#2526 - Failure Friday: He Bought a ‘Bored Ape’ NFT for $80,000
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from an eager enthusiast of digital art. He bought a popular “bored ape” NFT for a *lot* of money—then watched as the value dropped by 80%.
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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
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, welcome to a new month. It is in fact the final month of the year. This is episode |
| 0:16.1 | 2,526. We got a fun topic today. We're going to talk about Board Apes, Board Apes, Board Apes, if that means nothing to you, |
| 0:24.8 | stay tuned because the story is pretty good. And I want to encourage you as we |
| 0:28.0 | began this month a couple episodes ago we talked about quick wins. We had a question from a listener with an e-commerce |
| 0:35.3 | site and she was wondering like hey I don't have my whole strategy together I |
| 0:39.2 | should have done more to be ready for this season, but what can I do now? |
| 0:43.2 | You know, unlimited time. |
| 0:44.7 | And in that situation, or in many situations, |
| 0:47.3 | I think it's always smart to be like, |
| 0:48.8 | what's my quick win? |
| 0:50.2 | What is the easy thing I can do that's going to achieve some significant results. |
| 0:56.0 | And there usually is an answer to that. |
| 0:58.0 | So think about that in your business, your side hustle, think about it in your life. |
| 1:01.6 | As we go into this really busy season, there's all kinds of stuff going on. |
| 1:05.3 | Just ask yourself, what do I want to accomplish or achieve or how do I want to feel, you know, |
| 1:10.4 | at the end of this season this month, and what do I need to do to achieve that |
| 1:14.8 | so just focus on a quick win I encourage you to do that I'll be doing that myself |
| 1:18.8 | and of course today's episode on Side Usol School is in the segment known as Failure Friday. |
| 1:25.0 | So it's things that don't go so well. |
| 1:26.8 | And we might as well kick off the month by looking at an example of something that didn't work. |
| 1:31.2 | Because I like this story here. he ends up being quite positive about it |
| 1:35.3 | even though he spent a lot of money on a digital work of art that is now worth a lot |
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