#1892 - First $1,000: “I sold my day job skills to a client after-hours…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from Joel Runyon (!), longtime friend and founder of ImpossibleHQ.com. Joel has started numerous businesses in the past decade, but he got his start by taking on a freelance contract using the same skills he’d learned for his day job.
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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
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| 0:38.2 | I'm really excited to bring you today's episode. This is a part of a new feature we're doing in 2022 |
| 0:43.8 | called Your First Thousand Dollars. Now this is a great one. One of my favorites so far in the series. |
| 0:48.9 | And if you're just tuning in, you might guess from the title. It's all about how someone made their |
| 0:53.6 | first thousand dollars. This is so fun because a lot of times we have stories about people making |
| 0:59.1 | $100,000 or sometimes a lot more. And that's awesome, of course. But first of all, it's a pretty |
| 1:05.4 | long story, typically, to make your first $100,000. And second, it's sometimes it can be hard to relate to. |
| 1:12.2 | Somebody making $100,000 in a side hustle if you've never done that before. |
| 1:15.9 | So if you've never made any money in a side hustle, maybe understanding that you can make a thousand |
| 1:20.4 | dollars, and then you can probably make more after that might just be the inspiration or motivation |
| 1:25.2 | you need. And even if you're well beyond that point, like if you have been side hustling a long |
| 1:29.2 | time, you're doing well with your business, I think these stories are still motivational, like I |
| 1:33.1 | have been enjoying going through them. And so with that in mind, I don't want to give you too much |
| 1:37.0 | privacy because as I said, it's a great one. Today's feature comes from Joel Runyon in Austin, |
| 1:41.7 | Texas. Joel Runyon, we have featured him a number of times, including a case study at some point. |
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