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5-Year-Old’s Frustration Leads to Modern Day Piggy Bank

What It’s About

Piggy banks that don’t require you to break the bank!

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Words of Wisdom

If Esther learned one thing during this process, it was the importance of securing a lower minimum of quantity from manufacturers. As she said, “it’s hard to know whether things will move and how quickly they will move, and if you have a product that’s bigger in size, those storage costs really add up!”

Fun Fact

Remember those piggy boxes that were glued together and couldn’t be sold? Esther says she’d hate to throw these glued and unsellable boxes away. If any of our listeners who have kids would like a free Piggy Box, head over to thepiggybox.com and email Esther. First-come, first-served!

Notes from Chris

Episode 558

Jacob Diaz was five years old and already a side hustler. After the city dumpster trucks would empty the large garbage cans, he would walk down the street and bring them in for the neighbors. Soon he was hauling in twelve cans in every Thursday night—the beginnings of his garbage can empire!

For a kid, he was really raking in the dough from his neighbors, and his parents figured this was a great chance to capitalize on a “teachable moment.”

His mother, Esther, went out and bought three piggy banks. One for “spend,” one for “save,” and one for “give.” The idea was to instill the values of careful saving, generous giving, and hard work. And it worked—Jacob was filling up all three of his piggy banks at record speed.

Except the teachable moment started to fall apart when it came time to retrieve that money. The piggy banks, well, weren’t willing to give it up. Esther even tried to get the dollar bills out with chopsticks in what she calls “Mr. Miyagi style,” but to no avail.

The cash was stuck. Like, really stuck—and it didn’t really make sense to teach good stewardship by breaking the piggy banks to get it out. The short-term trick? Medical forceps. They got those bills out through minor surgery on the pig. The long-term solution? Build a better piggy bank.

In 2013, Esther started putting together her idea: a 3-drawer box. Give, save, and spend would each have their own drawer and money organization slots for dollars and coins. No more tiny piggy bank holes or not being able to count your money—it would all be easy to access and easy to count.

Unfortunately, the initial Piggy Box design was bulky and unable to be reduced in size. This increased the warehouse space needed and resulted in a bunch of damaged product during shipping. Esther’s new design will be in production soon, and she can’t wait to slice these costs dramatically. She doesn’t want to hog all the storage space!

But that brings up another problem: minimum order quantity. Esther just put up with large orders and high costs in the past, but she knows she shouldn’t have to—especially now that she’s able to put some more time into finding a manufacturer now that the business is running.

She’s taking her time to find the right partner for her next run, hoofing around to different manufacturers to sop up their proposals. Lower MOQs will help her business be more successful because she’ll be able to spend less on big batches of product and more on marketing and sales (and some big upcoming partnerships we can’t name yet).

But while the additional profit she brings in has been great for Esther, the greater joy of the side hustle has been growing it with her family. Trips to UPS with her son, family assembly lines for State Fair demonstrations—creating these special moments for her kids has been, by far, the most rewarding part of it all. This little piggy has certainly gone to market!

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • The Piggy Box: Tired of breaking piggy bank after piggy bank trying to reap the rewards from all of your hard work? Get yourself a piggy box over on Esther’s website!
  • Wix: The online website building platform that Esther used to set up her website for The Piggy Box
  • Alibaba: The platform that Esther used to locate a manufacturer for her piggy boxes
  • Buzzfeed | 17 New Parenting Products That Are Impressively Clever: The Buzzfeed article that featured The Piggy Box—they’re #12!

 

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"Try to secure a lower minimum of quantity from manufacturers. It’s hard to know whether things will move and how quickly they will move, and if you have a product that’s bigger in size, those storage costs really add up!"
—Esther Diaz #SideHustleSchool

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Chris Guillebeau

More Monet, Fewer Problems: Attorney Turns Holiday Prints Into Cash

What It’s About

A passion for watercolors leads to a familial shift in priorities.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Jane’s number one lesson, in both life and side hustling, is that moving slowly is better than standing still. Probably because, as a mom, she doesn’t have time to stand still. But, it was the incremental gains that showed her that some weeks may be more productive than others, success isn’t possible without the little steps to take you there.

Fun Fact

The marble slab that eventually became Michelangelo’s statue of David was originally cut 43 years beforehand for an artist named Agostino di Duccio. Agostino gave up on his sculpture and, 10 years later, another artist named Antonio Rossellino took a crack at sculpting it. He eventually gave up as well, which paved the way for Michelangelo to start working on his chiseled masterpiece in 1501. Persistence pays off!

Notes from Chris

Episode 557

Jane Du, an attorney from Dallas, has always had a passion for art. When she wasn’t studying for her electrical engineering degree, she could often be found absent-mindedly doodling on textbook pages or random sheets of paper. But it wasn’t until she found a set of oil paints and a canvas during a summer holiday that she began to look at her art more seriously.

Not seriously enough to pursue it instead of engineering, and eventually law school, but enough to take classes and build her skills.

Watercolors, live models, and acrylic paints soon filled her weekends, and her work started to grow. Once in a while, a friend or family member would ask to purchase a painting, but Jane still didn’t take her art seriously. She just did it because she loved the creative balance it offered when she wasn’t working on case briefs or depositions.

When she started to take an online watercolor painting class in 2016, Jane created a Facebook page dedicated to her art so she could show off her work, without spamming her friends.

Not only did her artist page help Jane track her progress over time, it also inspired her to combine different styles to create new art forms, too. It was after a calligraphy class in 2017 that Jane came up with the idea to combine calligraphy with watercolor paintings.

Following a holiday to Hawaii with her family, she made a few postcards to send to her friends with scenes from the island. She also posted them online, and queries started to fill her inbox. Her other friends, the ones who weren’t graced with a watercolor-slash-calligraphy postcard, wanted to buy one of their own!

That’s when she thought that creating cards and prints to sell wasn’t such a bad idea. A picture started to form in her mind… it would be easy to grow without taking up too much personal time, and she wouldn’t have to part with the original prints!

Even though she had the foundation for a side hustle in her head, she didn’t think about it too seriously until she had a baby in mid-2017.

Her maternity leave gave her the time she needed to invest in building it out. She spent a week watching Youtube tutorials to learn how to create her Finn and Remy website and watched her side hustle come to life with a pre-launch sale that saw 12 orders come in during her first week. Since then, her orders have exponentially increased—and so has her passion.

Jane has also added two children’s books to her roster of creative endeavors, and she’s brought in around $15,000 since September of 2017. While Jane says they don’t have the same profit margins as her prints, she knows this is just the next step in her family’s big adventure. Her side hustle has inspired them to shift their focus from work to family and take a long trip abroad, starting in Mexico. While Jane doesn’t know where her side hustle, or next destination, will take them, she knows that her family’s priorities wouldn’t have realigned without the freedom she gained from her art.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Finn and Remy: Head on over to Jane’s website to see her full collection
  • Shopify: Jane used Shopify to set up her site for Finn and Remy, and they’re offering a 21-day trial and exclusive discount for all Side Hustle School listeners!

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"Just do it. Stop thinking about it and do it. The “doing” is a process and you’ll learn much more from actions and feedback than from internal rumination."
—Jane Du #SideHustleSchool

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Chris Guillebeau

Underwear Side Hustle Turns Into $500,000/Month Business

What It’s About

An inclusive underwear company for every body.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Fran and Naomi did a lot of research prior to launching and while they were building TomboyX, and one of the most important things they learned along the way was that lifestyle brands with real staying power started by focusing on one “hero” product and building from there. Their customers had been asking them to make boxer briefs for women, so they listened. And that’s how they found their hero product that paved the path for new products!

Fun Fact

Fran and Naomi have quite a knack for spontaneity—in 2014, they surprised friends by staging a surprise wedding during a flag football game. “At halftime, the ref, who was an ordained clergy, blew a whistle and married us right there,” Fran remembers with a laugh.

Notes from Chris

Episode 556

Fran Dunaway is the CEO and Co-Founder of TomboyX. The company makes underwear, swimwear, and loungewear that isn’t for everybody but is for anybody. They’re focused on fit and quality, offering every style in sizes XS to 4X. They’ve gone from zero employees 2 years ago to 15 today.

Before they started what was supposed to be a side project, Fran and her co-founder Naomi (who is also her wife) weren’t experts in fashion. Both of them had careers they enjoyed. But they also had a burning desire to make beautiful button-up shirts for women. They wanted to create a shirt with fine quality fabric, fun details and fit for a woman’s body. They chose the name TomboyX because they thought it was cute.

To compensate for their lack of background in the fashion industry, Fran and Naomi did a lot of research. They wanted to see what made a lifestyle brand truly “stick” with a dedicated fan base, as opposed to all the ones that came and went. They discovered something important: the lifestyle brands with staying power started by focusing on one ‘hero’ product and building from there. This doesn’t mean that they don’t expand and add products, but it does mean that they build the core business around that one hero product.

A Kickstarter project for TomboyX shirts out-raised its $75,000 goal, but they also learned something important through the process. The hero product for TomboyX was boxer briefs for women. They got more requests for that than anything else.

With this brief front in mind, they set out to make the softest, longest lasting waistband out there. They were determined to create one that you don’t even notice because it’s so comfortable, doesn’t leave a mark, and doesn’t cut off your circulation.

Since then they’ve perfected the formula for spending on ads and bringing in new customers, especially through Facebook ads, but also through podcast ad buys and other mediums. They have a team that does nothing but work on this. Instagram has been especially important for engagement, and they communicate daily with more than 75,000 followers.

If that sounds intimidating, remember, this is now a company. It wasn’t their goal to turn their side project into a multi-million dollar operation.

They found their hero product, but they also made their customers their heroes. Images on that Instagram profile and their website tell the stories of the target market they started with: not everybody, but anybody. They’ve clearly struck the right tone with the right products and the right audience.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • TomboyX: Life is too short to wear underwear you’re not comfortable in. There’s something for everybody over on Fran and Naomi’s website!
  • Kickstarter | TomboyX: The Kickstarter campaign that started it all!
  • Shopify & Amazon: The two platforms that Fran and Naomi used to sell their products
  • ShipStation & Stamps.com: The two platforms that they used to ship out all of their products
  • MailChimp: The email marketing platform that the duo used to help manage their subscribers
  • Google Suite, Dropbox, Slack & Asana: The multiple platforms and programs that Fran and Naomi used for productivity

 

SEE ALSO:

 

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Yours in the revolution,

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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

Quote of the Day
"Our research taught us that the lifestyle brands with legitimate staying power started by focusing on one ‘hero’ product and building from there."
—Fran Dunaway #SideHustleSchool

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Chris Guillebeau

Pre-Made Meals Bring In $5,500/Month After Layoff

What It’s About

After cooking for a family member in need, a woman learns to sell “mostly made” meals.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Worried about crowdfunding? Here are some fantastic words of wisdom from Jillian:

“Spend at least two months prior to launching your Kickstarter collecting email addresses and leads through social media and other ad campaigns because you’ll have to bring in most of your own backers. In most campaigns, 80% will come from your personal network, so don’t launch until you have collected at least 15x more email leads than backers needed.

For example, if you want to raise $5,000 and anticipate needing 50 backers to meet your goal, collect at least 750 email leads (assume only a fraction of people will covert).”

Fun Fact

The recipe development for Mostly Made took a year, and it was really challenging at times. Jillian even said that for a while, it felt like things weren’t going to make it.

She felt that she needed to become a badass, so she cut off all of her hair. No more girlish French braids or ponytails! She’d had long hair since she was born, so this was sort of impulsive and drastic. She gave her 14″ ponytail to a charity that makes wigs for kids with cancer, and that’s how she justified the haircut: charitable. Jillian just needed to prove to herself that she was capable of taking risks!

Notes from Chris

Episode 555

Two years ago Jillian McGary was working as a digital marketer and affiliate manager. She didn’t enjoy the job so much and was often on the lookout for opportunities to make money elsewhere. Ten years ago, she and her brother launched SnowProfessor.com, a site of learn-to-snowboard videos. While the site received significant traffic and over nine million Youtube views, it never made much money. However, Jillian loved the process and had a yearning to try again.

Fast forward eight years and Jillian was working a day job when her family received some tragic news. Her sister-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer. The whole family pulled together to do anything they could to help. For Jillian, that meant making the family pre-cooked meals they could reheat whenever they wanted without having to worry about cooking.

Although she was no culinary mastermind—by her own admission—she developed a knack for creating meals that were easy to produce en masse and still delicious after re-heating. She also began exploring the idea of creating her own food brand while still employed…

At the beginning of 2017, she lost her job… and she says it was the best thing that ever happened to her. She decided to take her time and savings of $18,000 and invest it into creating a side hustle, which now, by default, became her full-time gig. She called the business ‘Mostly Made,’ and it would provide pre-packaged meal kits for people to prepare at home. All they’d have to do was add their favorite vegetables.

In February 2018, a year after her Kickstarter campaign ended, Jillian had the first batch of Mostly Made meals delivered to customers.

Just how much success is that? Well, the current revenue generated by Mostly Made is $5500/month. While that may seem like a lot, the profit margins are rather slim so there is a way to go before this becomes a really profitable exercise.

However, Jillian is up for the challenge and, as she never took on a full-time job after losing her last one, she has plenty of time to dedicate to Mostly Made. It’s true that launching a successful food business can be difficult, but it seems Jillian has mostly made it!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Mostly Made: When you need a little help, Jillian is there to give you a helping hand—learn more over on her website!
  • Kickstarter | Mostly Made: The Kickstarter campaign that started it all!

SEE ALSO:

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"Prior to launching your side hustle, do a ton of market research. Look for reasons to back out. Be a critic and poke holes in your plan."
—Jillian McGary #SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Weekly Recap: Don’t Become Efficient at Doing the Wrong Things

Notes from Chris

Episode 554

THEMES & TAKEAWAYS:

Over here in my world, we finished the 8th annual World Domination Summit (see pictures from it here!), and one of the things I shared at WDS in between introducing speakers was about “finding your purpose.”

We live in an age in which productivity and efficiency are highly regarded values, but sometimes you need to slow down. Sometimes you need to stop doing things. And, of course, sometimes you need to do more!

But unless you have a clear sense of purpose, it doesn’t make sense to devote your focus to becoming uber-efficient. It’s much better to be able to say “I’m on the right path. I haven’t got it all figured out, but I know I’m doing the right thing.”

Listen to today’s Weekly Recap to learn more about finding your purpose and getting efficient at doing the right things!

LISTENER Q&A:

This week we had a listener email from Ali and a voicemail from Melanie:

  • Ali: “I am currently reading your book The $100 Startup. I have been looking for a business opportunity for a long time now. After having finished my masters in Polymer Chemistry and having started my PhD, I was even more unsatisfied. I don’t even remember when or where I bought your book. I must have been in London years ago and when I started reading it I was thinking ‘Ah probably just another typical startup book you can find anywhere,’ but it really changed my mind.I already had a website which was supposed to be a blog but I didn’t use it much anymore. So while reading your book I got this idea of providing a lectureship service to young students who are writing their bachelor’s or master’s thesis. My wife published it a couple of times on her Instagram account since she has about 11k follower. So now I got my first job today and will get paid my first 150 Euros for about 4-5 hours of work. My first customers got a pretty high discount, but it’s okay. 150 Euros is good enough to buy ourselves nice sneakers which we wanted to have for a while now. And it’s going to be paid by spare money.

    How it has been written but you bring the right ideas across and motivate your reader. My aim is to make 1000 Euros a month as a side income. We won’t save any of that money or do reasonable thinks but rather pay and buy everything we find really cool but couldn’t pay with a PhD scholarship. I mean I already had the WordPress side and my laptop so I literary had an investment of 0 Euros. Thanks, man!”

  • Melanie is in Houston, TX, and she just quit her day job to focus on being a stay at home mom. She has a very specific goal in mind and knows what she wants to do: create a children’s storybook. Unfortunately, this is a new process for her, so she’s not sure what method she should use to get her book published.
  • Listen to the Weekly Recap to hear my thoughts on the matter of writing and publishing your first book! And if you’re interested in checking out the resources I mention, here are some links: Ep. 276, Ep. 538, and The Unconventional Guide to Publishing

If you have something you’d like to ask me or an update you’d like to share, I’d love to hear from you. Leave me a voice message on the website or call into the Side Hustle Hotline (Dial 844-9-HUSTLE // 844-948-7853), and your question may be featured on the show!

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. 548 – In just one year, this Google product manager earns an extra $100,000 by providing marketing services on Fiverr.com. Learn his tips to hack the platform for yourself!
  • Ep. 549 – A love of coffee leads to a family-owned coffee hustle, bringing joy and beans to to loyal customers. Don’t procrastinate; pro-caffeinate!
  • Ep. 550 – This hospital employee and competitive powerlifter wasn’t making enough money on the side as a personal trainer, so he turned to a completely different idea: bow ties!
  • Ep. 551 – A group of college students learn to sell socks with a cause. In two years they sign up more than 100 educational institutions!
  • Ep. 552 – A chronic illness diagnosis leads to the “write” side hustle for a full-time communications manager in the UK
  • Ep. 553 – In an age of endless distractions, an editor for Superdry found she was reading fewer books. By creating a subscription book club, she now sends new titles to more than 300 people each month

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 roughly 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:

  • After losing her job, this digital marketer turns to the kitchen, where she whips up pre-made meals and launches a successful crowdfunding campaign
  • Two women launch an underwear brand in their spare time. It grows from an early Kickstarter campaign to a multi-million dollar company with more than a dozen employees
  • And so 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!

Also, if you’re interested in joining the Side Hustle Society, visit our Society page to get notified when it goes live!

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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

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Editor Creates Book Club For Bad People

What It’s About

A book club for people who like to read and party!

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

For anyone looking to start a similar side hustle, Abbey’s advice is to focus on your brand first. Get clear on what your brand is, what you stand for, and who you want to attract. This will help the rest of the pieces fall into place, and ensure you make more informed decisions as you move forward.

Fun Fact

The mixologist reads the book and weaves a similar story through the cocktails based on what she read, saw and felt. For example, she created a “Sisters Whiskey Sour” inspired by the book Homegoing, which she filled with flavors based on the book’s journey through Ghana. Abbey also provides the non-alcoholic ingredients in the box to help people make their cocktail!

Notes from Chris

Episode 553

For content editor Abbey Jones, books have always been important. She loves nothing more than immersing herself in the worlds, ideas, and lives of other people in the books they’ve shared. But, as her career progressed, she found herself reading less and less. Between work commitments, her social life, and the ease of other types of entertainment, reading ended up falling by the wayside.

And Abbey found she wasn’t the only person who felt this way, either. She found herself talking less and less about books with her friends and colleagues who also found it hard to make time to read around their busy lives. It was a part of her life that she missed, and she wanted to find a way to make books a bigger part of people’s lives again.

Abbey realized the younger generation’s biggest problem with reading is that it’s not always considered relevant or exciting. The cool thing to do is to scroll through your news feed or get sucked into a new Netflix series; you’ll find more workplace conversations about the latest season of Stranger Things than the current bestseller.

Trying to reconnect with books, Abbey began to research book clubs and immediately found the same problem. These clubs were almost always targeted at an older generation and focused on books that were (in her opinion) hard to get excited about. None of them felt like they were on the pulse of what was happening in her life.

So Abby resolved to start a book club that was relevant and exciting and had people eagerly awaiting their next read.

She called it the Bad People Book Club. She describes it as, “A book club for people who like to read and party,” and uses vibrant branding to create a feel that goes against the grain of the usual mental images a book club would conjure.

She currently delivers these boxes to 300 subscribers and is making just over $1,000/month. That’s right, Abbey—we see you, you bad!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Bad People Book Club: For the bad people in your life who enjoy a cocktail and a good book—learn more on Abbey’s website!
  • Shopify: Abbey used Shopify to set up her site for Bad People Book Club, and they’re offering a 21-day trial and exclusive discount for all Side Hustle School listeners!
  • Shippo: The multi-carrier shipping software that Abbey used for her e-commerce shop

 

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"I’ve started small to manage risks which has made it a lot easier for me. Some people may benefit by diving in 100% right away, but—with my situation—taking the business one step at a time has definitely made it manageable for me."
—Abbey Jones #SideHustleSchool

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Doctor’s Diagnosis Becomes Food Diary Side Hustle

What It’s About

A personalized food diary to keep track of sensitivities.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

A key point from this story: Laura searched high and low for a journal, but every food journal was intended for weight loss—not chronic illnesses.

Finding gaps in the industry like this is how so many great side hustles start out! Is there something you use that’s okay, but could be improved? It could make for a great side hustle.

Fun Fact

The word ‘colygraphia’ means “writer’s block.” Rumour has it that when Dr. Seuss had colygraphia, he would go to a secret closet in his house that was filled with hundreds of hats and wear them until he was re-inspired to write.

Notes from Chris

Episode 552

According to science, writing things down is a highly-effective way to remember both day-to-day and big life events. While it might seem old school, it’s a method that is tried-and-true. This method applies as well to health issues like food sensitivities. That’s why Laura Mulkerne’s doctor recommended that she start keeping a food diary when she was diagnosed with IBS and Coeliac disease in 2016.

The full-time communications manager based in the UK had been feeling off for years, but could never pinpoint what, exactly, was the cause. When her doctor told her she had both IBS and Coeliac, Laura wasn’t totally surprised.

But the diagnoses didn’t answer all her problems, and Laura’s doctor still told her to keep a daily food journal that would help her track her meals and the corresponding symptoms that followed them, too. She needed to track her daily meals, the times she ate, and portion sizes to figure out exactly what triggered her symptoms.

If it sounds almost like detective work, that’s because Laura says it is!

Laura searched high and low for a journal that would help her keep track of everything she needed, but it seemed like every food journal was intended for weight loss—not chronic illnesses. Apps were no help either, for much the same reason. Not only were they also geared toward weight loss, Laura found them clunky and difficult to use.

Laura needed something better than an ill-suited journal or an annoying app, so she created her own system in a notebook as a tool to help her get better, alongside her appointments with doctors and nutritionists. As the days turned into months, Laura got tired of drawing out the pages every day and decided to create her own, proper diary. One night, as she stayed up late playing around with templates and formatting, an idea occurred to her. Laura thought that maybe, just maybe, she couldn’t be the only person who needed a food journal to keep track of their chronic illness.

If her notebook format worked for her, it might work for other people too, especially since one in five people have IBS in the United Kingdom. And there are even more in the U.S.—45 million people, approximately. But Laura knew there were more chronic illnesses that needed food monitoring than IBS. The more she thought about it, the more she knew she needed to create this for people other than just herself.

But first, Laura had to fine-tune this journal. Her system worked for her, but if the food diary was going to help other people it needed to take everything into account.

After about 18 months of side hustling, The Food Diary Co. now brings in about £1,000 ($1,300) per month, and that figure is continuing to grow. Laura credits her side hustle success to her Instagram following, organic search traffic, and online coverage traffic from sources like Buzzfeed and relevant bloggers.

Laura is ready to turn the next page on her side hustle and is working on growing it even more by building a new website and investing more time in her marketing strategy. While she doesn’t have plans to turn her side hustle into her full-time job just yet, she does look forward to the day when she has enough additional income to pay for a holiday abroad.. or two. From the sounds of it, it seems like Laura is on the write track.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • The Food Diary Co.: You can learn an awful lot about yourself and your body tracking what you eat. If you’re interested in what keeping a food diary can tell you, learn more over on Laura’s website!

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Quote of the Day
"My first sale was so exciting! The business is mainly online, so getting that little email notification was so fun. I still feel inordinately pleased now when I open my email and see orders coming in!"
—Laura Mulkerne #SideHustleSchool

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College Students Start Sock-Selling Social Enterprise

What It’s About

Socks for a good cause—an international one!

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Samantha and Antoine started out selling socks because that was something their school didn’t sell. And hey, everyone needs socks! What’s something that everyone needs but isn’t available in your immediate community?

Fun Fact

None of this was easy since they had to juggle their academic work, athletics, and their business all at once. In fact, Samantha and Antoine weren’t even expecting that The Cause International would work out. The initial success of their venture took them by surprise, and from then on they’ve just done their best to navigate the hurdles they encountered.

Notes from Chris

Episode 551

Going on a college exchange program abroad is a life-changing experience for many students, but for Samantha Wells, it ended up being even more. Not too long after working her way through all of the vino and tapas that Spain had to offer, she met her friend, and now colleague, Antoine Taylor. Antoine had recently started up a brilliant side hustle doing laundry for his fellow classmates, but unlike the dirty socks he was dealing with, the idea just didn’t hold much water… It left him feeling a little high and dry.

But despite his lack of experience, he wasn’t deterred! Moving forward, Antoine decided that he would likely do better with a partner that could make up for the areas he lacked—a complementary skill set if you will. And with a major in Communications and Business, Samantha definitely fit the bill. When he came across another idea with promise, she was at the top of his list.

Inspired by Antoine’s in-depth knowledge of socks, they decided to make customized socks for the St. John’s University students in Minnesota, where Antoine was a junior. They figured that just because washing clothes for others didn’t really pan out, it didn’t mean that they couldn’t still build another business around clothing. Besides, who doesn’t need socks?

They started by taking the school logo, Saint John Saint Benedict’s, and printed it on a variety of socks. At that time, the school wasn’t selling anything like this. The only step that they had to take was finding a manufacturer in the area that could do the job at an affordable rate that wouldn’t break the bank.

On October 23rd of that year, Antoine sold the first pair of socks to one of his friends. Word quickly spread, and by the end of the week, they had somehow sold 512 pairs of socks. This far exceeded their expectations, and they started to consider what it would mean to scale. They didn’t just mean scaling their operations, but they also wanted to do more.

Samantha had been the philanthropy chair of her sorority in college. As broke college students, she and Antoine definitely wanted to improve their financial situations, but they also knew that there were a lot of people who were less fortunate than them. They decided that they would give a percentage of their profits to charity. They named their company The Cause International.

Since they started, Samantha and Antoine have gone on to provide aid to communities in Flint, Michigan supplying them with water bottles and the homeless in Los Angeles by funding free haircuts and providing job advice. Moving forward, they plan to provide more help internationally and are committed to donating $50,000 dollars in 2018 to disadvantaged communities.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • The Cause International: Pick up some socks and help make the world a better place—head on over to Samantha and Antoine’s website!

 

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Canadian Powerlifter Creates Elegant Bow Tie Biz

What It’s About

A bow tie business that leads to so much more.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

I often say a side hustle is not forever—and today’s episode is a great example of that. That’s the beauty of running a side hustle—you can do it for as long as it works for you!

Fun Fact

Kobi has taken a lot of customized bow-tie requests, but the one that stands out the most is the time he was paid $500 to create a replica of Dr. Strange’s bow-tie for one of his customers.

Notes from Chris

Episode 550

Kobi Amponsah is a man of many talents. By day, he works in a hospital as an operating room attendant. He’s also a competitive powerlifter with a kinesiology degree, and in his spare time he trains firefighters.

His previous side hustle was working as a personal trainer. He’d helped to pay off his college tuition with the income from his clients but wanted a little extra money to feel comfortable. Plus, personal training was taking its toll. He felt he spent more time traveling between clients than actually making money working. To put it simply, he wanted something different.

Kobi had long toyed with the idea of starting another business. As an active member of his community in Brampton, Ontario, Kobi felt wanted to inspire younger people in the area. He also felt drawn to explore his creative side and make products to sell.

To come up with ideas of what he could create, he looked at what made him unique. He explored the parts of his life he enjoyed which also helped him stand out from others. He found the answers… right under his collar.

Kobi had always been fashion conscious and loved to wear bow-ties. He felt they were a great way to express his individuality while breaking social norms. Everyone expects you to rock up to a business meeting or formal event wearing a normal Windsor-knotted necktie, and Kobi got a kick out of wearing something unique. So, he decided he would center his side hustle on making and selling bow ties. But there was one problem; he didn’t know how to make them.

Over the course of the next two weeks, Kobi spent four hours in intensive bow-tie training and began bouncing the idea for his side hustle off of the seamstresses there. In this workshop, Kobi learned two things. The first is that bow-ties aren’t terribly time-consuming to make, taking between 20 and 45 minutes depending on the fabric or style. The second is that ties are cost-effective to make, with the average tie costing him just $5.00 to make. These findings helped Kobi to confirm this was an idea worth pursuing, and he invested $250 in getting it off the ground.

Kobi has made a total of $25,000 since he first started Neck Couture. Some months profits would be high at $2,000, and others they are less. But much of his work is seasonal, so Kobi doesn’t panic in the low-income months.

Looking to the future, Kobi is planning to slow down Neck Couture’s production and move on to other ventures. He’s started a podcast to help inspire young people to start their businesses, which he calls the Purposeful Story Podcast, where he shares the successes and insights of his fellow entrepreneurs.

Whatever happens next, Kobi can say he’s mastered a new skill, he’s found a way to make it viable, and should he ever need to make bow ties at any other point in his life, he’ll know exactly what to do.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Neck Couture: Snag yourself one of Kobi’s sweet bow ties over on his website before they go extinct!
  • Squarespace: The website building platform that Kobi used to create his website for Neck Couture
  • Purposeful Story Podcast: The podcast Kobi started to help inspire young people to start their businesses

SEE ALSO:

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

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Quote of the Day
"I believe every single person in this world has some sort of an entrepreneurial spirit within them, but overtime that’s something we are trained out of. Maybe everyone isn’t meant to run a business, but I firmly believe that through our purpose there is something entrepreneurial we can all achieve."
—Kobi Amponsah #SideHustleSchool

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Chris Guillebeau

Bean-Lover Grinds Way To $4,000/Month Family Coffee Business

What It’s About

A family coffee business grinds their way to $4,000/month.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Tea, chai, kombucha, and other beverages have been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, but I really don’t think coffee is going anywhere. If anything, I’ve noticed as I’ve traveled that specialty coffee and premium roasting has expanded rather than contracted.

While it’s good to look at niche markets, there is something to be said about creating something with mass appeal, and doing it well!

Fun Fact

A neighbor desperately knocked on Doug’s door at 8AM one Sunday morning because his wife had used the last of the coffee he had given him a few days before. “You don’t understand,” he said, “I cannot live without your coffee.” He paid Doug $20 dollars for a pound of coffee with the understanding that he would not frantically knock on Doug’s door at 8AM on a Sunday unless it was an actual emergency.

Notes from Chris

Episode 549

Doug Valente loves coffee! The joy of a freshly brewed cup first thing in the morning is something he’d never want to go without. While most people are happy just drinking coffee, Doug’s interest goes much deeper. He loves exploring its history, learning about new blends, and studying the whole process of bean-to-cup.

Five years ago, his passion for coffee led to roasting his own beans. At first, it was just a fun hobby, something to help him understand the process a little more and keep busy in his spare time. Far from being a grind, roasting coffee was something Doug loved to do.

He began sharing his knowledge through Facebook, where he’d post pictures of roasts he was particularly proud of. With his skills rapidly brewing and gaining steam word began to spread… “Doug makes some of the best coffee around!” read a typical comment. It wasn’t long before friends and family in other parts of the country began asking if they could buy some of his highly regarded beans.

Before this, Doug had been selling some of his excess beans to people in the neighborhood. Once he saw there was more demand for his product, an idea began to brew.

Far from procrastinating, Doug got straight to pro-caffeinating and decided to turn his little passion project into an additional income source. He sold his first interstate batches from those initial queries on Facebook and put the money towards the purchase of a propane powered commercial coffee roaster. This allowed him to increase his output tenfold.

This was the boiling point in his side hustle adventure. He saw what roasting beans might look like at scale. As the kettle heated up, Doug and his wife decided to get their five young kids involved. They saw it as a way to teach his kids about business in a practical way and figured, at the very least, it would be a nice bonding experience. They called it Valente Family Coffee.

The family packed and shipped orders the very next day and made $500 in sales their first week!

They also decided to create a custom built trailer specific for markets. It allowed them to easily move the entire operation and set up a live roasting station and stall. The cost was $10K—thats a latte money. The good news is that it was largely paid for out of funds already generated by coffee sales.

These days, Valente Family Coffee is showing no signs of slowing down. Across their farmers market stall and website, they currently earn $4000/month. While the setup costs were significant, they are already into the black. Which coincidentally how they like their coffee!

Doug still has his day job but has big plans for the family business. With the profits generated so far, the Valentes are looking for a brick and mortar location to start their own cafe. A place where they can connect with the local community and make more connections selling the coffee they love.

Words cannot espresso how good they feel.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Valente Family Coffee: If you’re a coffee bean afficianado yourself and want to learn more about their operations, check out their website!
  • 99designs: The platform that Doug used to help create their logo and brand

SEE ALSO:

 

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Yours in the revolution,

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CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

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Quote of the Day
"Start slow and don’t overextend yourself. Get a really solid and consistent offering and build that first. Talk to your paying customers and listen to feedback in all forms."
—Doug Valente #SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau