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.

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.

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

May 18, 2026January 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

May 13, 2026January 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?

85: Part-Time Podcasting for Profit ($1900 in Week 3?)

August 25, 2023December 18, 2014

Scott Oldford sent me a proposal for a podcast episode about part-time podcasting, and included the hook, “I’ve made $1900 in revenue from my first episode.”

OK, I’m listening!

In this episode we discuss how a podcast can be a very part-time venture but still reach a wide audience and begin to earn revenue on its own.

84: $33k in 30 Days? Getting Started with Private Labeling and Amazon FBA

November 9, 2021December 11, 2014

Selling on Amazon is one of the hottest side hustles around, and I’m not talking about selling books!

In this show, we’ll dive into sourcing and selling your own physical products on Amazon by finding what’s hot in the marketplace, making smart purchases, and out-marketing the competition.

I’m joined by Andy Slamans, an Amazon seller who turned his online side hustle into a full-time business this May, and expects to finish the year with over $400,000 in top line revenue. (And $33k in 30 days and over $5k in one day on Cyber Monday!) Incredible!

8 Side Hustle Lessons From Spain and Portugal (The Obligatory What I Learned On My Vacation Post)

October 15, 2018December 1, 2014

Bryn and I just got back from a couple weeks in Spain and Portugal. We had a great time exploring the sites, trying the food (and wine!), and playing digital nomad a bit.

Exposure to different cultures always triggers some new creative thoughts or ideas, and so here are a few of my notes from the trip.

(And if interested, you can check out my notes from last year’s 5-week journey to Japan and SE Asia.)

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