#1586 - Q&A: Would the “rent-a-person” idea work outside Japan?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
A Japanese man recently earned $300,000 by hiring himself out to strangers for no practical purpose. Could the same thing work in the United States?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:05.8 | If you're not getting the side hustle school weekly recap email, well, you should. |
| 0:10.7 | Or maybe I shouldn't say you should because you can do whatever you want. |
| 0:13.7 | But I would encourage you to check it out. |
| 0:15.8 | It's free. |
| 0:16.8 | You can subscribe directly at side hustleschool.com. |
| 0:19.2 | I mentioned that here today at the top of our episode because a few weeks ago in that |
| 0:23.9 | email recap, I told the story of a Japanese man who hires himself out to strangers. |
| 0:29.9 | For no practical purpose, I didn't actually tell the story. |
| 0:33.6 | Now that I'm saying that, I'm like, I actually referenced the story. |
| 0:35.9 | I linked to a story in an English language Japanese newspaper that was telling this |
| 0:39.8 | whole story about this guy who charges, I think, around $100 and has received more than |
| 0:46.3 | 3,000 requests, which if you do the math, adds up to quite a bit of money. |
| 0:51.0 | And as I said, this guy, his whole puzzle is he's hiring himself out for no practical |
| 0:56.2 | purpose, it's not like he's a guy who comes and assembles your IKEA furniture, which I |
| 1:00.1 | have hired people like that before. |
| 1:02.2 | He just kind of hangs out, shows up, doesn't really offer advice. |
| 1:06.6 | He's just kind of there. |
| 1:08.0 | So the article went into some more detail. |
| 1:09.4 | But the point is this story sparked an idea for a listener. |
| 1:13.0 | One of our listeners was reading that email and she was like, hmm, wonder if I can do that. |
| 1:17.5 | Like what's the best way to frame this idea in a context outside of Japan? |
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