What's up friends, listeners, community. Welcome to Sad Usual School. My name is Chris

Gillebo, taking you on an adventure. A daily adventure of stories, case studies, advice,

tips, questions, and answers all about creating a new source of income without quitting your

job. That's what we're about here in lots of different ways. Today's caller is wondering

while he's starting a side hustle, first of all, that requires a physical product. And

he's wondering how can he make a prototype? And just in case you're not familiar with the

word, a prototype is a sample or model of what will eventually become a product that is usually

manufactured. So it's usually made in a factory. And before you make 1,000 or 10,000 of your

item, whatever the big number is, you design and create a working sample. Now the challenge is,

the challenge that our caller is facing and anybody in the situation would face is if it's a

physical product that hasn't existed before, this is an invention essentially, how do you go about

getting the prototype made? Because there's no prototype.com, which by the way, I did go and check.

Because I was like, I'm going to say there's no prototype.com and then there probably is actually.

So I went and looked and it's just a parked site. So there's no prototype.com or if there was,

it would probably be a company that charged a lot of money to make a prototype. So what might be

a better option? That's what we'll look at in this episode after the message from our sponsor.

Hi, this is Dylan from Orlando, Florida. And I've been listening to the show for about one year now.

I love the content and really love in the new format. I'm thinking about starting a side hustle

that requires a physical product. After some initial research, I don't see any similar items to

build from or really to model after. I'd like to have a mold created for a prototype and wondering

what options or resources should I look into to have one made. And if having a mold created is

even worth the payoff. Thank you for all the help and encouragement. I hope you and your listeners

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