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Walmart Manager Cleans Aquariums for Fun and Profit

What It’s About

A former Walmart manager dives into a new venture servicing aquariums.

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Words of Wisdom

It’s often said that in the world of business, you have to quickly learn to swim or you’ll sink. But as Larry has shown, you can slowly turn your hobby into a business without any risk, although admittedly he never had to deal with any undercurrents with his aquariums.

Fun Fact

Larry’s largest tank was a 4,000 gallon tunnel aquarium that you could walkthrough. This is the nature of luxury and bespoke service: clients often have unique tastes and will come back to you if you can give them what they want.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1038

When Larry McGee bought his first fish tank, he never imagined that one day his whole career would be focused on them. As a manager at Walmart, he was busy. But when a friend with a service business asked if he wanted to make a little extra cash helping to maintain commercial aquariums, he agreed.

Most of their clients had aquariums in medical offices, waiting rooms, restaurants, and the occasional residence. Larry would spend his lunch breaks assisting with tank maintenance, learning on the job.

A year later, Larry’s friend had to move, so Larry and his wife scraped together $2,500 to take over the business, which they renamed Aquatic Designs. At that time, Larry thought that this would allow him to generate a small extra income. He’d always been good with his hands, having grown up around woodworking and cabinetry, and by now he had some experience with aquariums.

This arrangement would continue for the next several years. Larry would service the few accounts that he had acquired when he bought the business. It wasn’t a lot, but those accounts were dependable and loyal.

He tried advertising to gain new clients, but his efforts floundered. When new customers didn’t come running, Larry assumed that there was no interest and decided not to pursue aquarium maintenance as his core business … at least for the time being.

Over time, he learned from his existing customers that the best way to market to them was through direct mail in an envelope. The office managers he spoke to told him not to send postcards, since those almost always automatically goes in the trash.

With this advice in mind, Larry switched to a more personal approach: he hand-writes letters and mails them to potential clients along with a picture of him and his wife. As Larry says, this lets people know who he is, and what he’s offering. It allows him to stand out amidst all the advertising noise that’s bombarding these office managers.

This new strategy worked wonders. It led to a stable, recurring clientele, giving him a predictable source of monthly income. Through slow and steady growth and those personal interactions, Larry is now making $70,000 in annual income while working just 15 hours a week. One of his accounts has worked with him for over 15 years and given him almost $50,000 in business during that time … and all told, cleaning aquariums has brought in more than a million dollars.

Moving forward, Larry is looking to share the skills and knowledge he’s gained, and hopefully make some passive income. He’s started a blog, and put together his first course on how to maintain an aquarium (something he says anyone can learn!).

He shared the course in a Facebook group in exchange for constructive feedback and reviews, and recently launched it to the world. The new course will allow others to glean insight into the art of aquarium maintenance—almost with the same clarity as he leaves his clients’ aquariums.

 

 

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WEEKLY RECAP: Key Characteristics of a Systems-Driven Business

Notes from Chris

Episode 1037

THEMES & TAKEAWAYS:

We’ve just finished week 44 of Season III

This week featured a trio of young brothers who turn frozen treats into a hot business, a poker-playing Yale student who ends up building a $90,000/month consulting firm (not by playing poker), and more.

Over here, I’m excited to be going to Australia this week—my favorite country.

Last week’s Recap focused on assets. I gave you the assignment to make a list of your assets and consider how you can add to that list.

Today’s audio update from a previously featured case study is a great example of the distinction between a low-level side hustle and a real asset, which is really what this whole project is about. (I should have called it Side Asset School, but no one would get that. Now that you’ve been here for a while, feel free to think of it like that…)

Also, in Ep. 1033, about that guy who played poker at Yale and then moved to California, eventually building an incredible business, there were two key reasons why it worked so well.

Listen to the Weekly Recap to learn more!

WHERE ARE THEY NOW:

Today, we have an update from Harry a.k.a “the Rideshare Guy”. Ep. 375 — Aerospace Engineer Becomes Full-Time Rideshare Expert.

Listen to the Weekly Recap to hear from Harry!

Need a lift to learn more about Harry’s business? Head on over his blog theRideShareGuy.com.

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.

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Head on over to our online submission page, and we’ll be in touch if your story is chosen.

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Here’s what’s coming up next…

Each week I’ll feature more stories from people who are starting side hustles without quitting their job. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming next week:

  • Stumbling onto a fishy side hustle, a former retail manager discovers a way to earn $70,000 a year while working just 15 hours a week.
  • A longing for independence leads a graphic designer to create an adventure-themed brand of totes, mugs, and more.
  • And much more!

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Teenpreneur Skips College to Build Pet Care Company

What It’s About

A teen wags off college, walks her own path, and finds howling success.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Kathryn recognizes the importance of relationships in her side hustle success, “You know the saying it takes a village? Find your village! I have so many friends and mentors who have encouraged, corrected, and taught me every step of the way. I owe all my success to my amazing village.”

Fun Fact

10% of all Happy Hound profits go directly to local missions and animal rescues.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1036

Just about any 8-year-old can walk a dog. But how many of those kids turn a few bucks into a full-blown business that’s hiring employees by age 20?

That’s exactly what Kathryn Cockrell did. Kathryn loved walking dogs for her neighbors … and when she was old enough, she got a job at a kennel. It was there that she realized there weren’t enough pet care options available in her community.

As a high school sophomore, Kathryn’s parents very kindly–and perhaps somewhat naively–let her set up a kennel in the basement and backyard of the family home. She spent $97 on her first order of pet gear, a number that sounded huge at the time. This allowed her to install a dog grooming station in the basement, while the backyard was converted into a dog park.

At just 15 years old, Kathryn’s pet care prices were set low, which brought in business. As the home-based, after-school operation grew, dogs barking all hours of the day and night became a real issue. So once business was booming, Kathryn’s parents encouraged her to move the entrepreneurial endeavors to a new location.

Kathryn continued to operate Happy Hound Pet Sitting all through high school. Then, when it was time to go to college, she chose to go a different direction. She set a goal of only working for herself, moving out, and proving she wasn’t crazy for not taking advantage of the college fund her parents had saved up.

This felt like a gamble, as nearly all of Kathryn’s peers were going on to higher education. The sense of vulnerability hasn’t really gone away, as Kathryn confesses to still worrying about what would happen if her business somehow failed.

But it didn’t. By age 19, Kathryn was making her own living and had moved out of her parents’ house-slash-dog park. By age 20, she was hiring team members and management to help meet the demand of her business, Happy Hound Pet Sitting. And by age 23, she had a second branch in the works.

Today, Happy Hound brings in $15,000 per month in high season. Revenue in the business is seasonal and can get down to $6,000 in low months. For this reason, Kathryn carefully times any major expenses, pays her sitters only on commission, and maintains a savings account year-round.

While the Alabama branch has become more or less self-sustaining, Kathryn has spent the past year replicating her business in a new location. By analyzing the website’s Google presence, she saw which nearby cities had the highest search volume for Happy Hound’s specific type of service. With some further market research, she could also determine which cities were underserved.

Replicating the business has been more challenging and slower-going than Kathryn expected, but things are slowly starting to snowball. By learning from the situation, she plans to help her team members create their own branches down the line and potentially franchise the Happy Hound company.

Still in her mid-20’s, Kathryn’s early dog obsession and high school side hustle has already resulted in a decade of experience.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

 

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Divorce Leads Banker To Boudoir Photography Empire

What It’s About

A single mom and former banker reinvents herself with a photographic focus.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Taking time to think about pricing and goal setting is extremely valuable. Here’s what Tanya suggests: “Do your numbers! You don’t have to do a crazy complicated spreadsheet, but have some goals as to what you want to make and how you will get there.”

Fun Fact

As a firm believer that she didn’t need to heavily invest in her studio props and furniture, Tanya has gotten creative over the years. Recently, she found a pair of Victoria’s Secret angel-esque wings that she wanted … for $3,000! Instead, she went back to her DIY roots, ordering $500 worth of ostrich feathers from Amazon and making them herself.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1035

Tanya Smith found her side hustle as a boudoir photographer in the midst of a divorce. Prior to having children, she worked in the corporate banking world. While this gave her stability, it also stripped her of the freedom she wanted when it came to being there for her kids.

When she quit her job to raise her children, she pursued art in a few different mediums. As a mixed media artist selling paintings at art shows, she began playing around with the DSLR camera she had bought after the birth of her first child. She would take photos of anything she could, and sell prints alongside her paintings.

For years, she combined these two passions as both a hobby and a way to make extra money. Finding herself newly separated after 20 years of marriage and two kids, Tanya felt lost. As a woman, she had struggled being able to view herself as anything other than a mother. With her pending divorce, she was pushed into a new life chapter that required her to find a way to support herself… and she didn’t want to go back to banking.

The first inspiration was personal. Stumbling upon an ad for boudoir photos, she was intrigued. She said yes because she thought it was something that could be good for her while she transitioned to a new time of life. She walked away from her session with a renewed sense of confidence.

Tanya quickly saw the opportunities waiting in boudoir photography as a business. She already had the characteristics that would make someone want to hire her: she was trustworthy, knew her way around a camera, and was able to put herself in the shoes of her ideal clients.

Since she already had a camera and would only shoot “on location,” meaning either in her clients’ homes or in her own bedroom, it didn’t take much to begin. She committed to keeping her initial investments to a bare minimum, only spending money on things she absolutely needed. Her marketing plan was low-maintenance, including a Facebook business page and a free website (tanyalsmith.com).

Tanya did her first three shoots for free before deciding on a price—though one chosen arbitrarily. Her first real client paid her $382, a price she was over the moon about. In fact, she went home and cried out of happiness.

She went back to her experience in corporate banking and began crunching numbers, to figure out how much she would need to make this side hustle profitable. She decided how much she wanted to work each week and how many weeks she wanted to work per year. Then, she came up with how much money she needed to net each year, giving her the average sale per client that she would need.

With those numbers, she knew how many photoshoots she would need to book, helping her create packages at various tiers. She made her target average sale her middle, and most attractive package. Having these packages in place, her three-year side hustle became her full-time job.

Today, Tanya’s business is bringing in a profit in the mid-six-figures. With her average sale being $5,000, she’s able to work less than ever while making more than ever. Her pricing reflects the luxury experience she gives women—including a styling consultation, use of her studio and wardrobe, in-house hair and makeup, and an in-person sales session.

Though none of this happened overnight, she’s proud to look back on how far she has come.

What’s next for Tanya? Helping photographers like her who are dreaming big on their side hustles. With an educational course and podcast, she’ll be teaching students the exact way she built this business for herself. Her journey taught her a lot at a slow and steady pace. With her own course, she’s hoping to help others take the quicker route to success.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • tanyalsmith.com: Learn more about Tanya and her boudoir photgraphy at her website and follow her on Instagram.
  • Free profit calculator for photographers: Tanya provided this free calculator for photographers to figure out what they need their average sale to be to be profitable. (please note an email sign-up is required to accees the calculator)

 

SEE ALSO:

Brooklyn Photographer Gets Paid to Throw Confetti at People:

    A former graphic designer turns a personal thirty-day challenge into a growing photography brand.
  • Famous iPhone Photo Leads to Series of Online Courses: A 365-day photo project transitions to a hustle teaching small business owners how to create videos using their smartphones.

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

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"I’ve been able to show my kids that they can run their own business if they are interested in that, and that they can learn how to do anything if they put their minds to it."
—Tanya Smith #SideHustleSchool

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Pay Off Student Loans With Your Spare Change

What It’s About

Two brothers create an app to help graduates pay down debt.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

You should always start with an MVP (Minimal Viable Product). This means building something that functions, to test, get feedback from people that tested it, and make improvements until you develop a product that people are willing and want to use. While we beta tested we had under 100 users but this gave us the ability to control the environment, get feedback, and improve the product.

Fun Fact

As of 2018, a total of 44.2 million borrowers now owe a total of over $1.5 trillion in student debt. That equates to almost $34,000 in debt per student. With that many potential customers, owing that much money the sky really is the limit for products servicing this market.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1034

A few years ago, brothers Dan Stelmach and Nick Sky were living in Chicago working sales jobs. They’d graduated from college a few years earlier and were hoping to pay down their student loans—all while trying to live fun and enjoyable lives.

Their story isn’t unique. In fact, seven out of ten graduates in the USA leave college in severe debt. The average loan amount is now aound thirty seven thousand dollars, which ramps up to sixty thousand once interest payments are included over a decade or more … yikes!

For Dan and Nick, the situation was even more grim. The brothers had over one hundred thousand dollars in combined debt. And that’s after they’d taken significant steps during their degrees to keep the debt low. They’d both worked part-time jobs and had multiple side hustles to help them along. Still, the number cha-chinged its way into six figures.

Student debt had become a national epidemic. They began brainstorming ideas of how to eradicate their loans quickly, and by proxy, everyone else’s. Eventually, they settled on something they thought might help… spare change. Yes, really!

After turning their pockets inside out, and then asking their friends via a quick survey, they realized that the average accumulation of spare change was around fifty dollars a month. They figured, if they could devise a simple way of redirecting that excess change to their loans they’d save not only thousands of dollars in interest, but years of their lives.

They liked the idea for a couple of reasons. First, it didn’t require any major changes in lifestyle, they could go about things as normal. Second, the whole process could be automated using technology. They envisioned an app, linked to a users credit card and bank account that would round purchases up to the nearest dollar, and place the excess directly onto their loan payments automatically. For example, if they bought a coffee for three dollars and fifty cents, the app would round it up to four dollars and put the extra fifty cents right onto the loan.

They named the app ChangEd. A few months later, in January 2017, the first version was ready for beta testers.

The app needed to have tight security as it linked to users credit cards and bank accounts. For that reason, it was difficult getting downloads at first. Dan and Nick tested it directly with their friends and family. Soon enough, things rippled out beyond their direct network to give them just under one hundred beta users. The small group allowed the brothers to pay close attention to each person’s user experience without growing too fast.

So, after a year of iterating and growing the user base the brothers put in an application to appear on SharkTank … and were accepted.

Through that appearance, Mark Cuban himself offered to invest in the app, seeing its potential. His investment enabled the brothers to quit their full-time jobs and focus on ChangEd.

Since then, they’ve introduced a $1/month user fee, scaled to over forty thousand users and have helped direct over four and a half million dollars into paying off student loans.

There really is a lot of spare change lying around.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • ChangEd: spare a minute to learn more about Dan and Nick’s app.
  • Shark Tank: The hit ABC show Dan and Nick appeared on landing a deal with Mark Cuban.

 

SEE ALSO:

Marriage Inspires Theatre Captioning App & Service:

    After marrying a woman who was born deaf, an actor and musician starts a side hustle captioning theater performances.
  • Side Hustler Gets Paid to Run 7 Ultramarathons on 7 Continents: After getting hurt on his first of 7 ultramarathons, a long-time side hustler builds an app to help other injured runners recover.

Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

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Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

GET YOUR FIRST 1,000 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

Social media is nice, but building an email list is still the single best way to get customers and clients for your hustle. It's not hard to get started—sign up for a 30-day trial and join the list-building challenge! You’ll be up and running in no time. Learn More

Quote of the Day
"Our intention wasn’t to change (users’) behavior but to align with their behavior for the betterment of their financial health."
—Nick Sky #SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Medical Emergency Inspires $90,000/Month Consulting Business

What It’s About

A systems-driven business to help aspiring graduates get jobs in management consulting.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Davis encourages other side hustlers to focus on one important thing: “You just need to quickly find people who are willing to pay for what you are offering. Nothing else matters. Not a name (we didn’t have one for 11 months), not a website (didn’t have one for 11 months), or a logo (we still don’t have one).”

Fun Fact

While playing poker in college, Davis made it a goal to save up enough money to pay for his first WDS in 2014. It paid for his ticket, flight, hotel, food and even a small vacation in Portland before WDS started.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1033

Davis Ngyuen grew up in a poor community in the southside of Atlanta, where 1 in 5 people live in poverty. The high school he attended actually lost its national accreditation. Thankfully for Davis, Yale University didn’t care and still offered him a scholarship.

The campus had a large poker culture, with plenty of events and underground games. Eager to earn money, Davis learned to play. It turned out he had an aptitude for it. On a good month, he would play about two full days, spending around 8-10 hours per day at the table. He split the money he made with his parents.

But this story isn’t about playing poker for money.

After graduation, Davis moved to San Francisco, where he first did a stint in management consulting, and then took a job as VP of Operations for an educational startup. Busy with extracurricular projects since those college poker days, he produced a series of workshops on the side, so he would never have to rely on one income stream.

It wasn’t a bad life—until a call from his parents changed everything.

One of them needed emergency surgery, with medical costs estimated to top out at $20,000. Plus, they needed the money soon.

Davis sat down and tried to think about how he could make that much money fast. His workshops were focused on helping Silicon Valley executives to improve their public speaking, so they could better pitch meetings and funding opportunities. But this wouldn’t be a fast source for cash.

Going deeper, Davis recalled conversations he had again and again when he moved to California to take the management consultant job at a prestigious firm. Everyone wanted to know how he did it.

So with the urgent medical bills in mind, he decided his new hustle was to offer coaching for job interviews in consulting.

The idea was promising, but he didn’t even have a website or email list. Instead, he jumped on a Consulting Sub-Reddit and offered his advice in a free AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread for people who were trying to do what he had done. That first thread was titled: “Recruiting for Consulting? Post here for recruitment advice, resume reviews, questions about offers/firms or general insecurity.”

The goal was not to sell services directly. Instead, he poured his experience and knowledge into the replies. If people wanted one-on-one, off-thread conversation, then he invited them to set up a consultation with him on the Zoom web-conferencing app. Startup costs were just $20 for that Zoom membership.

He worked twelve hours straight over the first weekend hunting for clients and hosting calls, having no idea if it would pay off. Ultimately, he gained his first thirteen clients off that Reddit thread.

The next weekend, he did much the same thing, and then the next as well. It was stressful working long days during the week for his day job, and then pouring weekend hours into his side hustle. The thought of his family kept him motivated—and the money coming in was rewarding—but the greater problem was that Davis was burning out fast.

He began making some bigger changes. He switched to more of an agency model, where clients are asked to pay a bit upfront, but it’s not until they actually get the job that they have to pay the rest. The sum is less than 5% of what they earn in their first year at high-paying jobs … but of course, that’s still a substantial amount.

After just one year, My Consulting Offer had grown to $10,000 per month with Davis as the only coach. That’s when he quit his full-time job, as it was obvious he was really onto something.

These days, Davis does no coaching. Instead, he works directly with top-tier schools and events, and refers all the new business back to his agency’s sales group. From there, his team handles the entire process from initial inquiry straight through to the celebrations when they land their dream job. The average success rate of getting a job in management in consulting is less than 2%, but for those who go through Davis’s process, the rate is more than 80%!

In 2019, just over two years after that 12-hour weekend sprint of desperately trying to hustle coaching calls on Reddit, Davis’s revenue reached $90,000 per month.

In a short period of time, he’s come a long way from his poker days as a student at Yale.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • My Consulting Offer Learn more about Davis’s service at his website.
  • Reddit The online community Davis used to first offer his services. Davis knew this might be a good place to start to find his target audience. Note: we don’t recommend this platform for anyone unfamiliar with it.
  • Zoom Host online video meetings/calls, webinars, and more.

 

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Breast Cancer Survivor Creates Seatbelt Covers for Patients

What It’s About

A tech consultant and cancer survivor sews a supportive hustle.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Rachel has some advice for people looking to launch a side hustle: “Just start! I meet so many “wantrepreneurs” with so many ideas…but they can get stuck in analysis paralysis. I always tell them to just get your product/service out there already! You’ll figure out the details later — execution is what’s important.”

Fun Fact

The ParkPuff is not Rachel’s first side hustle. After she graduated from design school, Rachel started Rachel Park Designs where she created customizable, made-to-order, fashionable ties. She recently had one of her ties worn by a celebrity to the Emmys!

Notes from Chris

Episode 1032
In September 2014, Rachel Park found a small lump in her breast. She took proper action and went to the doctor to have it checked out. Her fears came true when the doctors confirmed that she had breast cancer. The good news is, after a long process of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, Rachel was eventually declared cancer-free.

But while she was undergoing treatments, she wasn’t able to work full-time in her job as a tech consultant. She also found it difficult to just sit around and do nothing—so her mind drifted back to a project she’d started after college: selling fashionable made-to-order ties. She’d already put that project on hold after her diagnosis, and she certainly had no intention of starting another side hustle during this time.

Yet, she found herself struck with inspiration and a desire to take her mind off her treatments. Her aunt (who is also a cancer survivor) had made Rachel a padded seat belt pillow as a gift. It was a nice gesture and provided comfort, both physical and emotional.

Rachel thought this would be something she could make for other cancer patients. She had always loved fashion and learned to sew at a young age. She was able to take her sewing skills and eye for design to fill the void of not working. So much of having cancer is spent feeling helpless, so this also created a healthy distraction from the treatments.

Using the skills from her career background in tech to approach her product development like a larger project, she made a small sample batch of seat belt pillows and worked with her surgeon to beta test it.

Her surgeon offered it to various patients, with the understanding that Rachel would receive feedback in return. She then took the feedback and adjusted. Once she found a design she was satisfied with, she launched a website and started selling the pillow, which she called the ParkPuff.

Startup costs were minimal. She was able to find nice fabric and supplies at an affordable price. She registered the domain SURVIVORModa.com to highlight being a cancer survivor and her love for fashion. She also registered theparkpuff.com and redirected it to better help people find her.

Rachel currently makes and sells about twenty ParkPuffs per month, which makes it very manageable to keep up with once she started working full-time again.

Thanks to that beta testing effort, a majority of sales come from referrals. She also had a fellow cancer survivor and friend feature her product in a cancer gift guide. Finally, Rachel had the opportunity to partner with a foundation. All of these efforts have allowed her to bring in at least several hundred extra dollars each month.

As for Rachel, her biggest challenge has been learning how to manage her time and energy. She constantly reminds herself to grow with her business rather than trying to create more work or spend more money than necessary.

She still hand sews each product and provides handwritten notes to accompany each purchase. In the future, Rachel may look at manufacturing options to provide the ParkPuff to even more patients. For now, however, she likes doing it all herself.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

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Kid Brothers Turn Frozen Treats Into Hot Business

What It’s About

Three brothers get jiggy and create delicious frozen vegan treats.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Stuck trying to find the right idea? The Accius family has a suggestion: “Find a problem that needs a creative solution, come up with a fix, and keep your purpose and intention at the forefront. If you stay true to that and employ good business practices, you can turn almost anything into a successful venture.”

Fun Fact

Jiggy Popp offer a “donation” popp at every event. It’s a randomly chosen and allows kids that don’t have money but want a Popp to get one. The goal? To give them a healthy treat to brighten their day and, hopefully, cause them to make healthier choices going forward.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1031

Some kids spend their summer with a break at the beach, but relaxation wasn’t what the Accius brothers—13 year old Nasi, 11 year old Judah, and 9 year old Shiloh—had in mind for their 2019 break.

The children of a TV and film producer father and an artist mother, the Los Angeles natives decided they wanted to start a business. This wasn’t a surprise. They were taught to think as creators and owners as opposed to employees, and they knew they’d have their own products in the marketplace one day.

Like most kids, the Accius brothers love treats but their diet, first influenced by their parents, is much healthier and more full of “real ingredients” than most of their friends. They wanted to create something they would love, and something that’d be happy to share. Disrupting the normal junk food snacks that were targeted to kids and young adults was also a must.

The brothers soon zeroed in on making a frozen treat. Everyone they knew loved frozen treats and they sell year-round in California. Their brainstorming led to an idea for Jiggy Popps: all-natural, vegan ice pops. The name comes from the term “Jiggy” which in Hip Hop means cool or “fly.”

Working together, they used trial and error to create five original recipes. The process took about three months, and in the meantime they outlined more ideas and began to get their $700 in startup capital together.

They received a couple hundred dollars from their Dad and the rest from Nasi, who invested money from his street performer profits. They used that money for supplies and ingredients, and also on their first small, rolling vending cart.

Soon their home kitchen became the center of Jiggy Popp manufacturing. The boys’ parents didn’t mind as long as the process included cleanup.

In June 2019, the Accius brothers took 100 Jiggy Popps and their vending cart to a street fair in the LA area.

With flavors like BlackBerry Gordy, inspired by the legendary founder of Motown Records, as well as other lyric inspired flavors including “Tropic Like It’s Hot” and “Georgia Peach on My Mind,” their love of music and hip hop culture is evident throughout.

Like a platinum record, the Jiggy Popps were a hit, selling out quickly. The boys were ecstatic and immediately worked to set up their next event. In the first month, the brothers earned a cool $1,600 in profit.

The Jiggy Popp team learned from their early setbacks, and the future looks icy bright. In fact, Jiggy Popp has already earned profits of nearly $7,000 in the first three months of business!

They have big plans for the future, starting with dropping out of middle school—oh, not that, actually—and year-round sales events. The focus is on vending opportunities that connect with their core values, events centered on hip hop, health and wellness, and community building. They also pop up on random inner-city street corners as it’s their goal to make healthy frozen treats accessible to all.

More long term, the brothers want to strategically scale their company with the goal of eventually securing an international partner to take the Jiggy Popp brand global.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Jiggy Popps: Follow the Accius brother’s side hustle journey on their Instagram page.

 

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—Accius Family #SideHustleSchool

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WEEKLY RECAP: How to Review (and Grow!) Your List of Assets

Notes from Chris

Episode 1030

THEMES & TAKEAWAYS:

We’ve just finished week 43 of Season III!

This week featured a Mom who finds love as a dating profile ghostwriter, an unplanned, plus-size modeling career, and a cultic coffee shop in Scotland.

Let’s look today and how to review and grow your list of assets. In case you missed it, a few episodes back I encouraged you to make a list of all your assets.

Remember: An asset is anything that holds or increases in value over time. Traditionally, this means real estate, stocks and bonds. That counts! But it could also mean lots of other stuff … a product you sell, royalties you earn, passive affiliate income, or any other number of things including the kinds of projects we look at just about every day here on Side Hustle School.

Don’t have any assets according to this definition? Well, that’s okay—we’re going to work on that because you need them!

Listen to the Weekly Recap to learn more!

WHERE ARE THEY NOW:

Today, we have an update from David who sells pubic oil with his business partnes in Ottawa. Ep. 326 — Itchy Honeymoon Shaves Way to $100k Pubic Oil Kingdown.

Listen to the Weekly Recap to hear from David!

Have an itch to learn more about David’s business? Head on over to the Bush Balm: 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. 1024 — When a stay-at-home mom displays a talent for helping her friends with online dating, she swipes right on a side hustle that becomes a perfect match.
  • Ep. 1025 — A Hong Kong-based IT employee creates a new way for global e-commerce sellers to fulfill their orders.
  • Ep. 1026 — After moving to a new state, an operations manager struggles in finding a Mandarin-speaking caregiver for her baby—so she starts a network that matches them with families.
  • Ep. 1027 — After moving to a new state, an operations manager struggles in finding a Mandarin-speaking caregiver for her baby—so she starts a network that matches them with families.
  • Ep. 1028 — A publicist fresh out of college begins modeling and ends up earning six figures a year.
  • Ep. 1029 — By tapping into the power of their community, two coffee shop owners built a big-city hot spot in their small town.

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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We want to hear from you!

The best part of Side Hustle School is our community, and around 20% of our episodes come from listeners. Are you working on something and want to share it with us and our audience? If so, we want to hear from you!

Head on over to our online submission page, and we’ll be in touch if your story is chosen.

And if you’re still working on something but have some questions, we want to hear from you too! Most Weekly Recap episodes include Listener Q&A.

Call the Side Hustle Hotline at 844-9-HUSTLE (844-948-7853), record your question and send it to podcast@sidehustleschool.com, or just send us an email!

Here’s what’s coming up next…

Each week I’ll feature more stories from people who are starting side hustles without quitting their job. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming next week:

  • A breast cancer survivor makes a seat belt pillow for herself, and then turns it into a handmade business.
  • After barely making a dent in student loans after years of repayments, two brothers brainstorm solutions for an app that rounds up spare change.
  • And much more!

Do you have a side hustle story you’d like to share? Fill out the Side Hustle School submission form and your story may be featured on the show!

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Chris Guillebeau

The Cultic Coffee Shop in Aberdeen, Scotland

What It’s About

One couple goes against the coffee culture grind and creates a cult following.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Louise has some great words of encouragement for those with niche ideas, “It takes courage and time to build a niche business; but in the long run that’s what leads to a cool, diverse market. The race to be all things to all people is supermarket economics, and it should be shunned by the independent business scene.”

Fun Fact

The Cult of Coffee’s first customer was in Scotland for a business trip. His home? Seattle.

Notes from Chris

Episode 1029

Not everyone starts a side hustle with dreams of endless riches and quitting their day job. Sometimes it’s just a matter of filling a need. That’s what led Louise and Paul Robertson to open The Cult of Coffee nearly three years ago.

Louise and Paul were frustrated with the difficulty of finding good coffee in their city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The few spots that did have finer roasts also had a bit of an elitist attitude in their service that left them feeling lukewarm. It was from that frustration that their own coffee shop was born, built from the ground up.

To begin, they needed a space. A search brought them to the corner of an old antique store in a busy area. They loved it, but the location needed some serious TLC. Thankfully, renovating a property from top-to-bottom was something they were quite familiar with … because just a year earlier they had completely redone a 17th-century cottage.

But they were busy! Paul and Louise were both working full-time. Plus they were also renting out that refurbished 17th-century cottage, and raising two small children.

In the end, they landed on the industrial interior design that works well for so many cafes, but opted to keep it light with bright colors, white tiling, and pale woods. They ended up stripping down nearly everything, keeping only the original windows, floors, and doors.

On those windows, and throughout the shop, they applied graphics with their logo, a mix of mysterious, almost occult-like, symbols — playing off their shop’s name, the Cult of Coffee. By the time the Cult was ready to open a year later, people passing by found themselves wandering in more with curiosity for what the shop was than for finding a place to buy coffee.

That uninformed curiosity might help explain what happened next. The plan from the beginning was to have The Cult of Coffee only serve coffee and cake. Louise and Paul wanted to be the best, and to do this as a small shop they needed to specialize. However, customers didn’t immediately see it that way. Coming in at lunchtime, they’d be surprised to learn that the shop didn’t serve meals, and that led to the occasional bad review online. Some insisted that The Cult of Coffee would have to expand its menu if it was going to stick around.

But Louise and Paul stuck to their principles. They weren’t about to sacrifice their shop’s identity just to cater to a handful of unsatisfied customers.

This dedication to their vision paid off. In May of 2019, The Cult of Coffee won The Scottish Cafe’s Best Coffee Shop in Scotland award, edging out other well-known and established coffee shops.

The shop’s strong community vibe helps drive people to return again and again. Customers get a real buzz out of being the ones who introduce their friends to “this place they’ve found.” And while The Cult of Coffee has a strong social media presence, they’ve done only minimal paid advertising or marketing. It’s nearly all been through word of mouth and connections.

Louise and Paul never intended to replace their day job income by opening a coffee shop. They wanted the additional source of income, but their vision was mostly built on their desire to see a shop like The Cult of Coffee in their area. Despite the slower growth, the cafe now generates what Louise used to make at her full-time job in 2016. While Paul still works full time, Louise now works just part-time in education, and handles the cafe’s managerial tasks. Thankfully, The Cult of Coffee has a strong team that can handle most of the shop’s daily operations.

The Cult of Coffee is not the story of a side-hustle turned multi-million mega-corporation. Instead, it’s about throwing yourself into a project you believe in, to fill a need yourself when no one else is stepping up. It’s about creating something that brings people together, giving them a place to sit back, relax, and sip on some fantastic coffee.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Sticking true to doing things their own way, Louise and Paul use social media but do not have a website. Learn more and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

 

SEE ALSO:

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Quote of the Day
"The race to be all things to all people is supermarket economics, and it should be shunned by the independent business scene."
—Louise and Paul Robertson #SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau