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Side Hustle School

#2068 - College Friends Start Utah Fulfillment Center

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Two friends learn the logistics of running a fulfilling business. In their first month of operation, they handled 3,000 orders for a Kickstarter project.

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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

And today's story. Two friends learn the logistics of running a fulfilling business.

0:13.1

When I say fulfilling, I mean this literally, we're talking about order fulfillment.

0:17.1

In their first month of operation, they handled 3,000 orders for a Kickstarter project.

0:21.4

They then grew the project substantially using a campaign of being helpful on Reddit.

0:26.5

We'll discuss that strategy a bit more in the wrap up.

0:28.9

So you got a lot going on here. Two friends working together doesn't always work so well.

0:33.3

Handling a specific business that can be pretty tough, fulfillment.

0:37.3

You've got all kinds of logistics to handle. Lots of things that can go wrong.

0:40.7

They also didn't have much money when they got started. They were also pretty young.

0:44.2

But since this is a side hustle school case study and not a failure Friday episode,

0:48.2

you might imagine that things turned out pretty well.

0:50.7

That's the conclusion. But let's talk about how we got there.

0:53.0

College friends start Utah Fulfillment Center.

0:55.6

Story is coming right up. The most wonderful time of the year is also the most hectic time of the year.

1:02.3

Everybody puts off shopping until the last minute. That includes me.

1:05.6

And if you have an online store, you know the feeling of getting hit with a ton of orders all at once.

1:10.5

That's why you need our partner ship station.

1:12.9

Long time partner, five plus years in counting, they've helped so many businesses.

1:16.9

In fact, 98% of companies that stick with ship station for a year become customers for life.

1:21.9

That includes conscious box, saddleback leather, latched mama and passion planner.

1:26.4

We've actually featured a couple of those on the podcast.

1:28.7

This holiday season, give yourself the gift of stress free holiday shipping.

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