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$70k in profit at age 19? Not bad for a summer business. Jack Fleming started his lawn care journey with just one lawn mower, knocking on his neighbors' doors. He grew Yard Boyz to generate tens of thousands in profit, allowing him to pay for college debt-free, before selling the business for a six-figure sum. In this inspiring episode, we cover: marketing a local service collecting reviews and protecting your reputation hiring and scaling setting the business up for a 6-figure exit Full show notes: How to Start a Lawn Care Business: $70k in Profit at 19 Your Listener Bonus: 101 Service Business Ideas Sponsors: Ladder – Get instantly approved for term life insurance—no doctors, no needles, no paperwork! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! Squarespace – Start building your professional website today! Hertz – Save at least 20% every time you rent a car with Hertz Business Rewards!
One of the most common questions I get is, "What if I don't have any skills? Can I still start a side hustle?" On the one hand, I totally get that feeling. If you're a teacher, tutoring might seem like an obvious side gig. If you're an accountant, you could freelance or start a bookkeeping business. But not everyone's skills neatly align with a natural side hustle. So what do you do if you don't think you have any marketable skills? Is there still a path to earning extra income on the side? Yes, there absolutely is! And that's what I'm breaking down in this post—your four options to start a profitable side hustle, even if you think you're skillless today. Full Show Notes: What Side Hustles Can You Start if You Don't Have Any Skills? New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Cantaloupe — Join the 30,000+ entrepreneurs who rely on Cantaloupe to run and grow their vending businesses! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! Airbnb - Start an Airbnb business and earn money as an Airbnb Host! Squarespace - Start building your professional website today!
In Episode 05, I'm walking you through the main internal and client-facing tools used for Studio 70. I also cover business investments made throughout the last 6 years. Learn more at studio70creative.com @studio70creative Tools mentioned in the episode (affiliate links noted): Squarespace: Start a free trial* — squarespacecircleus.pxf.io/kathryn Adobe: adobe.com/?mv=affiliate&mv2=red Canva: canva.com Loom: loom.com Flodesk: Save 50%* — flodesk.com/c/9W60LD Dubsado: Save 20%* — dubsado.com/?c=kathryn20 Dubsado Templates: Save $50* with 'KB50' — thepassionscollective.com/dubsado-form-templates ClickUp: Save 20%* — clickup.pxf.io/c/2006423/1416724/16855 Courses mentioned in the episode (affiliate links noted): DesignLab UX Academy: Save on enrollment* — designlab.pxf.io/kathrynbethard ilovecreatives Squarespace Design Course — ilovecreatives.com/squarespace-design-course HerHQ Foundations — app.herhq.co/foundations?r_done=1 * = affiliate links
Liz Wilcox found herself at a crossroads. With a growing email list of beginners wanting to learn about email marketing, she knew she wanted to find a way to step away from client work within a couple of years. She had just signed a huge copywriting contract worth $20,000... her biggest one yet. But instead of excitement, all she felt was dread about the massive project she now had to take on. And as a single parent, she knew the importance of creating a business that would support her lifestyle and allow her to be present for her family. This is where the idea of "low cost = low responsibility" appealed to her, as it would allow her to serve her audience at LizWilcox.com while maintaining a manageable workload. So Liz had the idea to create her flagship offer The Email Marketing Membership - a set of done-for-you email newsletter templates that members could access for just $9 per month. Tune in to Episode 600 of the Side Hustle Show to learn: How to come up with ideas for your own recurring revenue membership How Liz built her own email list and audience How to improve retention and continue delivering value to members Full Show Notes: $500k from a $9 membership New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: US Bank — Get a 75,000-point sign-up bonus with the US Bank Business Altitude Power World Elite Mastercard, and earn 2X points on everything you buy for your business. Squarespace - Start building your professional website today! Airbnb - Start an Airbnb business and earn money as an Airbnb Host! This is Small Business Podcast - Brought to you by Amazon, explore the stories of small business owners as they navigate their path to success!
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. Tune in to Episode 594 of The Side Hustle Show to learn: how to break down big goals into small, daily actions how to leverage communities for advice and accountability. how to look for passive income opportunities how consistency compounds over time Full Show Notes: The $100/day for 100 Days Challenge New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Notion – Try Notion AI for free! Factor — Get 50% off America's #1 ready-to-eat meal delivery service w/ code sidehustle50! Squarespace - Start building your professional website today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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? To dive deeper into this, I'm joined by Rachel Jimenez from Money Hacking Mama, one of the most popular Side Hustle Show guests of all time. Her episode on selling printables on Etsy has been downloaded almost 90,000 times. Ready for the cleanse? Let's do it! Full Show Notes: The 30 Day Money Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Detox Program for Your Financial Health New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! Squarespace - Start building your professional website today! Factor — Get 50% off America's #1 ready-to-eat meal delivery service w/ code sidehustle50! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Caleb and Law go over "Beginning with brand rather than substance is dangerous" - Peter Thiel (PayPal Founder) Have a mission and a purpose? Then START. Legalzoom/State Site - Create LLC. - File Articles of Organization Logo/Branding - Remember, it is important that you start. Get something that works for you now. You can always change it. -Fiverr - 99 Designs - Graphic Design Friends Set Up Business Account - Get EIN/Tax ID Number - Link it to your website so you can receive payment. Website - Squarespace - Start small... Growth comes with effort. Starting is key. - Website sells. Social media informs and entertains. Self Promotion/Social Media - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram - Use the same logo over and over when you first start. Things will change with growth anyways... just START. - DON'T overlook Pintest and tumbler. Mailing List - Mailchimp - Export Contacts - You will be surprised how many email addresses you have obtained from other jobs and your social circle when you export your email contacts. "Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius" - Peter Thiel (PayPal Founder) - Zero To One The purpose of this episode came from this thought... You can read all the books recommended to you, listen to every podcast and take all the advice from all the right people... None of it matters if you don't do something with it... START.
Pre-show / Follow-out‡: John Siracusa Paper Doll John riding on Merlin's back John on top of Hypercritical Mountain Marco's version of John... plus a bowtie Top Four on Take-Out Food Roanoke Colony Extracurriculars: Reconcilable Differences Top Four Robot or Not The Incomparable Casey's guest spot Analog(ue) Follow-up: iPad Pro and wide-gamut displays iMac insomnia What 2015 tech are we thankful for? John gets hypercritical about Thanksgiving mDNSResponder (not discoveryd) Functional High Ground Marco's follow-up post Craig Hockenberry on discoveryd (strong language) Live Photos & 4K Video Canon 5D Mark II Sony A7R II If you get that, you want this lens, and probably this one too. Apple Photos Google Photos Picturelife Lightroom Podcasting Under the Radar Overcast Olympus O-MD E-M10 Casey's review Big SSDs Slack Lightning Digital AV Adapter Destiny Quake III Arena Unreal Tournament 2004 Counter-Strike Apple Watch Post-show bonus items: Apple Pencil Tesla ‡: Still not Siracusa-approved Sponsored by: Bushel: Simple Apple device management and protection for your workplace. Designed to make the complex tasks simple so you can focus on your business. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
Follow-up: Apple TV vs. game consoles Mac App Store certificate problems Apple's Apology Sparkle Michael Tsai: No One Minding The Store Space Gremlin Daisy Disk Twitterrific iPad Pro, featuring special guest Tiffany Arment Smart Cover Pencil Back to Work #247 Tiff's Signature Adobe Sketch Procreate Tayasui Sketches DisplayMate on iPad display quality USB3 speeds in the Lightning connector Post-show: Mrs. Siracusa's new iMac 5K Sponsored by: Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
Apple TV and home theater Apple's guide to choosing a capacity Optical splitter from HDMI Marco doesn't know what a "sound bar" is Follow-up: 5400 RPM benchmarks, charts Mac GPUs, heat, and noise 2015 5K iMac overheats? Dynamic range compression in the new AppleTV? Monitor height and VESA-mounting Facebook statement on app battery usage John's Star Wars tickets Apple's earnings call Benedict Evans' chart: iPad vs. laptops Large-storage needs at home: NAS, Drobo, or external hard drives? Upgrade #60 DS1813+ DS1815+ ATTO iSCSI Initiator OWC ThunderBay 4 mini MailDrop Limits John on RAID in 2005 Google Play Music adds podcasts Diff'rent Strokes Libsyn interviews Google Play Music manager about podcast feature Post-show: Apple TV reviews Past guest Christina Warren at Mashable Walt Mossberg Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
John tries to buy Star Wars tickets Follow-up: Chipworks on the A9s (PDF) Consumer Reports on battery life Fusion Drives Magic Trackpad to augment rather than replace Is the Magic Trackpad 2 too expensive? Xbox One Elite iMac revisited Then and Now Accessories without Bluetooth Apple's balance of priorities: use vs. looks vs. profit Elevation Stand Leander Kahney's Ive book 20th Anniversary Mac Facebook battery usage Post-show: Perl 6 Sponsored by: Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
Follow-up: Requirements that Find My iPhone and passcodes are disabled for iPhone repairs iPhone 6s Live Photos Gruber's review watchOS/2 and colored activity rings Peace Removal Keeping the Peace WWDC: Content Blockers Parakeet The Loop's list of content blockers Ghostery's announcement Loss aversion Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
Pre-show: Top Four Follow-up: CEC Unicorns _David Smith's 16 GB iPhone Research Damocles iPhone 6/6S battery numbers Naked robotic core Casey's Lenmar battery case Mophie Juice Pack Reserve Anker's very similar battery case Casey's crescent moon and Genius Bar policies Purchases Apple TV Development hardware lottery Apology mouse Plex for Apple TV Clicks vs. taps 24p TV Calibration THX Tune Up app MFI Games Can Apple TV require a controller? Apple documentation Screenshot of prior Apple documentation WebKit on the Apple TV Manton Reece's response Pessimism Marco's celebratory post iPad Pro John on the iPad Pro Hypercritical #58 (Overcast link) Touch latency Microsoft Research John's post featuring this video Apple Pencil vs. Wacom Cintiq The source of John's Hypercritical quote Sketch and making money on the App Store Ben Thompson's take Post-show: Peace Marco's post on Peace Marco's post on ad blocking Sponsored by: Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 10-day trial. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link.
Pre-show: Casey's Tom Bihn Cadet review Follow-up: John's 802.11ac device (via @_adamluther) John's Wi-Fi Routers AirPort Extreme Teardown Noctua fan What computer should Casey buy? Mouse design Apple Mouse Apology Mouse Apple Pro Mouse Logitech MX Revolution Low Men in Yellow Coats Apple Mouse History John's home mouse John's work mouse Magic Mouse, "Fixed" Wirecutter review with grip pictures Overcast upgrades at Linode John's adventures with Safari pinned tab icons Alternate markup Illustrator Acorn Affinity Designer Challenges of an iPad "Pro" Cintiq Mark Gurman on iPad Pro iPad: A Consumption Device, After All? by Lukas Mathis Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP15 for 15% off. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
Twitter's absurd mission strategy statement Demotivational Poster Should we use a carousel? Follow-up: More on app bundles Does iWork help Apple sell hardware? RiMac GPUs are throttled? It's possible to get hot even in OS X Gaming benchmarks More from Ars iStat Menus Why TRIM isn't widely supported on OS X iPhone 6 vs. 6 Plus sales (via @_ryanbrodie) More from Localytics Overcast 1.1 CarPlay Marco's testing setup Pioneer SPH-DA120 MPPlayableContentManager We covered in-car user interfaces before Microsoft open-sources more of .NET More from Ars More from Miguel de Icaza Xamarin RyuJIT Hadouken Clang LLVM .NET on Github Darwin KHTML WebKit CLR TCL GNUstep Examples of software established in Linux Wireshark Audacity Adium (or, really, Pidgin) git Selenium phpBB Titanium The good, the bad, and the ugly of source control DVD-RAM and DVD+RW Turns out Marco's "DVD-RAM" emoji (💽) is really a Minidisc, which was moderately popular in Japan. Perforce SVN CVS Mercurial Betamax Post-show Baby Update The Analog(ue)-ATP Baby Treaty (@31:00) Casey's fancy camera Scammy in-hospital newborn photography EXIF Tiffany Arment Photography Sponsored by: Mandrill: Integrate, deliver, track and analyze — email infrastructure from Mandrill. Use promo code accidentaltech for 50,000 free email sends per month for your first 6 months. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CASEYNEEDSANAP for 10% off. Squarespace: Start here. Go anywhere. Use coupon ATP for 10% off.