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.

92: Building a Location Independent Business of Freedom and Travel — Even With a Family

March 17, 2025February 5, 2015

Here’s a guy who built an online business, and had the courage to up and move to Cozumel, Mexico — with his wife and 3 young daughters.

It’s not your typical single-23-year-old-dude digital nomad type of story, though Sean’s business itself is simple enough to be replicated.

This is a fun chat about hustling for business and building a lifestyle on your own terms. I think you’re going to like it, even if you have no desire to move abroad.

91: Rapid Product Creation, Book Launch Tactics, and Turning a Book into a Business

November 6, 2021January 29, 2015

This may surprise people, but I’m a pretty slow writer.

I have a challenging time writing in “rough draft” mode. You know, where you just brain dump onto the page and clean it up later. That’s one reason I wanted to have Chandler Bolt back on the show; because he’s got a cure for that I’m anxious to try out.

In this episode, we talk about his 3-step writing process to quickly create a new book project, along with Kindle launch tactics for new and aspiring authors.

State of the Nation: Your Chance to Earn a Year of Free Side Hustle Coaching and Support

September 9, 2019January 26, 2015

This month I conducted the first (annual?) Side Hustle Nation member survey, and was grateful to see more than 100 responses!

To incentivize responses, I gave away a free side hustle strategy session and made sure the survey was mobile-ready so it could be done on a phone.

One of the requests projects was a “public coaching” effort, which means I need an audience volunteer. If that sounds like something that would be useful to you, read on.

16 Timeless Business Lessons from The Simpsons

March 29, 2025January 20, 2015

The Simpsons is one of the most entrepreneurial shows on television. Throughout its more than 500 episodes, the characters engage in, and interact with, dozens of small business ventures.

(I was going to call this “Evergreen Business Lessons from Evergreen Terrace” — but I figured not everyone would recognize Evergreen Terrace …

The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Side Hustle Service

March 31, 2025January 19, 2015

So there I was in my entry-level job earning barely enough to cover car, gas, home, and all the necessary stuff, yet my friends were out 3 nights a week without me.

Frustrating.

My income just wasn’t good enough for my lifestyle.

I started coaching youth soccer, pulling from my playing experience (not coaching) from college, and I was getting a side-stream of income.

89: 15,000 Subscribers in 6 Months: How to Build Your Email List From Amazon

January 5, 2023January 15, 2015

You want traffic? You want readers? You want customers?

You’ll want to listen to this episode.

Your free book is essentially your epic “guest post” — only a MUCH bigger site than you could ever hope to publish on regularly. Like a good guest post, it leads readers back to more of your content, where they opt-in with their email to continue their relationship with you.

This works for authors and non-authors alike. In fact, Nick pretty much convinced me I need to be doing this as well!

Behind the Scenes of My TEDx Presentation on The Entrepreneurial Generation

September 11, 2024January 12, 2015

In September I had the opportunity to speak at our local TEDx event, making the case that millennials are the most entrepreneurial generation in history.

And it’s true; 1 in 3 of us has already started one or more businesses.

Over the weekend I got word that the “official” video from the event was live and ready to share. (It’s about 13 minutes — embedded below.)

This was my first public speaking gig since high school graduation.

88: 6 Figures in 6 Months … with No Inventory, No Coding, and No Selling, with Benny Hsu

August 25, 2023January 8, 2015

I’m thrilled to welcome Benny Hsu back to The Side Hustle Show! Remember Benny from way back in episode 17, when we talked about dominating the app store?

In 2014, his app business took a backseat to a new side hustle: selling t-shirts through Teespring.

I ran into Benny at Podcast Movement last summer, where I was proudly rocking my “Every day I’m hustling” tee, and we got to chatting about his new Teespring business.

87: The 5 Step System to Quit Your Job In the Next 12 Months

January 5, 2023January 1, 2015

If you’re not already following Bryan Harris, I recommend you do. The guy is super smart and has a unique way of breaking things down so that they’re easy to understand and implement.

He doesn’t mess around, and gives super-detailed actionable advice with some awesome examples, but gives the caveat that it takes real work. This is not a 4-hour workweek passive income system — at least not at first.

But that’s OK, because we’re hustlers and ready to make something happen in 2015, right?

2014 Annual Review: What Was Awesome, What Sucked, and What’s Next

April 26, 2024December 22, 2014

This is my first attempt at an annual review.

Why go through this exercise?

It’s time to evaluate what happened this year, to see you achieved your goals, and to ask if you’re happier or otherwise better off than you were a year ago.

So am I?

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