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.

Instacart Shopper Review: $10,000 as a Part-Time Instacart Driver

July 3, 2025February 22, 2024

Considering a side hustle as an Instacart shopper?

With Instacart, you can make money shopping for — and delivering — other people’s groceries.

If you have a car and extra time during the week, why not put both to work? That’s the pitch, anyway.

Let’s take a closer look at how their grocery shopping program works, and how much money you can expect to make. (With insights from a side hustling Instacart Shopper earning $480 a week!)

Scaling Up a Service Business: From Idea to $400k in Monthly Recurring Revenue (in Under 3 Years)

May 18, 2026February 22, 2024

Three years ago Design Pickle didn’t exist. It wasn’t even an idea in founder Russ Perry’s head yet.

That’s why it seems crazy to me that today the unlimited graphic design service is doing $400k in monthly recurring revenue!

Back in 2014 Russ was running a creative agency, but he started to hate everything about it. “I felt like I was in a prison of my own creation,” he said.

Steady App Review: Your Gateway to the Gig Economy

June 4, 2025February 19, 2024

“Find work. Earn money,” the Steady app promises.

Steady is the first tool I’ve seen that attempts to bring all the “gig economy” and flexible work opportunities under one roof.

Yes, that same gig economy that 36% of the US workforce is already a part of. In some ways, we’re becoming a nation of side hustlers and freelancers, and the free Steady app is a gateway to hundreds of potential ways to earn extra money.

Website Rentals: The Simple Local Websites That Earn $1000/mo

July 30, 2025February 15, 2024

Miao Rios was listening to the Side Hustle Show episode “Rank and Rent” with Luke Van Der Veer about creating niche websites to rank them on Google, then renting out the leads to local service businesses.

She decided to give it a try, and just 3 months after creating her first site, she got an unexpected call.

It was from the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, inviting her new website business to bid on a large demolition project for a local school.

Despite having no actual demolition capabilities, Miao took a chance responding to the tender.

She partnered with a qualified local contractor, got help polishing up the bidding documents, and ended up winning the $5,000 job!

In this episode, you’ll learn how Miao of blackbirdseo.com builds and ranks her sites to earn $1000-$1500 per month passively. More importantly, you’ll get a blueprint to find profitable niches and service providers to create your own side income stream.

How Jacques Hopkins Sold $4M Worth of an Online Piano Course

May 18, 2026February 8, 2024

You may remember the story Jacques Hopkins first shared on the Side Hustle Show in 2017 about his online piano course.

Over the past decade, he systematically scaled Piano in 21 Days, into a powerhouse brand that generated over $4 million in sales.

Now in 2024, I connected with Jacques again to get an update on his current projects and perspective looking back on his entrepreneurial wins and lessons learned over the past years.

Like all savvy business owners, his approach and focus has evolved quite a bit during that timeframe.

The Million Dollar Weekend / Business Idea Giveaway Show

February 1, 2024

What if I told you that you could launch a million-dollar business this weekend? Sounds crazy, right?

I recently had the pleasure of having Noah Kagan back on the Side Hustle Show podcast.

You might remember him from Episode 237 about brainstorming and validating business ideas.

Noah is a serial entrepreneur and founder of AppSumo, The Noah Kagan Youtube channel, Noah Kagan Presents podcast, and several other successful ventures.

He recently launched a new book called Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours.

Throughout our conversation, we brainstormed numerous side hustle business ideas that listeners could pursue this year.

Noah also shared his insights on idea validation, launching quickly, and much more.

How to Make $100 a Day on the Side for 100 Days: Real Life Results

December 19, 2024January 25, 2024

Making an extra $100 a day through side hustles might seem out of reach for many people. So how did one side hustler earn over $10,000 in just 100 days?

Jaclyn “Jackie” Mitchell (@jaclynmitchell) set out to save for a down payment on a house by breaking a big goal into bite-sized daily targets. By earning $100 every day over 100 days, she ended up netting a total of $10,972.

How’d she do it while working a full-time job? By relentlessly testing quick-hitting side hustles, working in public to hold herself accountable, and opening herself up to unexpected income from building an audience.

Affiliate Marketing for Beginners: Earn $200/Month with this Stupidly Simple Step-by-Step Guide

August 14, 2024January 22, 2024

Getting started making money online is as easy as following a few steps — steps that I’m going to outline for you in this how-to guide.

What you’ll learn is a step by step process that is all but guaranteed to make you a couple of hundred dollars per month via affiliate marketing.

The setup is minimal and once things are flowing it really is as close to passive income as you can get.

10 Foundational Hustle Habits to Improve Your Health, Wealth, and Happiness

July 3, 2025January 18, 2024

As the author of more than 70 books, Steve “S.J.” Scott is one of the most productive and disciplined people I know.

His latest title, Habit Stacking, became a Wall Street Journal Bestseller and served as the inspiration for this episode.

We’re diving into a few of the habits that allow Steve to continually drive his business forward, and lead a healthier and happier life. Plus, you’ll learn why we think they’re important and how you can apply them in your own life.

The 30 Day Money Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Detox Program for Your Financial Health

June 4, 2025January 11, 2024

Have you ever done a juice cleanse or a “Whole30” challenge?

While I haven’t ever gone to that extreme, I DO always feel better physically and mentally after even just a few days of clean eating.

So if a quick “cleanse” can work for our health, why not try it with our money?

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