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Side Hustle School

#2488 - Q&A: “My sister stole my side hustle!”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

When family and business mix, things can get complicated quickly. In this episode, a side hustler is experiencing tension after her sister pursues a very similar business idea. 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

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0:00.0

Hello, Hello,

0:02.0

Side Hustle School,

0:03.0

Listen,

0:04.0

Community Hello, hello, side hustle school, listeners, community, friends, people from all over the world.

0:16.7

Thank you for being out there.

0:18.0

Thank you for tuning in today, wherever you are in the world, whatever you're up to today.

0:22.2

My name's Chris Gellabou. I am your cheerleader. I'm your side hustle cheerleader. I'm hoping that you can create

0:27.6

extra income for yourself so you can do more of what's important to you. That's what a side

0:32.0

hustle is about. It's not just a hobby, it's not just something you like to do.

0:35.2

Hopefully it is something you like to do, but it also makes money. Okay? Now it's also true that money sometimes

0:42.0

creates conflict, which is a little bit of what we're talking about here today.

0:45.4

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where business and family can collide in an uncomfortable way?

0:51.8

Well, that's what happened to Brenda in Georgia.

0:54.8

She discovered her sister started a business very similar to an idea that she had.

0:59.4

In fact, you know, Brenda was kind of gung-ho about this idea and then all of a sudden you know her sister is doing something very similar

1:06.8

Now I'll say right up front the category is vintage clothes reselling which you know Brenda doesn't own that right there could be more than one person doing that there are lots of people doing that

1:15.1

Still it is kind of weird when you're excited about something and you tell your family and then they go and do the same thing

1:20.3

So what are we doing this situation? What's my advice for Brenda? Let me see if I can come up with something that's helpful and not just to her but hopefully to somebody else by proxy. That's what it's all about here. We are a community of people trying to advance our interests and make the world a better place at the same time.

1:35.9

My sister stole my side hustle.

1:37.6

My sister is not making the world a better place.

1:39.6

Well, maybe that's a little judgmental.

1:41.3

Just hold on.

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