Notes from Chris
Episode 918
THEMES & TAKEAWAYS: We’ve just finished week 27 of Season III! This week, we took a look at a reusable straw that raises $1.8M on Kickstarter, a new mom who creates postpartum recovery kits, an online tea store that becomes a matcha-made in heaven, and more. I recently made a course for LinkedIn Learning, The Art of the Side Hustle. If you have a LinkedIn Premium membership, you can access that on demand. I’ll be doing two more courses with them later this month, and I’ll keep you posted. Tomorrow night, I’ll be live in San Francisco to talk about the new book 100 SIDE HUSTLES, making up for a previous date that we had to cancel when we had a venue issue. Today we have an audio update but first, let’s talk about something important ... does your idea pass the grandmother test?WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Today, we have an update from Brandi & Kyler Russell who was featured on the show in Ep. 146. Listen to the Weekly Recap to hear from Brandi & Kyler! You can also check out their website!
EPISODES FROM THIS WEEK: Here's what we heard this week on Side Hustle School! Listen to this week's recap for a more comprehensive highlight reel.
- Ep. 912 - Walking on a Thailand beach and seeing all the plastic pollution was the last straw for this environmentalist
- Ep. 913 - A professional organizer finds a way to stitch her passion for thrift shopping into profits
- Ep. 914 - After trying Japanese matcha for the first time, a high school student has a tea-riffic idea that earns thousands of dollars each month
- Ep. 915 - Happy Independence Day! After a difficult shopping experience, this new mom creates and sells her own products to aid in postpartum recovery
- Ep. 916 - After traveling the world, a college graduate works with B corporations to help them tell their stories
- Ep. 917 - An orthodontist sets out to invent a modern alternative to the age-old practice of pulling teeth
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