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Side Hustle School

#2482 - Q&A: “Is there a market for cool driftwood art?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

An artist makes local driftwood into unique pieces of art. How can she cash in this treasure? 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: [email protected] Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Twitter: @chrisguillebeau Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.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. 😎 🙏🏼 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's define or redefine the purpose of side hustle school, and we've had people listening

0:15.8

for years.

0:17.3

We also have people kind of stumbling in or discovering the podcast from time to time.

0:21.7

And sometimes I get listener questions that make me think, we just need to kind of relook

0:25.6

at what the point is, you know, not the point of life in general, but the point of

0:29.9

side hustle school.

0:31.4

And it really is in a single sentence to help people make extra money without quitting

0:35.5

their job.

0:37.1

And if we want to go a little bit deeper, it's to help them create something, some kind

0:41.0

of project that can earn real money, you know, something that truly creates economic

0:45.3

empowerment, as I like to say.

0:47.6

A product or service that can really change their life in a meaningful way, whether that

0:52.2

is to allow them to quit their job or to get out of debt or just to give them more options.

0:57.7

So when I say side hustle, I'm thinking of a money-making project, right?

1:01.7

There are lots of hobbies you can have in life, lots of things you can do that don't have

1:05.4

anything to do with money, and that's great.

1:08.1

But if you're going to have a side hustle, then it needs to be profitable.

1:11.2

And I'm reminded of that sometimes when I get questions from people on tour or at events

1:15.5

or by email or for the podcast, and sometimes I think, well, maybe this is just a fun project,

1:20.8

you know, and you should do that if you want to do that, but don't necessarily think

1:24.4

of it as your big money-making venture.

1:27.2

So today, for example, and that may not be entirely related to today's question, or it

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