#1945 - Failure Friday: “They just weren’t interested in what we were selling…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from the co-owner of a business that livestreams weddings. When Covid struck, they thought they had the perfect opportunity to expand to a new market—but buyer interest fizzled.
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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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| 0:38.0 | Hey, what's up? Welcome to Side Usals School. |
| 0:40.0 | My name is Chris Gillabelle, your host and welcome as well to Failure Friday, |
| 0:44.0 | our weekly segment featuring a collection of short stories about mistakes, missteps, disasters, |
| 0:49.0 | and of course, Failure. What goes wrong? |
| 0:52.0 | You're always hearing about success stories, what goes right. |
| 0:56.0 | And I love this feature because it's just kind of making things real, |
| 1:00.0 | looking at those times of struggle or hardship when perhaps someone makes an assumption |
| 1:05.0 | and that assumption turns out to be incorrect. |
| 1:07.0 | I do that all the time and I think there's so many lessons that we can learn from that process. |
| 1:12.0 | So today offers an especially important lesson about product market fit, |
| 1:17.0 | making sure there is an actual buyer for your brilliant idea. |
| 1:21.0 | If you've ever had a brilliant idea and it hasn't actually worked, |
| 1:24.0 | it may be because there wasn't product market fit. |
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