#1674 - Think Inside the Subscription Box
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ ? minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Looking for more community, a North Carolina web agency owner starts a subscription box for female entrepreneurs. It’s supposed to be a referral tool for her agency, but it ends up becoming a full-time business of its own.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week. 🎧
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Twitter: @chrisguillebeau
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
Side Hustle School is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Happier in Hollywood, Do The Thing, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends!
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | In today's story, it is supposed to be a referral tool for her web agency, but it ends up |
| 0:11.0 | becoming a full-time business of its own. |
| 0:14.3 | One of the many reasons why I encourage you to experiment with different projects and |
| 0:17.7 | try new things and don't be afraid to take risks is because sometimes it really pays |
| 0:21.8 | off. |
| 0:22.8 | You'll also hear in this story about why you might want to think inside the box. |
| 0:26.4 | Well, that's because we're talking about subscription boxes. |
| 0:28.8 | So it's not that complicated, but I'll tell you the details. |
| 0:31.8 | I also wanted to say congratulations to my friends Joshua Fields, Milburn, and Brian Nicodemus, |
| 0:36.6 | also known as the minimalist. |
| 0:38.2 | You might have heard of them. |
| 0:39.2 | They're kind of a big deal. |
| 0:40.4 | They're on Netflix and lots of other places, but I knew them long ago. |
| 0:44.0 | I think pre-minimals, actually. |
| 0:46.0 | They have a new book out now called Love People Use Things because the opposite never |
| 0:50.4 | works. |
| 0:51.8 | Which is true, if you think about it, right? |
| 0:53.3 | Love people use things. |
| 0:55.2 | The opposite never works. |
| 0:57.8 | Check it out wherever you get your books, and of course there is an audio version as |
| 1:00.5 | well. |
| 1:01.5 | Today's story, think inside the subscription box, is coming up in just 30 seconds. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Guillebeau, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Guillebeau and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.