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Side Hustle School

#2901 - Q&A: “Should you start a new hustle or scale what you already have?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K 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. 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

Transcript

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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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