266: The Simplest Side Hustle Ever? How to Earn $30-50 an Hour Picking up Trash

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, How To, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Brian Winch calls it “America’s Simplest Business.” What started as a side hustle way back in 1981 has now grown into a $650k a year operation. So what does Brian do? His company picks up litter from parking lots. Sadly, it's still an essential service (boo litterbugs!), but has very low startup costs and Brian says you can earn $30-$50 an hour doing this on the side. What prompted Brian to pick up the phone and ask property management companies if he could handle their litter picking contracts? “I decided I liked my job but I couldn’t see myself doing this for the rest of my life and I wanted more,” Brian said. In just a few months he was earning more part-time in this side hustle than he was at his full-time job. It's freelancing -- brick-and-mortar style. Tune in to hear how Brian landed his first clients, how he priced his service, and how he scaled the business to remove himself from the day-to-day trash pickup. With the decent pay, hours that fit around most day jobs, minimal start-up costs, and no prior experience necessary, it’s a side hustle success story that's worth checking out. Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: The Simplest Side Hustle Ever? How to Earn $30-50 an Hour Picking up Trash

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0:00.0	Side Hustle Show 266, the simplest side hustle ever, how to earn 30 to 50 dollars an hour picking up trash.
0:09.0	What's up, what's up, Nick Loper here, welcome to the Side Hustle show because sometimes the simplest solution is the best.
0:14.7	It's an Occam's Razor episode for you today.
0:16.7	You're going to love this conversation with Brian Winch, who started what he calls America's
0:20.8	simplest business, picking up litter in parking lots as a side hustle in
0:24.8	1981 and has since grown it into a $650,000 a year operation today. He
0:31.0	equates it to getting paid for taking a walk but of course there's a little more to it than that and that's what we dive into in this episode.
0:37.0	Stick around to hear how Brian landed his first clients and how you can find the decision makers near you, how he priced his service, and ultimately
0:43.6	how he built his team to do the actual litter pickup for him.
0:47.2	Brian says this is still a super low startup cost side hustle that almost anyone can do and earn $30 to $50 an hour consistently from it.
0:55.5	It's freelancing brick and mortar style.
0:57.8	You can learn more about Brian and his business over at cleanlots.com and I've compiled the
1:02.4	notes and links from this episode, along with a free
1:04.9	PDF highlight reel summary with all of Brian's top tips from our call at Sidhussel Nation
1:09.7	dot com slash Brian, and that's Brian with an eye.
1:13.0	Now this is a business that doesn't require a ton of equipment, but one tool you might want to have in your toolbox,
1:18.0	whether you're cleaning up parking lots or selling any type of service, is Freshbooks.
1:22.0	It's the affordable cloud accounting system
1:24.3	that's recommended by 97% of small business owners
1:27.2	and it's built specifically with side hustlers
1:29.3	and freelancers in mind.
1:30.8	I'd like to thank Fresh Books for sponsoring today's show and helping 10 million entrepreneurs,
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