Nick Loper

Nick Loper is a side hustle expert who loves helping people earn more money and start businesses they care about. He hosts the award-winning Side Hustle Show, where he's interviewed over 500 successful entrepreneurs, and is the bestselling author of Buy Buttons, The Side Hustle, and $1,000 100 Ways. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Forbes, TIME, Newsweek, Business Insider, MSN, Yahoo Finance, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Hubspot, Ahrefs, Shopify, Investopedia, VICE, Vox, Mashable, ChooseFI, The Penny Hoarder, GoBankingRates, and more.

17 Side Hustle Trends for 2025

April 17, 2025

What are the best side hustle trends you should look out for in 2025? These might impact what business you start and how you think about scaling it.

And to help me out is a longtime friend and a friend of the show, Spencer Haws from NichePursuits.com.

He’s been covering online side hustles even longer than I have.

Almost all our content starts from the question of, “How do I make extra money?” To answer that, it’s important to know where the market’s been, where it is, and where it’s potentially going.

$300/hr as a Content Creator w/ No Audience Required: Getting Started with UGC

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

What if you could make $300 an hour filming short videos with your phone … and you didn’t need a single follower to get started?

That’s the side hustle Megan Collier carved out for herself with UGC (user-generated content).

Think of it as getting paid to create authentic-looking social media content for brands, even if you’re not an influencer.

And she’s not alone. Brands are hungry for this stuff.

In just a couple of years, Megan built her side hustle into a six-figure income stream and quit her day job in 2023.

Let’s take a look at how she did it, and how you can, too.

How to Start a Mobile Detailing Business: Zero to $6k a Month

January 14, 2026April 7, 2025

Josh Belk is a full-time college student, he works full-time in web design, and in what little spare time, he’s started a $6,000 a month mobile detailing business with his younger brother.

This idea came about when Josh connected the dots between obsession and opportunity.

On the obsession side, Josh would always see his brother out in the driveway cleaning his car.

The 35 Best Business Ideas for Kids – Beyond the Lemonade Stand!

June 3, 2025April 6, 2025

As a new parent, I’m constantly trying to figure out the best way to educate our little hustler about business, entrepreneurship, and money.

And while he’s a few years away from the proverbial lemonade stand on the sidewalk, let me use that as inspiration for this post.

Hustle Quotes: 52 Famous Quotes About Hustling

July 3, 2025April 3, 2025

The value of hustling transcends generations, genders, and ethnicities. It appears to be a universally accepted quality.

With that in mind, here are 10 of my favorite “hustle quotes.”

1. “Things may come to those who wait … but only the things left by those who hustle.”

By: Abraham Lincoln

The Path to $1k/mo with Mini Digital Products

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025

Cody Berman is no stranger to selling digital products.

He’s known in the side hustle world as the “printable guy” and co-founder of Gold City Ventures, but when Internet skeptics told him the Etsy market was “too saturated now” compared to when he started in 2018, Cody accepted the challenge.

And proved them wrong.

From zero to $1,000/month in 116 days with a brand-new Etsy shop, with no followers, no email list, and no marketing. Just skill and data-driven decisions.

(If you want to shortcut the learning curve, check out his course: sidehustlenation.com/etsyprintableslaunch)

19 Best Places to Find Side Hustle Jobs Nearby and Online

July 3, 2025April 2, 2025

It’s no secret that more and more people are turning to freelancing on the side to earn extra money, hone their skills, and maybe even build a business of their own.

Whether you’re just looking to supplement your day job income or eventually strike out on your own, you’ll find dozens websites and marketplaces to connect you with potential clients.

Donate Plasma for Money: Make Up to $700 in a Month … But Should You?

July 3, 2025March 30, 2025

Can you really make money donating plasma?

Yes you can — up to $300 a month, in fact.

But it’s probably not the best side hustle idea for everyone. In this post, I’ll share how the plasma donation process works, why it’s important, and how to get started–if you want to!

22 Best Things To Sell To Make Money (That Are Lying Around Your House)

June 9, 2025March 27, 2025

One person’s junk can be another person’s treasure. And that’s the beauty of finding things to sell to make money — you never know what kind of gold you might uncover!

Whether you’re looking to empty your closet, declutter your living room, or clean out your cabinets, selling items that are lying around your home is a quick and easy way to pull in extra cash.

The $1 Product Challenge: How to Earn $4k in Just 10 Days, Without Paid Ads

March 31, 2025March 27, 2025

I can almost guarantee you’ve heard the phrase the “money is in the list.”

And all the experts, myself included, extol the virtues of building your email list, right? Because it’s the platform that you own and control.

But the question is, are you building an email list of buyers? Subscribers are great, but you’re not buying groceries on subscribers alone.

Pete Boyle is the founder of growthmodels.co and he has a unique list-building and business-building strategy that throws free lead magnets out the window in favor of low-priced products, starting at just $1, and has seen some exciting results, including $4,000 in just 10 days.

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