First $1,000 Stories
- First $1,000: “I wanted to be the guy with a laptop on the beach…”
How Neel Parekh earned his first $1,000 with Maid This cleaning service in Los Angeles. Side Hustle School Ep. 1990.
- First $1,000: “I’ll never forget the moment I got paid…”
Belly dance coach Jennifer Sobel earned her first $1,000 teaching online courses—which grew to six figures in year one. Side Hustle School Ep. 1983.
- First $1,000: “I wasn’t sure what to do, so I started selling sports cards…”
How Brad de Comarmond earned his first $1,000 reselling sports cards in Los Angeles. Side Hustle School Ep. 1976.
- First $1,000: “I couldn’t believe I got paid playing a game I loved…”
How a dungeon master earned $1,000 with StartPlaying.Games, an online marketplace for tabletop RPG events. Side Hustle School Ep. 1969.
- First $1,000: Bulldog Blogger Builds Bow-Wow Biz
French Bulldog blog grows into passive income stream. How Kyle Battis earned his first $1,000 blogging about Side Hustle School Ep. 1962.
- First $1,000: Digital Art Reaches Physical Homes Worldwide
Digital art of travel destinations earns $8,000/month for Toronto co-founders. How Wandercolors hit their first $1,000. Side Hustle School Ep. 1955.
- First $1,000: “I took a salary cut of fifty per cent…”
How an Australian ad agency owner earned his first $1,000 by taking a 50% salary cut to master pay-per-click advertising. Side Hustle School Ep. 1948.
- First $1,000: “My roommate threw a wad of hundred-dollar bills on the table…”
College student turned coin reseller makes $1,000+ flipping precious metals at estate sales. Silver Picker's first $1,000. Side Hustle School Ep. 1941.
- First $1,000: Running Coach Strides to Finish Line
Running coach Jason Fitzgerald earned his first $1,000 with StrengthRunning.com training programs. Side Hustle School Ep. 1934.
- First $1,000: “I didn’t think of myself as an expert…”
Bamboo baby product seller pivots to Amazon coaching after getting swamped with selling questions. Side Hustle School Ep. 1927.
- First $1,000: “It doesn’t sound like much, but it meant the world to me…”
How Katie Emery earned her first $1,000 with Katie Goes Platinum, a gray hair blog now making $6,000/month. Side Hustle School Ep. 1920.
- First $1,000: “I wanted to keep well-trained wellness providers in business…”
Wellness expert Brooke Thomas earns $18,000 from a healing arts incubator in New Haven through course registrations. Side Hustle School Ep. 1913.
- First $1,000: “I still remember the day I hit the goal…”
Girl Scout troop leader Jodi Carlson earned her first $1,000 selling resources for troop leaders, now makes $3,500/month. Side Hustle School Ep. 1906.
- First $1,000: “Every day, I dropped off hundreds of orders at the post office…”
How Dental Lace founder earned their first $1,000 selling eco-friendly floss. Side Hustle School Ep. 1899.
- First $1,000: “I sold my day job skills to a client after-hours…”
How Joel Runyon earned his first $1,000 freelancing with day job skills after-hours in Austin. Side Hustle School Ep. 1892.
- First $1,000: “It felt like proof that we were doing something right…”
How a dinosaur podcast earned its first $1,000. Sabrina and Garrett Ricci's "I Know Dino" grew to $200,000/year. Side Hustle School Ep. 1885.
- First $1,000: “After 9 months, we got our first $50 sponsorship…”
How a finance blog earned its first $1,000 after 9 months and one $50 sponsorship. TheSavvyCouple.com grew into six figures. Side Hustle School Ep. 1878.
- First $1,000: “I had literally zero intention of running a business…”
How a Google employee earned her first $1,000 as a career coach for analytically-minded people. Now on track for six figures. Side Hustle School Ep. 1871.
- First $1,000: “It was the Super Bowl of professional fishing…”
Government lawyer makes $700/month writing about professional fishing. How Pete Robbins earned his first $1,000. Side Hustle School Ep. 1864.
- First $1,000: “I knew I had to do SOMETHING…”
Client attraction coach earns first $1,000 by taking a chance on marketing advice. Jacob Ratliff's path to real money. Side Hustle School Ep. 1857.
- First $1,000: “I succeeded by following contradictory advice…”
Vintage book seller earned her first $1,000 on Etsy by pivoting her business model. How Jess Dollar built Pretty Old Books. Side Hustle School Ep. 1850.
- First $1,000: “Beekeeping is forced zen: be present or get stung!”
How Frank Mortimer earned his first $1,000 selling honey at New Jersey farmers markets. Side Hustle School Ep. 1843.
- First $1,000: “I had to spend $20,000 to make $1,000…”
Metaphor Dice creator on making his first $1,000 selling a poetry prompt generator. What he learned spending $20,000 to build Side Hustle School Ep. 1836.
- First $1,000: “Don’t give up—your future self will thank you!”
How Deya Aliaga Kuhnle earned her first $1,000 before building DBM Bootcamp into six figures. Side Hustle School Ep. 1829.