#2901 - Q&A: “Should you start a new hustle or scale what you already have?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode tackles a question from a listener wondering whether to start a new side hustle or focus on scaling their current one. We explore both approaches and provide tips to help you choose the best path forward.
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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
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. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:00.0 | Turning an idea into a small business doesn't happen by accident. You need to be all in. |
| 0:05.5 | At constant contact, we have the digital marketing tools you need to get the word out, close the sale, |
| 0:10.3 | raise the funds and gather a community around this thing you've built. So let's do this together. |
| 0:15.2 | Let's send this, share this and shout this from the rooftops. Let's segment this, automate this, |
| 0:20.3 | and AI this for real results fast. Let's get out of this what we put rooftops. Let's segment this, automate this, and AI this for real |
| 0:21.6 | results fast. Let's get out of this what we put into this. Let's build this. Let's grow this. Let's |
| 0:26.6 | win this. Get started today at constant contact.com. |
| 0:30.4 | Adobe Express is the quick and easy create anything out. It's my go-to for making my business stand |
| 0:36.2 | out. From videos and social posts to flyers and |
| 0:39.9 | logos, search for Adobe Express to find out more and use it for free. A few days ago, or maybe it was last week, we heard from a creator who wants to do a |
| 0:59.8 | substack, a TikTok, a podcast, and a paid membership. |
| 1:02.9 | We talked about this question of can you manage multiple content platforms without burning |
| 1:06.6 | out. |
| 1:07.5 | Today, a similar question, yet also different, as always, should you start a new hustle |
| 1:13.0 | or scale what you already have? So I love thinking about these different strategies. |
| 1:18.6 | We're going to consider both approaches, provide tips to help you choose the best path forward. |
| 1:22.9 | Today we'll hear from Jordan, who's been running a successful hustle, and he's now wondering, |
| 1:26.4 | should he start a new |
| 1:27.7 | project or focus on scaling and growing what he's already got going? So it's a common dilemma |
| 1:32.6 | for lots of side hustlers as they hit milestones, and also just in the development of your own |
| 1:37.9 | life, I should say. It's not only about the business milestones. It's about your own life. |
| 1:42.1 | You have to consider your own motivations. So we'll talk about |
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