#1033 - Medical Emergency Inspires $90,000/Month Consulting Business
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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An ambitious startup employee pays for his parents’ medical care through student consultations, then grows a side hustle into a real business.
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are.
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| 0:30.0 | Hey there friends, listeners, community. Welcome to Sadistle School. My name is Chris Gillefau. I hope you've been enjoying the stories recently. |
| 0:45.0 | I just want to say that I enjoy the process of working on this program for you. Whenever I work on the stories, I think about the people out there who are in different parts of life or different stages of life. |
| 0:56.0 | But I'll have a similar desire to do something for themselves, whatever that is. To achieve something for themselves, to become something, to open up some more doors, explore possibilities, you know, whatever it is. |
| 1:07.0 | So I just want you to know that I'm thinking of you as I make these episodes. And I'm so glad to know that you're out there. |
| 1:12.0 | Okay. Today's story. We're going to look at a startup employee in part-time college poker player. This guy is pretty ambitious. He does a lot of different stuff. |
| 1:20.0 | He's going to look at how he pays for his parents' medical care through student consultations. He has a bit of a crisis and needs to make some money. |
| 1:27.0 | This is a $20 startup that turns into a $90,000 a month business in student consultations in college speaking fees. |
| 1:35.0 | It's also a pretty cool story with a reminder about the importance of designing systems. So definitely some things you can learn here. |
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