT YOUR COUCH OR SPARE
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do to help them. Imagine that your side hustle is selling fans—really big, powerful
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investing isn’t a great starter business or side hustle. A. Owning rental properties is like
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booty, but was defeated. Not every side hustle made the cut for the final manuscript
The Elements of Power: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth
by Nicolas Niarchos · 20 Jan 2026 · 654pp · 170,150 words
thousand engineers and some one hundred thousand employees working on what it called “the fruit chain.” Someone’s sly sense of humor masked a profitable “side hustle” for BYD, as The Wall Street Journal put it. The company was making around 30 percent of Apple’s signature tablets: iPads. In November 2024
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for Musk,” Autoweek, November 21, 2024. GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook: Yang Jie, “Building Apple Products Has Become a Side Hustle for China’s Biggest EV Maker,” Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2024, wsj.com/tech/building-apple-products-has-become-a
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-side-hustle-for-chinas-biggest-ev-maker-f26e251c. GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT “Last night Teslas”: “Wieder brennen Teslas auf Berlins Straßen,” Kontrapolis, June 19, 2024,
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-Battery-all-you-need-to-know.html. GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT “could not do what”: Yang Jie, “Building Apple Products Has Become a Side Hustle for China’s Biggest EV Maker,” Wall Street Journal, November 30, 2024, wsj.com/tech/building-apple-products-has-become-a
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-side-hustle-for-chinas-biggest-ev-maker-f26e251c. GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT Elon Musk admitted: Keith Bradsher, “How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer,” New
Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
by Danny Funt · 20 Jan 2026 · 285pp · 100,897 words
the concept for many Americans, especially young men, that you could gamble online with real money and, with enough talent, turn it into a profitable side hustle. Encouraged by sports leagues and the casino industry’s new trade group, the American Gaming Association, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA
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industry. When online sports betting became legal, he spent about three years wagering on basketball as much as possible. He thinks the stress of that side hustle explains why his hair began to fall out. He’d discovered an angle that gave him a slight edge on basketball point totals. Still, even
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outside Nevada—he received so many inquiries, his iPhone overheated. He made about $80,000 that year selling picks, he said. Not bad for a side hustle. There are some pick sellers who genuinely seem to be trying to help their customers win, and they as much as anyone acknowledge that the
Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence—and How You Can, Too
by Gary Vaynerchuk · 30 Jan 2018
Internet, there is room for many, many more experts and personalities to create a lucrative, sustainable ecosystem that promotes and grows their businesses or even side hustles. It’s a great time to be a fashion model, for example. There was a time when there was room for only a handful of
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who informed her that social-media management was a real job. And she thought, I could get paid to do this? That’s when the side hustle started. After getting home from her day job, sometimes as late as seven p.m., she’d buckle down to the freelance work. The first
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business and finance to a position as a pharmaceutical sales rep. The money was good, but for years he put up websites and dabbled in side hustles, or, in his words, “little random small businesses that totally failed,” in the hopes that one would take off and allow him to leave his
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the time until she could go home at six. Even when they were dating, she and her husband, Anthony, also in marketing, had always had side hustles, such as buying items at discount stores and reselling them on Amazon. It was something they did as a couple, a shared activity that gave
Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
by Grant Sabatier · 5 Feb 2019 · 621pp · 123,678 words
How to Start a Profitable Side Hustle 10. THE SEVEN-STEP
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two companies and started several side hustles to earn extra income.
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sold her first $20,000 side-hustle engagement; Eric, who increased his
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been able to launch profitable side hustles, start investing, negotiate life
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side hustle and diversify your income streams. It’s never been easier to start a profitable side hustle
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for someone else instead of for themselves, which means they aren’t earning as much money as possible. Or they spend their time trying to grow a side hustle
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that was doomed from the beginning. I’ll show you how to pick, launch, and grow a profitable side hustle
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retire and have a side hustle or passive income stream
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your cash or starting a side hustle so you have to withdraw
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picked up a few small side hustles he can do on his
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up over time), whereas side-hustle income for an online
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up working on your side hustle. Financial freedom is not
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my full-time and side-hustle income to reach $1
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Side hustling—making money on the side Entrepreneurship—scaling your side hustle
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your job but have a side hustle helping people build websites (
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by working on your side hustle or other moneymaking projects
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a side hustle with very little time
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side hustles doesn’t work out, you can try another. The more side hustles
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side hustling. While we will dive deep into side hustling later in the book, to find a great profitable side hustle
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side hustles, you will be more
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Your side hustle can
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ways to make money side hustling, not all side hustles are created equal.
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to maximize your side-hustle earning potential, find a side hustle: Where you
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My favorite (and most profitable) side hustles are buying and selling website domain
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of the benefits of side hustles is that they give
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is infinite. The more you side-hustle, the better at it you’
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money. The most profitable side hustles are those that meet
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to grow your existing side hustles to become more profitable as
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Side hustling is also a great way to try out being an entrepreneur. In fact, if you really enjoy your side hustle
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and there’s a lot of demand for it, you might decide to turn your side hustle
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from starting a side hustle and becoming more entrepreneurial
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started as side hustles. By starting a business through side hustling, you
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grow a profitable side hustle, how to price and
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to turn your side hustle into a passive
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Side hustling—making money on the side Entrepreneurship—building a lifestyle business, growing your side hustle
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a side hustle: Where
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full-time job and launch side hustles, your real hourly rate
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job or with your side hustle, it might not
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future full-time jobs, side hustles, and business ventures. SHORT
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manner of things—work on side hustles, take a nap,
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easier it will be to side hustle. One of the best
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to build a profitable side hustle. Many of the jobs
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300,000 through my side hustles. In the eleven months
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least $250,000 through side-hustle client referrals as a result
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best full-time moneymaking and side-hustle opportunities will come through your
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to Start a Profitable Side Hustle Matt is a twenty-
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a year from his side hustle—a dog-walking company
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retire. But because of his side hustle, Matt’s currently on
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more side hustles—moneymaking ventures outside of
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grow profitable side hustles that can
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side-hustle game. You need
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side-hustle money in investments so it can work for you. Every side-hustle
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invested almost 100 percent of my side-hustle income. Monthly Side Income Annual
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need to be present to start a side hustle, since making money online has never
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was definitely my most profitable side hustle. Domains are the real
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it’s been the perfect side hustle, and I’m still doing
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side hustling. It’s also worth noting that all of my side hustles
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types of side hustles you can launch. Some side hustles take a
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side hustle. It just means that you should calibrate the difficulty of your side hustle
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time to carry out a side hustle, I’m going to
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the time to start his side-hustle idea (which was actually
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Saturday getting your side hustle off the ground
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your time working on your side hustle, I’m just showing
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on myself and my side hustles first. You might
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launch and grow a successful side hustle. The key is to
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to work on your side hustle is in the evenings,
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extra time on your side hustle. While it’s
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time working on your side hustle. If you can, schedule
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you prioritize yourself and your side hustle, the more you’re
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key. Weekends Weekends are prime side hustle time. Don’t waste them
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side hustles. Putting in at least eight hours per weekend on your side hustle
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side hustle
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to work on your side hustle. These days are extremely
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side hustle, since all their bosses care about is that they get the work done. Dedicating days like these to your side hustle
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to work on your side hustle. Or take twenty minutes
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use to build a side hustle. I know you’re
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highest ROI on your side hustle. Don’t waste
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time, the most lucrative side hustles are ones that generate passive
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employees. But passive income side hustles can be tough to build
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SIDE HUSTLING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Another benefit of having a side hustle is that you can deduct many of the expenses of running and growing your side hustle
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side hustle or have lunch with a potential client or collaborator, it’s tax deductible. As your side hustle
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side hustle. If you are at the stage where you are starting to make money side hustling
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setting up an LLC for your side hustle, including the ability to set
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side hustle if you decide to grow it into a larger business. So if you are planning to take your side hustle
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seriously, definitely set up an LLC and run all of your business expenses and income through it. It also makes taxes a lot easier! Keep all of this in mind as you walk through the process of creating your own side-hustle
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ideas, which you are going to do next. THE SIDE-HUSTLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK While I recommend you start with one side hustle
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side-hustle ideas while walking through this chapter, be realistic about which side hustles
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side hustle. 1. Analyze your passions and skills. To identify a new potential side hustle
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started from a simple blog side hustle. Do you like to
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iPhone app in 2010 as side hustle while working as a computer
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Brandon invested all of his side-hustle money, which helped him reach
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a recruiting firm as his side hustle. In his spare time
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your skills. The best side hustles are the ones for
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of my own side-hustle money selling digital marketing
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. As you think about side-hustle ideas, consider specializing in a
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selling it as a side hustle. This is also an
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wants to start a side hustle in which he can
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is to find a side hustle that has full-time
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which makes selecting a potential side hustle much easier. For example
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side hustles. Now that you have a list of potential side hustles,
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side hustle in your community or work to build relationships in online communities. No matter what side hustle
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As you build your side-hustle list, think about who
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won’t. Since most side hustles won’t involve a
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don’t recommend new side hustles where you have
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successful business like the side hustle you want to start.
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on the type of side hustle you want to launch
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for each of your side-hustle ideas. Doing competitive analysis
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you build your own side hustle. It will help you
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want to pick another side hustle with less competition. Or
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Of course, not every side hustle needs to turn into a
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side-hustle idea and might have an early mover advantage. No matter what your side-hustle
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can’t compete. Some side hustles are going to make
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shoot for with your side hustle. As you write down
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side hustle. I’m just going to come out and say it—most people who are side hustling
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you’ve got a great side-hustle idea, how do you
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want to grow your side hustle at a pace you
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side hustle. Just tapping into one network is all you might need to significantly expand your side hustle. 4. Know when to scale. You should consider scaling (growing) your side hustle
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time job and his side hustle and still have time
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side hustles—moneymaking ventures outside of your full-time job. Side hustling
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Side hustling to invest will fast track your investment growth. Every side-hustle
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side hustles you can launch and how much money you can make. The most lucrative side hustles
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independence very quickly. The Side-Hustle Evaluation Framework Analyze your
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the moneymaking potential of your side hustles. Figure out what to charge
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the amount of your side-hustle income you are contributing.
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$5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Side-Hustle Income $1,000 $1,000 $1,
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000 TOTAL Full-Time Income $60,000 Side-Hustle Income $12,000 Total Income $72,
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money from his blogging side hustle and he’s confident
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You can minimize your taxable side hustle income. Can't contribute to
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b). If you have a side hustle or work for yourself,
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If you have a side hustle in addition to your full
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can invest some of your side-hustle money pretax. Here is
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SEP IRAs are good for side-hustle income whether you have a
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and selling properties as a side hustle. This can put some
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can be a great side hustle, and there are
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five properties as a side hustle that requires less than
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The Minimalist Way
by Erica Layne · 25 Feb 2019 · 131pp · 37,660 words
tasks. And if your work happens to be more utilitarian at the moment, please feel free to apply any of these strategies to a project, side hustle, or hobby outside of your workplace. 1. ASK YOURSELF WHAT ONLY YOU CAN DO It may take years of studying yourself to be able to
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for it!). But you can make small shifts toward the work/life balance you envision, from taking a class, to putting more energy into your side hustle, to blocking out time to travel, to simply spending more quality time at home—starting today. 5 family life At 11 years old, my oldest
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resume, figure out your family holiday card, or make a photo album. For the sake of this example, let’s imagine that you have a side hustle—a passion project you work on in the fringe hours of your life. Now notice the difference between these two mind-sets: I’m sitting
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down to work on my business. I’m sitting down to produce for my business. You could work endlessly on your side hustle, popping from one thing to the next. A half-written blog post here, a social media post there. But what if you sat down to
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produce something for your side hustle? If you gave yourself two hours, could you record a podcast episode, write a chapter of your e-book, or schedule your social media shares
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are 51,880 “independent artists, writers, and performers,” not all of whom own their own business. However, there are also other people who have a side hustle in a creative field but don’t consider that their main profession. Other survey data suggests that 1.2 million Americans primarily make their living
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Self-Made Voter 7. Zen Incorporated Part III: Burdens of the American Dream 8. Go Fund Yourself 9. Mothers’ Revolution 10. The Con of the Side Hustle Part IV: Toward a New American Dream 11. Class Traitors 12. The Feeling Is Mutual Aid 13. Boss Workers 14. Inequality Therapy 15. Volunteering Ourselves
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said, having her life be better, or as she put it, “better up,” an idiom all her own. OceanofPDF.com 10 The Con of the Side Hustle VANESSA BAIN SPENT much of her day shopping at supermarkets. She wasn’t haunting their garishly lit aisles to purchase food for her husband and
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people like her. Bain, when I first spoke to her, was working a gig job that is sometimes referred to as a “hustle,” or a “side hustle,” if it takes up a smaller slice of a person’s overall hours. While hustling, like “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps,” had become an
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, was further clarify the risks of jobs that are part of what we might call the hustle economy. The “main hustle” and its sibling, the “side hustle,” may well function as concepts that disguise unstable working hours and a lack of bargaining power as liberation. While Bain and others found fulfillment in
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to cover three months of expenses, according to a survey conducted in 2020 by the Pew Research Center—a shiny gloss. The con of the side hustle happened when an NFL coach admiringly remarked that doing your job right means waking up at 3 a.m. with “a knot in your stomach
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risible “hustle culture” memes extolling the “grindset.” One maxim: “You can’t make excuses and money. Which is it going to be?” Commercial websites like Side Hustle Nation also were part of it: as Nick Loper, the site’s chief side hustler, exhorted, “My escape route was a
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side hustle business I built in my spare time—and you can do it too.” The site Medium had a whole Side Hustle Club, with the motto “Where the outcome is income.” This “grind” vocabulary for work can
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if you are coordinated enough, clever and cool enough, you can bootstrap your way out of two jobs and, ultimately, into achievement. In truth, the side-hustle life wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, and not just for the typical gig workers but for part-time workers in general
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a sociologist after all, of her unreliable work schedule. “There is a part of me that still feels I did something wrong.” In addition to side hustling’s secret and melancholic instability, scholar Tressie McMillan Cottom observes, hustling can serve as a “kind of racial theater.” American culture “applauds the hustler” for
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grit and urge us to ‘respect the hustle,’” she writes, but this glorification covered over the fact that it’s usually the already privileged whose side hustles add up to more than the sum of their parts. Hustling’s implied glitz and energy in fact derived from a hip-hop genealogy, Leary
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and the only way to make ends meet was to work an additional job. * * * One of the companies that is most guilty of mystifying the side hustle has been Uber. It even sold itself as a hustle opportunity in advertisements as well as to its drivers through algorithms that are always trying
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-reliance now cloaks our stressful work lives. How do we challenge this framing? To start with, we can take a hard look at the term “side hustle” itself and ask what it really does to our minds and bodies. We can decide that it is an insidious term we won’t use
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reward those who are doing work that was and still is essential to our survival. The other way we can fight the con of the side hustle is by organizing, which Bain herself did. She thought: If overtime work is paid at a much higher rate, shouldn’t life-risking work during
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1960s and 1970s,” Journal of European Social Policy, February 1, 2005, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0958928705049162. Chapter 10: The Con of the Side Hustle $39 billion by March 2021: Erin Griffith, “Instacart Raises $265 Million, More Than Doubling Its Valuation to $39 Billion,” New York Times, March 2, 2021
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service. See mutual aid shame, viii, 9, 22, 26, 107, 111, 143, 196, 209 Shenker-Osario, Anat, 4 Sherman, Rachel, 155–56 side hustle, ix, 130, 137–50, 254n Side Hustle Nation, 142 Silicon Valley, 7, 13, 46, 137, 254n Simard, Susan, 219 Simmons, Carolyn H., 66, 244n Sinema, Kyrsten, 134 SIYLI (Search Inside
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were only able to take on internships because we were living at home. Others, to make ends meet, relied on parents, or student loans, or side hustles. Many gave up the dream of finding work in their desired field entirely. But that didn’t mean the overarching idea that you should do
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, who lives in a Boston suburb and describes her family as “struggling financially,” finds herself endlessly reading articles on Pinterest such as “21 Totally Legit Side Hustles for Stay-at-Home Moms.” “I’m constantly wondering if I could start a knitting business,” she says, “instead of just relaxing with a hobby
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hosted. Most had full-time occupations or identities outside Airbnb, whether as students, lawyers, writers, or small business owners, and their Airbnb work was a side hustle or part-time effort. Part of this divide derives from the fact that while Airbnb hosting can require multiple emails or being on call part
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interesting. Joshua would probably never consider cleaning houses for a living or working as a hotel’s front desk clerk, but as a short-term side hustle it has its appeal. At the end of our interview, he noted that he was moving cross-country and hiring his fiancée’s undocumented immigrant
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