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.

How to Start a Dress Rental Business: $150k Renting Out Dresses

March 25, 2025January 23, 2025

In 2022, Summer Fisher discovered the world of renting out dresses.

“Oh, well, I have all these dresses. Let me just put one up,” she told Yahoo Finance.

Now with a streamlined inventory of around 200 pieces, she made $150,000 last year using what she calls a “double-dip profit strategy” — renting dresses multiple times before selling them for more than she paid.

(Check out her free masterclass at theprofitcollective.co/RookieResellerMistakes)

How to Make Money on LinkedIn

February 10, 2025January 16, 2025

If you’re looking to turn LinkedIn into a money-making machine, you’re in the right place.

Joe McKay has taken his LinkedIn ghostwriting side hustle from zero to a multi-six-figure business, generating millions of impressions along the way.

And he’s here to fill us in on how to make money on LinkedIn this year.

We broke down the 3 types of posts you need to make money on LinkedIn, how to navigate the platform as a side hustler, and the most common (and costly) mistake people make.

My Podcast Production Process, Start to Finish

February 10, 2025January 15, 2025

In this post, I’ll walk through my complete podcast production process for The Side Hustle Show.

If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a top-rated and award winning business podcast with more than 8 million lifetime downloads.

I’ve been producing the podcast weekly since 2013, and though I know this process will continue to evolve, here’s what it looks like today.

The Sweaty Startup: How to Start a Local Service Business

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Do you know how much cash flows through your hometown on a monthly basis?

Today I’m joined by someone who can help you answer that question; Nick Huber, co-founder of Storage Squad and host of The Sweaty Startup podcast.

7 Proven Ways to Come Up with New Business Ideas – With Real Life Examples

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025

Aspiring entrepreneurs often get stuck in the business idea phase — that is, they’re confident they could run a killer business, make a ton of money, and live the good life — if they could only come up with the right idea.

And if you fall in that camp, I’ve got good news for you: coming up with new business ideas is actually pretty easy.

Let’s go through some of the proven methods you can use to come up with your first (or next) business idea.

14 Real Ways to Get Paid for Your Data: Up to $500 a Year

January 16, 2025January 6, 2025

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One of the easiest side hustles to get started with is getting paid to share your data.

Big data is big business, generating an estimated $270 billion by 2026.

And as individuals, we create a lot of data every day. For decades, we’ve freely given that data away to big companies like Google and Facebook. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value.

Here are some legit ways to turn that data into dollars in your pocket.

From Side Hustle to $1M in Sales

March 25, 2025January 2, 2025

Mike Ettenberg spent 10 years as a firefighter, but was constantly losing or breaking his sunglasses on calls.

Frustrated, he decided to take matters into his own hands.

Frontline Optics makes durable sunglasses for first responders with a no-questions-asked replacement policy.

Despite having “no business experience,” the Side Hustle Show listener took Frontline from side hustle to full-time venture, selling over $1M worth of sunglasses along the way.

The Side Hustle Snowball: How to “Erase” Your Expenses with Extra Income Streams

July 2, 2025December 30, 2024

Here’s how The Side Hustle Snowball works:

You itemize out your expenses and then aim to come up with side hustle income to cover them, starting with the smallest and working your way up.

Once you reach the bottom of your list, you don’t need your job anymore!

KashKick Review: A Legit Way to Get Paid to Play Games and Redeem Offers?

March 7, 2025December 27, 2024

Is KashKick legit?

“Get paid to have fun,” the ads claim. But does the platform deliver?

Here’s what we found: Yes, you can make money with KashKick, but not all their earning options are created equal.

Our Top 10 Side Hustles of 2024

October 31, 2025December 26, 2024

The end of the year is upon us, which means it’s time to reflect back on the side hustles that stood out — the ones that got people talking and that I was most excited to share.

Usually Hustling, Occasionally Social