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The entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers creative ways to make money online and offline, including blogging, online business, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get the business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.

The Side Hustle Show Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation

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The entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers creative ways to make money online and offline, including blogging, online business, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get the business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.

    GH: Free Houses: How to Build a $1 Million Real Estate Portfolio on the Side

    GH: Free Houses: How to Build a $1 Million Real Estate Portfolio on the Side

    Austin Miller built a $1.2 million real estate portfolio at 31 years old -- for free.
    He's a side hustling real estate investor specializing in "creative" financing deals -- houses he can buy without using his own money.
    Austin is the author of Free Houses: How To Build Your Real Estate Investment Portfolio With No Money.
    His basic strategy is this:

    Find a killer deal on a house that needs some work.

    Buy it with the creative financing methods Austin talks about in this episode.

    Either do the work yourself or hire contractors.

    Put a paying tenant in the newly rehabbed home.

    Refinance the home with a traditional bank loan and pay back the original funding source.

    The end game is positive monthly cash flow from rental income, plus building a long-term wealth through tenants paying off the mortgage.
    Austin has developed some unique and interesting ways to hard money and private money to fund his property purchases.
    The best part – it’s truly a side hustle that can be done in a few hours a week the end result is passive income from rental revenue.
    Tune in to hear how Austin finds killer deals, buys the houses without risking his own capital, and then rehabs them to get ready to rent.
    Full Show Notes: Free Houses: How to Build a $1 Million Real Estate Portfolio on the Side
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    • 38 min
    601: The $100k niche consulting business

    601: The $100k niche consulting business

    When you hear "college admissions essay consultant," you might imagine some dull, overly formal academic type.
    But Carter Osborne from carterosbornetutoring.com took a pretty unconventional path to dominating this niche business.
    When he started providing tutoring services on the side, he was just a "broke, desperate graduate student" in need of some extra money.
    Carter actually had no formal business training. His background was in political science and public administration—so not exactly the traditional entrepreneurial breeding grounds.
    Not exactly the traditional path for an entrepreneur, right?
    And yet, the untraditional route Carter took allowed him to build a unique $100k consulting business, with almost all the revenue coming in just half the year.
    While Carter's career path didn't seem logical as a tutor, he was about to discover an untapped market niche that was waiting to be explored.
    Tune in to Episode 601 of The Side Hustle Show to learn:

    How to come up with your lucrative side hustle offer

    How to get your first customers

    How to grow the business

    How to handle the delivery logistics as a solopreneur


    Full Show Notes: The $100k niche consulting business
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    • 52 min
    600: $500k from a $9 membership

    600: $500k from a $9 membership

    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
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    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!

    • 54 min
    599: Vending Machines: The Path to Your First Passive Profits

    599: Vending Machines: The Path to Your First Passive Profits

    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.
    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    How the vending machine business model works

    The step-by-step process to go from zero to $1,000+ in monthly passive income

    Finding ideal locations and signing contracts

    Buying used machines vs leasing new ones

    Stocking, restocking, and maintenance procedures

    Risks to watch out for and mitigation tactics


    Full Show Notes: Vending Machines: The Path to Your First Passive Profits
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    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!

    • 47 min
    598: 21 Little Life Upgrades for 2024

    598: 21 Little Life Upgrades for 2024

    What's one small change you could make right now to instantly improve your life?
    I'm talking about tweaks that are completely within your control—minor upgrades that deliver outsized returns on your happiness.
    Today we're talking 21 little life upgrades—small purchases, shifts, and habits you can adopt this year to improve your life.
    I'll be sprinkling in some of my own tweaks throughout, but we've also got a ton of suggestions from the Side Hustle Nation community on everything from work hacks to health habits to home upgrades.
    We actually did a whole previous episode on life upgrades back in 2020, Episode 418, with a completely different set of upgrades and tricks.
    I definitely encourage you to check that one out as well for even more upgrade inspiration!
    I guarantee you'll find at least one new idea to try out here.

    Full Show Notes: 21 Little Life Upgrades for 2024
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    This is Small Business — Pulls back the curtain on pivotal moments in the journey to success for small business owners!

    • 42 min
    GH: Scaling Up a Service Business: From Idea to $400k in Monthly Recurring Revenue (in Under 3 Years)

    GH: Scaling Up a Service Business: From Idea to $400k in Monthly Recurring Revenue (in Under 3 Years)

    Three years ago Design Pickle didn't exist. It wasn't even an idea in founder Russ Perry's head yet.
    That's why it seems crazy to me that today the unlimited graphic design service is doing $400k in monthly recurring revenue!
    Back in 2014, Russ was running a creative agency, but he started to hate everything about it. “I felt like I was in a prison of my own creation,” he said.
    By January 2015, he'd shut down his agency and started working as a freelancer. Not wanting to build a similar prison again, he sought out a different business model -- one with a simpler service offering that was designed to scale.
    From taking on a friend as his first client to now completing more than 800 design jobs a day, it’s been an incredibly quick ascension and a great example of how to scale a service business.
    Tune in to hear how Russ grew his business from zero to $410k+ in monthly recurring revenue in less than 3 years.
    We cover his marketing strategies, his hiring best practices, and what Design Pickle does to keep customers coming back month after month.
    Full Show Notes: Scaling Up a Service Business: From Idea to $400k in Monthly Recurring Revenue (in Under 3 Years)
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    My First Million — Explore new business ideas based on trends and opportunities in the market!

    • 46 min

Customer Reviews

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1.5K Ratings

1.5K Ratings

Hugo - SSS ,

Life-Changing

Nick Loper’s show changed my life. Not only is it super entertaining, informative, and addictive…but I actually changed my career from it! I found Nick’s show and binged it over the Winter of 2021. Whether it was Print on Demand, Children’s Books, Laundromats, Government Contracts, or online Entrepreneurship - I couldn’t stop! Eventually Nick’s show drove me into course creation and online memberships, which is where I’ve shifted my career. It’s been a long journey but I couldn’t be happier that I stumbled into this gem all those years ago. Forever a fan!

Justins96 ,

Crazy Salaries

Good podcast. Just wish he would find people to come on who aren’t making 6-figures with their side hustle. Usually a sign someone went all in on their side hustle. I just want a couple of interviews where someone picked up a side hustle making them some extra money each year. Like 15-30k extra. Some people just want a side hustle to supplement their low paying jobs. Would love to hear more of these.

Really Really Really Rich ,

Nick is Amazing!

This show is one of the BEST for side hustle and business information! Full of resources and inspiration. Thanks Nick for all of the hard work you do to bring these insights to your community.

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