Getting Started

Nov

2018

Here’s why today is called Black Friday

Do you know why Black Friday is called Black Friday?

I’ve heard several stories about where the name Black Friday came from. I’ve even heard that it has to do with the heavy traffic in Philly on the day after Thanksgiving.

I can’t say whether or not that’s where the term came from, but I know it’s not why we still use the title today.

The answer is pretty simple really.

But first, you need to know the difference between black and red.

And I don’t mean the actual colors—I’m talking that financial talk. Continue reading →

Oct

2017

Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson: Book Report

If Side Hustle Business School had a required reading list, or a set of books to live by, at the top would be either Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson or The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss.

And I never thought I’d find a book on entrepreneurship that I love as much as I love The Four Hour Work Week.

The Four Hour Work Week is great for you if you know you want to have something to do with this whole creating-streams-of-income thing, but have no idea what that really means.

However, if you’re already hip to why you need to start creating your own income (like the students in Side Hustle Business School), and have a solid idea of what you want to do, then Rework is where you should start.

Rework shares exactly the attitude I take towards starting a business. Starting a business is not about waiting until have the means to turn your idea into the huge enterprise you hope to have one day. Your new business is not meant to start off perfect—it’s meant to be started. Continue reading →

Jul

2017

Side Hustle Ideas for Nurturers

If you’re a nurturing person—say your friends call you the mom or the dad of your friend group—these side hustle ideas might help you think more strategically about what kind of side hustle is right for you. Continue reading →

Jul

2017

Side Hustle Ideas for Social Butterflies

This one is for my social butterflies.

Now if you’ve never heard the term social butterfly before, I like to describe it as a person who speaks to, and gets to know, everyone. They’re that friend who you go to the party with—but then you lose at the party—because they’re busy talking to everybody.

You know, that one friend who, every time you go somewhere, s/he wanders off and talks to a bunch of people and makes like 25 friends. Then comes back at the end of the party like, “okay, you ready to go?”—as if you weren’t ready to go watch home and watch Netflix two hours ago.

You don’t know that friend? Then you are probably that friend. Continue reading →

Jul

2017

What is Side Hustle Summer School?

Side Hustle Summer School vs Side Hustle Business School: a comparison.

Take a good look at those two titles. Side Hustle Summer School and Side Hustle Business School. There’s a difference—and it’s not just in the name.

In the Summer of 2016, Side Hustle Summer School was released to the world for free. 100% free. Each week, free video lessons and worksheets were posted in the online classroom. That happened for about seven weeks. In the weeks prior to that—the ones leading up to the program’s official first day (in late July)—live, interactive lessons were held on Periscope. Those lessons stopped, for the most part, once the really detailed lessons started hitting the online classroom.

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