“Growth isn’t the byproduct of success,” Paul Jarvis told me. “Or at least it shouldn’t be. The byproduct of success should be freedom.” Paul is a talented writer and designer who’s made a living–and a name for himself–by often taking the counterpoint to the conventional wisdom, especially when it comes to entrepreneurship and business growth. … Read more
As we’ve mentioned, “scaling” a service business can be one of the biggest challenges with this business model. In fact, it’s a sticking point that keeps a lot of people away from freelancing altogether.
But if your goal is to get big or even to just avoid trading time for money your whole life, there are lots of ways to scale a service business.
When it comes to building wealth Todd Tresidder of FinancialMentor.com is the smartest guy in the room.
His claim to fame when it comes to wealth building is taking his own personal net worth from less than zero at 23, to self-made millionaire and retired at 35.
Jessica Larrew and her husband of TheSellingFamily.com have sold more than a million dollars worth of stuff on Amazon.
The surprising – and I think exciting – way they’ve done this is by finding products to resell in nearby retail stores.
Marc Andre made over $1.1 million dollars from his photography hobby.
But what’s interesting is that he never got paid to take pictures, he never sold any of his photos, and he never held any photography workshops.
So, what did he do instead?
“We are simultaneously gods and worms.”—Abraham Maslow Power plus humility, right? It’s a great combination and something to keep in mind as we try and build our businesses. We can accomplish amazing things, and yet, we’re gone in a flash. Mere blips on the historical radar. But let’s be the gods of our side hustle … Read more
Question: When Seattleites comment, “the mountain is out,” to which mountain are they referring?
Answer: Mount Rainier.
How many of you that aren’t Seattle natives knew the answer to that one?
It’s time to dive into the ol’ listener mailbag and answer a few questions in this week’s edition of The Side Hustle Show.
I’ve had quite a few interesting questions come in since the last Q&A episode, and picked 20 to talk through in today’s show.
“What I want is immortality, but I don’t want it in my name, I want it in actions of others,” Jack told me.
With the size of his audience today and the number of people he’s helped along the way, there is a very real chance of this happening.
With 250 million active users Pinterest is a social media platform every blogger and business owner should be spending some time on.
I’ve been using the Pinterest tactics shared on this podcast in late 2015 by Rosemarie Groner and they’ve proven to be extremely effective … for a while.
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