#2018 - First $1,000: “I quickly raised my price to $50 an hour…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) who starts a tutoring business on the side. After starting out at $20 an hour, he learns to specialize and raise his rates.
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
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, thanks for tuning in, wherever you are in the world, whatever day it is, remember |
| 0:12.0 | time it is. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm so glad you're listening to Side Us All School. |
| 0:15.0 | My name is Chris Dill about your host. |
| 0:16.6 | In today's episode, as we kick off a new week, at least in terms of our publication schedule, |
| 0:21.6 | this is our segment known as your first $1,000. |
| 0:25.2 | Your first $1,000. |
| 0:26.2 | As you might guess, it's all about how someone makes their first $1,000. |
| 0:30.7 | How do they get to that point? |
| 0:31.7 | Not their first $100,000. |
| 0:33.8 | That's cool, but it would probably be a long story, and we make this show for busy people |
| 0:38.2 | who want to invest in themselves, but just don't have a lot of time. |
| 0:42.0 | Also $1,000 is much more relatable, I've found. |
| 0:45.2 | For people who've never started a business, never had an income source apart from their |
| 0:49.0 | paycheck. |
| 0:50.0 | If you can get to $1,000, you can do so much. |
| 0:52.6 | That's my goal for all of our listeners. |
| 0:54.4 | And with that in mind, today's feature comes from Mickey Gammonall. |
| 0:57.6 | He is a returned Peace Corps volunteer who starts a tutoring business on the side in Las |
| 1:02.5 | Vegas. |
| 1:03.5 | Along the way, he learns a lot of lessons. |
| 1:05.6 | We talked about them a bit in the episode that featured him, but what about his first |
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