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.

4 Types of Passive Income to Stop Trading Time for Money

May 19, 2025

Side Hustle Show - 4 Types of Passive Income

Who doesn’t want passive income? Everyone dreams of having one. But how you go about getting it is the hard part.

So how do you get started? It depends on your starting point, your interests, and your long-term goals.

We’ve covered a ton of passive income in the show before (really more like time-leveraged income).

But today I’ll be grouping them into four different types of passive income. This will help you figure out which one makes the most sense for you.

35 Ways to Make Money in College: Up to $10k Per Year Part-Time

May 18, 2026May 10, 2025

While my own college days are ancient history, I think it’s more important than ever that college students learn how to make money.

College itself is more expensive than ever, and that’s led to more and more people borrowing money to pay for it. This year’s graduates will carry more than a degree–they’ll also head out into the world with an average of $33,000 of debt.

But if you can start your working career without the huge burden of debt, you’ve already got a major leg-up on your path to financial independence.

How This Couple Started a 6-Figure Cleaning Business on the Side

January 14, 2026May 8, 2025

Anthony and Jhanilka Hartzog erased $114k of debt in 23 months.

The couple were making good money at their day jobs, but realized there’s only so much you can cut from your budget.

That’s when they turned to the income side of the equation and started a ton of different side hustles.

12 Big Ideas From 12 Years of The Side Hustle Show

May 12, 2026May 5, 2025

This week it’s the 500th episode of The Side Hustle Show, which just seems crazy to me.

It feels like just yesterday I started this thing in a lot of ways. But it’s been 9 years — I guess time flies when you’re having fun.

In honor of the 500 episode milestone, I wanted to reflect back on 10 big ideas and 10 common themes over the last 9 years.

Best Mom Advice: 10 Life and Business Lessons from Mom

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

With Mother’s Day coming up, I wanted to share some of the best advice and lessons I got from mom growing up. Most of the time, this was pretty literal advice, but I found a lot of it has a broader application to entrepreneurship.

$1000/mo Helping People Plan Trips: Inside the Travel Advising Side Hustle

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

What if you could turn your love of travel into an extra income stream?

Bailey Richert is back on the show to pull back the curtain on how you can do it too.

You might remember Bailey from one of our early episodes, where we talked about building an online course business. Today, we’re switching gears to talk about her newest side hustle: helping people plan epic trips as a travel advisor.

Bailey runs UnlistedTravel.com and MakeTravelYourJob.com, and she’s managed to create a flexible, low-overhead business doing something she’s genuinely passionate about.

13 Creative Ways to Get Paid to Watch Netflix: Up to $2k a Month

May 18, 2026April 30, 2025

Do you love watching Netflix? How would you like to get paid to watch your favorite show or discover new things to watch on Netflix?

Believe it or not, it’s possible.

In fact, there are quite a few legit ways to make money watch Netflix. In this article, we’ll break down some of the most lucrative, passive, and realistic options.

The 23 Best Side Hustles for Teachers: Earn $1000 a Week or More

May 17, 2026April 25, 2025

Teaching is a noble and rewarding profession, but it’s not the best-paying job in the world.

As a teacher you usually start with very low wages and have the burden of student debt, and so it’s only natural to look to side hustles or ways to make extra money outside of your chosen profession.

While there are dozens of side hustle ideas out there, here are the ones I think are best-suited to teachers and educators to take advantage of your unique skills and expertise.

How I Built a Profitable Ancient Coin Collecting Side Hustle

March 31, 2026April 21, 2025

When you think of side hustles, flipping 2,000-year-old Roman coins probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.

But for Dean Kinzer, what started as a nod to his dad’s hobby turned into a $86k/year side hustle, one built around history, storytelling, and a very specific type of collector.

Dean runs KinzerCoins.com and The Ancient Coin Hour on YouTube, where he shares his love for ancient coins and educates others who are curious about the space.

Here’s how he did it.

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.

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