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Side Hustle School

#2527 - Q&A: “An online course for teaching ‘Uncommon Skills…’”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Ever thought of turning niche hobbies like unicycling or yo-yo tricks into an online course? That’s what today’s listener has in mind.

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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

Today we're going to jump into the world of niche hobbies and uncommon skills.

0:15.0

Nish hobbies, niche hobbies, two different ways of saying that word.

0:18.0

Basically specialized hobbies, things that are a little bit quirky perhaps.

0:22.0

How can you transform a personal passion or

0:24.3

quirky community tradition?

0:26.0

I have to practice that phrase, quirky community tradition into a successful online course

0:31.6

or some other money-making venture. Now I believe that

0:35.0

everyone is an expert in something and often you're an expert in multiple things

0:39.3

sometimes take some time to figure out what is the thing you're an expert in that can actually

0:43.1

be translated into a money-making venture.

0:45.1

That's a big part of what we try to do here on the podcast is help people figure that out.

0:49.9

So let's look at it specifically in the instance from Taylor.

0:53.6

Taylor from Bozeman, Montana is pondering this exact question.

0:57.1

Stay tuned as we explore the fascinating potential of teaching the world to ride unicycles

1:01.9

and master yo-yo tricks,

1:03.6

perhaps some other uncommon skills right after the break. Hey Chris. This is Taylor from Bozeman, Montana. I grew up in a community where we

1:19.4

celebrated random hobbies and uncommon skills. Things like riding unicycles or advanced

1:24.8

yo-yo tricks. Lately though, I've been considering turning this passion into a

1:29.1

project by creating an online course platform dedicated you know know, exclusively to these out of the

1:34.7

ordinary skills. Do you think there's a market out there for something like this? What

1:38.8

platforms or what strategies would you recommend to get started? Taylor, I actually have a specific suggestion for you here.

1:48.0

And to your question, do I think there's a market out there?

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