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Side Hustle School

#1878 - First $1,000: “After 9 months, we got our first $50 sponsorship…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from Kelan Kline, co-founder of TheSavvyCouple.com. It took Kelan and his wife a while to get going, but the blog eventually became a multiple six-figure business. 

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.

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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. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

Many of us are already planning our New Year's resolutions to work out more in 2023.

0:04.4

But let's face it, they rarely stick.

0:06.6

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0:08.6

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0:13.1

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0:17.3

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0:20.7

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0:25.6

Cannot be combined with other offers. See additional terms at 1Peloton.com.

0:38.2

Hey, hey, what's up? Welcome to Side of Soul School. My name is Chris Gillibot.

0:42.4

So glad you're tuning in today. I hope you are doing awesome wherever you are in the world.

0:47.0

Now this is our segment known as First $1,000. As you might surmise from the title,

0:51.9

it's all about how someone made their first $1,000. Not their first $10,000 or $100,000,

0:57.5

their first $1,000. We do this because some of our listeners are just trying to get started.

1:02.7

And I believe that these early origin stories can be really empowering.

1:07.2

Empowering, impacting. If you have not made a $1,000 in working for yourself before,

1:11.5

well, you need to get to that point because everything's going to be much easier after that.

1:15.2

I don't want to say everything is always easy. Like, you've got to work for it. I do believe in

1:18.4

hard work. But there is something that happens just in terms of your own momentum, your own confidence,

1:24.3

and even some logistics and things. You know, once you can get to this point. So with that in

1:28.9

mind, today's feature comes from Kellyn Klein. Now we first featured Kellyn in his project,

1:33.6

the SavvyCouple.com back on episode 1620. As you're going to hear in this update,

1:39.3

that blog is now a multiple six-figure business that he runs full-time with his wife.

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