#2159 - Q&A: “When’s the best time to start a seasonal business?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
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🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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If you’re not trying to be Jeff Bezos selling Christmas trees (his original business), you still might want a business that only operates one part of the year. In that situation, when is the best time to start ramping up?
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| 0:00.0 | Here is a little known fact about Jeff Bezos. |
| 0:11.4 | Jeff Bezos actually got his start selling Christmas trees. |
| 0:14.3 | Did you know that? |
| 0:15.3 | True story. |
| 0:16.3 | Why didn't he stick with it? |
| 0:18.1 | Because he found something just a bit more profitable. |
| 0:20.2 | You might have heard of his other little business. |
| 0:22.6 | Maybe one problem was that Christmas trees did not ship well. |
| 0:26.0 | Also no one wanted Christmas tree prime. |
| 0:28.2 | It was a total flop. |
| 0:29.4 | He changed things around and did pretty well for himself. |
| 0:32.4 | Also the other problem is, and this is also true, Christmas trees are a seasonal business. |
| 0:38.2 | You don't tend to sell many Christmas trees in June or pretty much any month other than |
| 0:43.0 | December. |
| 0:44.0 | Maybe November, depending on how early you get the holiday thing going. |
| 0:47.8 | If you're not trying to be Jeff Bezos and sell either Christmas trees or build a giant |
| 0:53.4 | e-commerce platform, you still might want a business that only operates one part of |
| 0:57.3 | the year. |
| 0:58.3 | There are some advantages to that. |
| 1:00.0 | In that situation, when you're looking at a seasonal business, when is the best time |
| 1:03.2 | to start ramping up? |
| 1:04.7 | When is the best time to start a seasonal business? |
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