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Side Hustle School

#2300 - Q&A: “When’s the right time to scale up?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A listener is in the exciting but uncertain phase of considering whether to transition his growing freelance web design side hustle into a full-time business. How can he make the wisest decision?

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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

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Music

0:40.0

Hey listeners, thanks for tuning in today. Hope you're doing well wherever you are in the world. Hope you're working on something that's important to you.

0:46.0

If you get off track, just try to find your way back to that North Star. I always think of it as doing more of what matters and of course your person who decides what matters to you.

0:55.0

Your answer could be different from mine or from anybody else. So it's just good to think what really matters to me and how can I do more of that?

1:03.0

How can I do less of the things that kind of drag me down or drain my energy or just kind of feel purposeless?

1:10.0

We all want to do more of what's purposeful. So I make this podcast as a quick five to ten minute encouragement for you every day. Hopefully some practical help as well.

1:19.0

And in today's episode we're going to tackle a question from Carlos who is in the exciting but uncertain phase of considering whether to transition his freelance web design side hustle into a full time business.

1:32.0

We'll discuss what to consider when deciding if it's time to take the leap as well as how to navigate that transition.

1:37.0

And this conversation is going to offer some guidance for anyone thinking about turning their side hustle into their main gig.

1:43.0

Or maybe if you just want to do that sometime in the future, right? It's always good to plan ahead or at least to dream.

1:49.0

So let's look at the question when's the right time to scale up coming up back to this quick message from our sponsor.

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2:25.0

Hey there. I'm Carlos from Austin. I came across your podcast while browsing for a business tips online.

2:41.0

I've been working on my side hustle a freelance web design service for a while now and it's starting to gain some traction.

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