#2834 - Failure Friday: The Challenges of Helping Smokers Switch to Vaping

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In this week’s “Failure Friday” segment, we hear from a tech employee who tried to start a business helping smokers transition to vaping and other smokeless tobacco alternatives. Unfortunately, he struggled to attract paying clients. 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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0:54.0	That Shopify.
0:55.0	dot co-de-e-K slash special offer. The business challenges of helping smokers switch to vaping.
1:10.2	This is a really interesting question to look at, an interesting little case study.
1:14.0	Come to you in the form of a Failure Friday segment.
1:16.7	This is something we do every Friday. A story of something that doesn't work very well or a
1:20.8	challenge that a Side-Eustler encounters sometimes a really big challenge, a mistake,
1:25.4	a misstep, a disaster.
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