Is there gold in your backyard?
Or, more accurately … dog poop?
Erica Krupin found $1000 a week in hers, with a side hustle that can easily be replicated in your local area.
It’s not every day you spot one of your podcast guests’ yard signs while driving, but that’s exactly what happened to me.
As we cruised the neighborhood, a bright pink “Kroopin’s Poopin Scoopin” sign caught my eye.
We first heard from this guest in 2020.
She was earning around a thousand bucks a week from her part-time pooper scooper/pet waste removal business.
And since then, it has grown to serve almost 200 weekly residential customers at an average ticket price of $99/month.
In this ‘Where Are They Now?’ episode, I have once again Erica Krupin from Kroopin’s Poopin Scoopin to talk about what this former side hustle looks like at scale.
In honor of father’s day, I wanted to share some of the best advice I’ve received from my dad over the years, and how we can all work to apply it in life and in business.
The funny thing is almost all of these were very literal conversations, which I’ve extrapolated out (30 years later!) to have a broader meaning.
A service business is one of the fastest side hustles to get off the ground, and you can scale it by hiring other people to deliver the work.
But is there an advantage to staying as a solo operator?
To find out, it’s time for another Side Hustle Showdown. This time looking at: freelancing vs building an agency.
You know those endless hours you’ve spent perfecting your Fortnite skills or learning how to defeat a Guardian in Zelda games?
There is a chance those skills aren’t just good for bragging rights or racking up likes on Twitch.
In fact, it is possible to make money out of these games without being an online streamer.
I’m talking about teaching video games online, and the demand for these is exploding.
In this “Where Are They Now?” series, we have once again Devyn Ricks from missdevyn.com share how much her online gaming teaching business has grown over the last years since we talked in Episode 499.
When Devyn and I connected a couple of years ago, she was making around $4,000/month.
Today, her business has more than doubled, earning her the title of “six-figure video game mom.” She has since expanded her team to 14 teachers.
What if we looked at our businesses like professional sports teams?
That’s what Vincent Pugliese from Membership Freedom shared, drawing parallels between running a successful business and how sports franchises operate.
Vincent helps people build successful membership sites and communities around topics they care about.
He previously shared his freelance-to-freedom story of going from making $30k a year to earning $30k in a single day through freelancing.
In this episode, Vincent explains the “Stadium Model of Entrepreneurship.” This model draws inspiration from how sports franchises operate, offering various levels of access and products to their audience.
Even with the rise of digital technology, billboards remain a profitable business.
In fact, Chris Brown built his billboard side hustle to $30,000 a month (part-time!).
Chris now owns approximately 30 billboards around Bentonville, Arkansas, and retired early at the age of 42.
Do you want to get rich? To build real, lasting wealth that can change your family’s circumstances for generations?
Prepare to be disappointed because there are no get-rich-quick shortcuts or overnight secrets.
Building wealth takes time, discipline, and sustained effort.
But the good news is you can absolutely do it, no matter your current situation or starting point. All it takes is following some proven rules and principles to put you on the path.
I’m talking about 10 fundamental rules that will help turn your financial dreams into reality. And they come from my recent conversation with Robert Farrington, founder of the famous personal finance site The College Investor and a longtime guest on The Side Hustle Show.
This conversation is based on his article 10 Rules to Get Rich and Grow Wealth.
Tired of trading time for money at your 9 to 5 job? Looking for a way to make passive income with minimal startup costs and overhead?
Then starting a vending machine business may be perfect for you.
The vending machine industry was valued at $42 billion last year and is expected to grow at 8.1% from 2024 to 2030.
Profitable vending machines are everywhere — offices, apartment buildings, gyms, airports.
Wherever people gather, there’s an opportunity to provide convenient access to snacks, drinks, and other bestselling impulse-buy items.
And it’s a great market to get into because it’s extremely fragmented, with vast potential for growth. No national player owns more than 5% market share.
How can one income stream turn into a whole lot more?
Simplify first, diversify second—that’s an idea I have always advocated on the show.
The first step towards diversifying is to have something working. But how do you know it’s time to diversify?
That is exactly what Bjork Ostrom (our previous guest from Ep 46) has done as he (and his wife Lindsay) masterfully “stacked” multiple online businesses that have developed out of their original food blog, Pinch of Yum.
This 10-year-old blog has been a launchpad for Food Blogger Pro (a guide for aspiring food bloggers), Clariti (for optimizing your site’s content), and the holding company, TinyBit.
And this is the framework he uses to decide if an idea is worth pursuing.
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