Episodes

  • 659: $100k with AI-Coded Apps

    659: $100k with AI-Coded Apps
    Feb 27 2025
    Back in the day, you needed someone technical (or paid someone technical) if you wanted to build any kind of software. Today, with the popularity of AI tools, not so much. Pete McPherson from doyouevenblog.com is earning $100k by using AI tools to help build a series of small-ish web apps, usually built to solve a very specific problem for a very specific customer. And he's here to share with you how he built all of this... without being a developer himself. Tune in to Episode 659 of the Side Hustle Show to learn: how AI tools make building software faster and easier even if you're not a developer why partnerships and recurring revenue are key to scaling and selling your SaaS products the essential tech stack that helps you launch apps quickly with minimal costs Full Show Notes: $100k with AI-Coded Apps New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 658: 160k Talking About Australian Fantasy Football

    658: 160k Talking About Australian Fantasy Football
    Feb 24 2025
    Heff Gerlach started The Keeper League Podcast on the side from his teaching job. It's not about football, not just about fantasy football, but about a very specific flavor of fantasy football for Australian Rules Football. That’s a niche within a niche within a niche — where fans don’t just draft players, they build teams that last for years. And now it serves as the hub for player data, draft tools, and expert analysis for football keeper leagues. Tune in to Episode 658 of The Side Hustle Show to learn: how to turn a niche passion into a profitable business how to build a loyal community around a specific interest how to monetize skills and knowledge through various streams Full Show Notes: 160k Talking About Australian Fantasy Football New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    51 mins
  • 657: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking

    657: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking
    Feb 20 2025
    It’s time for another round of business idea giveaways, and to help me out is a long-time friend and friend of the show, Steve Chou, a serial entrepreneur who built not one but two 7-figure businesses starting both as side hustles — MyWifeQuitHerJob.com and BumbleBeeLinens.com. It’s becoming a tradition; this is our 3rd round of business idea giveaways. If you find you like this format, make sure to go check out the other two. Episode 563: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking!, with Steve Chou Episode 530: 17 Business Ideas Free for the Taking!, with Steve Chou Full Show Notes: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    49 mins
  • 656: $5k/mo Reviewing Products Part-Time: An Amazon Influencer Update

    656: $5k/mo Reviewing Products Part-Time: An Amazon Influencer Update
    Feb 13 2025
    I called the Amazon Influencer Program the easiest money I'd ever made online. I made $100 in my first month, over $1200 in my first year, and last year, still made over $700 doing almost nothing. Set it and forget it. The basic premise with this branch of Amazon Associates is to create short product review videos, and earn a small commission when your review convinces someone to buy. You do need some level of social following and engagement to get accepted, but after that, you really don't need to drive your own traffic. Amazon posts your review videos on the relevant product pages. In this episode, we check in with Tyler Christensen from TylerChristensen.com — a serial side hustler, teacher, and dad of four who's lately been earning around $5k a month on the side from his product reviews. Tune in to Episode 656 the Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how to get accepted into the Amazon Influencer Program Tyler’s best practices for review videos The multiple revenue streams you can have as a product reviewer Full Show Notes: $5k/mo Reviewing Products Part-Time: An Amazon Influencer Update New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    50 mins
  • 655: How to Earn $200k/Year in Semi-Passive Income Through Small Business Acquisitions

    655: How to Earn $200k/Year in Semi-Passive Income Through Small Business Acquisitions
    Feb 10 2025
    Why go through the trouble of building your own cash flow when, with a little determination and a little hustle, you can insert yourself into some income streams that are already happening? That’s what Link Moser from linkmoser.com and his web design agency windhill.com have done, not once, not twice, but 5 different times, generating $200k a year in semi-passive income. He was on the show in 2022, where he explained how he makes money with a real estate lead generation site, NHFineHomes.com, where a single referral can be worth tens of thousands of dollars. But today, we’re diving into a different strategy: business acquisitions. Tune in to Episode 655 of the Side Hustle Show: specific types of businesses to acquire how to negotiate with owners time and logistics involved in managing his expanding portfolio Full Show Notes: How to Earn $200k/Year in Semi-Passive Income Through Small Business Acquisitions New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    1 hr
  • Built to Sell: Design a Business to Run Without You (Greatest Hits)

    Built to Sell: Design a Business to Run Without You (Greatest Hits)
    Feb 6 2025
    Service businesses can get a bad rap. After all, there are clients to deal with, and actual labor involved in fulfillment. They’re just not as glamorous as other more “passive” income models. But you should know that more Side Hustle Show guests started with a service-based business model than any other. This week’s guest has a unique approach to service businesses -- one that doesn't rely on your skills as the expert. Tyler Gillespie has built two successful service businesses and had a clean exit from both -- the last being just 13 months from startup to sale. Tune in to hear: how Tyler comes up with ideas for productized service businesses the processes he implements to put his business in a position to exit how he outsources the mechanism of his businesses Full Show Notes: Built to Sell: Design a Business to Run Without You New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    51 mins
  • 654: I Interviewed My AI Self … What it Got Right, Wrong, and a Little Weird

    654: I Interviewed My AI Self … What it Got Right, Wrong, and a Little Weird
    Jan 30 2025
    It’s 2025, and the line between reality and science fiction is getting more and more blurry every day. In this episode, I sit down with someone I’ve never met, but they know me pretty well. He even kind of sounds like me in an eerie sort of way. I was curious how well today’s AI models could pretend to be someone else, given a few simple prompts. The result is this chat with Robo-Nick, my AI alter ego. Let’s see how well Robo-Nick answers these questions, plus my real thoughts about them. (This episode relied heavily on ElevenLabs to generate the voice for Robo-Nick.) Tune in to episode 654 of The Side Hustle Show to learn: The biggest opportunities (and pitfalls) for side hustlers in the AI era. Actionable tips to future-proof your income and leverage new trends effectively. Full Show Notes: I Interviewed My AI Self … What it Got Right, Wrong, and a Little Weird New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    50 mins
  • 653: 3 Ways to Escape of the Rat Race

    653: 3 Ways to Escape of the Rat Race
    Jan 27 2025
    Getting out of the rat race is simple, but not necessarily easy. To escape, all you need is monthly income -- from non-job sources -- that exceeds your monthly expenses. For example, if you spend $3000 a month, you'll need to bring in at least $3000 (after taxes) outside of your day job. Simple, but not always easy. In this episode, I'll break down: the most common rat race "escape routes" the pros and cons of each how to choose the right path for you Ready? Let's do it! Full Show Notes: 3 Ways to Get Out of the Rat Race New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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    34 mins