#2820 - Failure Friday: The Downside of DIY Platforms

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this week’s “Failure Friday” segment, we hear from a tech-savvy course creator who tried to save money by building their own platform—and why using a turnkey service might have been the better choice. 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 Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.substack.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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1:14.8	we're going to hear a short story from a tech savvy course creator. He tries to
1:19.6	save money by building his own platform only to discover that it was probably better to focus
1:25.0	on what he was actually good at, building the course itself and letting somebody else,
1:29.4	some other company, do the hosting because there are companies that specialize in this. yes you have to pay for it but maybe in some ways that's better in the long run
1:38.0	Welcome to Side hustle school my friends welcome as well to Failure Friday This is a collection of short stories about
1:44.4	things that do not go well, things that go wrong in fact, and how a creator and
1:48.6	influencer, a side hustler, an entrepreneur, small business owner, somebody out there trying to build something,
1:54.2	whatever the case may be.
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