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Side Hustle School

#1109 - Bartender Brews Up Brewpub Tour Biz

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Careers, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Side Hustle

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

After being asked for brewery recommendations over and over, this bartender turns an old school bus into a Maine attraction for beer drinkers.


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0:00.0

Yesterday I told you how ideas are everywhere.

0:07.0

I looked at a number of ways to find ideas through observation, through asking questions,

0:12.6

problem solving and experimentation.

0:15.2

Now in today's story, here's a little real-world application of this, after being asked for

0:19.5

brewery recommendations over and over, this bartender turns an old school bus into a main

0:24.8

attraction for beer drinkers.

0:26.6

He's actually in Maine, thus, you know, a main attraction.

0:29.6

Now a tour business can be a good idea if you are anchored to one place and can build

0:34.2

a business over time.

0:35.2

It's usually not going to take off right away, or at least if it does, the potential to

0:40.0

grow really kicks in over time, months and years.

0:42.9

You also have to really like talking to people, you have to like handling logistics and doing

0:46.6

customer service.

0:48.0

But if you meet those criteria, this is definitely an interesting model to pursue.

0:51.6

We have looked at a number of successful tour businesses over the years.

0:55.0

ABC News reporter dishes out profitable pizza tours.

0:58.4

That was episode 809, food tour guide chomps down on $100,000 profit.

1:03.6

That was episode 648.

1:05.8

And government researcher offers private tours of nation's capital.

1:09.3

That was episode 508.

1:10.3

Again, just to name a few.

1:12.6

But today we're going to look at this bartender, a bartender who brews up a brew pub tour

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