#2011 - First $1,000: “I cold-pitched 10 brands and got my first 2 clients…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from a freelance apparel designer who specializes in menswear. After having her first child, she set out to learn to work on her 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.
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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 | Welcome, welcome. |
| 0:09.8 | Thanks for tuning in today and happy Fourth of July. |
| 0:12.6 | Happy Independence Day. |
| 0:14.0 | If you celebrate such a thing, and of course you can celebrate your independence wherever |
| 0:17.6 | you are in the world no matter what day it is, but you know, special day to commemorate |
| 0:21.8 | freedom independence. |
| 0:23.3 | All those things that we talk about in one form or another through side hustle school, |
| 0:26.8 | taking extra money without quitting your job, etc. |
| 0:29.8 | Today's episode is part of a new feature we're doing called your first thousand dollars. |
| 0:34.0 | As you might surmise from the title or you might know if you've been listening this year, |
| 0:37.6 | it's all about how someone made their first thousand dollars. |
| 0:40.6 | How do they get to their independence day? |
| 0:42.6 | Maybe not even their full independence day, but how do they get started? |
| 0:45.9 | How do they make that first paycheck? |
| 0:48.0 | Today in fact you'll hear about a literal paycheck, a literal check in the mail that years |
| 0:53.0 | later are featured case studies still holds on to because it's so special. |
| 0:57.6 | Who is that case study? |
| 0:58.6 | It is Amy Barnhart from Seattle, Washington. |
| 1:02.5 | She is now a full time freelance apparel designer specializing in menswear. |
| 1:07.8 | We first featured her back on episode 1683, but what about her first thousand dollars? |
| 1:12.7 | Again, how did she make it happen? |
| 1:14.5 | What did it feel like and what did she learn? |
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