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Side Hustle School

#2176 - Failure Friday: “No one wanted my idea, even for free…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from a personal trainer who starts a virtual shoe-fitting service. Unfortunately, it stumbles out of the gate and never hits its stride.

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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

It's tough to stick with workout routines and making time to hit the gym is sometimes even harder.

0:05.0

That's why Peloton offers options that fit into your day with thousands of on-demand classes,

0:09.9

so you can work out when it's right for you. Peloton goes beyond just the bike,

0:14.0

offering classes like yoga, strength training, hit and boxing. Let Peloton help you achieve your

0:19.6

fitness goals. Try Peloton risk-free with a 30-day home trial. New members only, not available in

0:25.1

remote location, see additional terms at 1peloton.com slash home trial.

0:38.4

All right, all right. Welcome to Side Us All School. Thanks so much for tuning in.

0:42.0

Hope you are amazing. Hope you are better than well. I hope you are holding up,

0:46.3

keeping your head high during this holiday season. We've got a lot of stuff coming up.

0:50.0

For next year, I can't believe next year is almost on the way, but in fact, in less than two weeks,

0:55.1

we will be into a new year. But for today, we have a new episode, of course, because we have a new

0:59.9

episode every day. This is Side Us All School. I'm Chris Gallipo. Today is Failure Friday. Failure Friday,

1:06.0

a collection of short stories about mistakes, missteps, disasters, and of course, failure. All of the

1:11.4

things that go wrong. Not success stories, not the, I made a million dollar stories. More of the

1:17.2

stories of I had an idea to do something and my idea met reality and eventually reality one,

1:24.3

right? Because that's how it works in a battle between your assumption and reality. But of

1:28.5

course, every story has details. Today's feature is Robert from Long Island, New York. Robert's

1:34.5

idea was to start a virtual consultation service to help people pick out the right exercise shoes.

1:40.7

Now, let's hear about how this idea didn't pan out. It actually stumbled out of the gate. Let's

1:46.1

say it never hit its stride. All right, I'm done for the moment. I'll come back at the end though

1:50.4

with a quick wrap up. For now, here's Robert.

2:01.4

Hey, this is Robert. I love exercising in a use-thorough as a personal trainer. As part of my quest

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