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Side Hustle School

#2082 - Nanotech Scientist Creates Antimicrobial Product

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

After creating an antimicrobial coating for facemasks, a scientist applies the product to his own armpits in an attempt to reduce odor from his bike rides to and from the lab.

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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

In today's story, after creating an antimicrobial coating for face masks, this scientist

0:14.4

applies the product to his own armpits, and an attempt to reduce odor from his bike

0:18.8

rides to and from the lab.

0:20.8

Now as you'll hear, and as you might guess already, the invention of this product came

0:24.5

about by accident, but he and his wife are now running with it, offering it for sale

0:28.8

direct to consumers and pursuing some business partnerships as well.

0:32.3

So we've got an origin story, how to go from idea to execution, how to get something

0:36.4

to market, as well as I'll get into this a bit in the analysis at the end.

0:40.4

You know, is it better to do B2C, you know, business to consumer or business to business?

0:46.0

I've got some thoughts on that, but let's focus first and foremost on the story.

0:49.9

Welcome to Sidosyl School, my name is Chris Gellipo.

0:51.8

The story is called Nanotech Scientist Creates Antimicrobial Product.

0:55.4

That story's coming up after this quick message from our sponsor.

0:59.2

Want to tell you today about our new sponsor, Lands End Business.

1:04.1

Lands End Business offers fully customized clothes, accessories, and promotional products

1:08.0

featuring your logo and colors elevated by decades of experience.

1:12.1

The Lands End sent me a box of some samples, including a high quality blanket.

1:17.5

I thought it was pretty cool.

1:18.9

Got the nice Lands End Business logo on it.

1:21.4

They also sent me a mug with Jordan Harbinger's name on it.

1:25.5

So Jordan, he's a pretty cool guy.

1:27.0

He's got a podcast I enjoy, and now I've got a mug with his name on it.

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