#299 - Teachers Join Forces To Launch Nerd Summer Camp
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2017
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Three teachers create an alternative camp for kids who aren’t interested in sports. The school keeps the profits the first year, but they get creative and find a way to pay themselves in year two.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there side hustle school listeners this is Chris Gillebo coming to you from the road |
| 0:10.5 | I've been in Salt Lake City, Austin, Texas and then today Dallas, Texas. |
| 0:14.8 | At least if you're listening in real time if you're listening later well I'm probably |
| 0:18.0 | somewhere else. |
| 0:19.0 | Got a great story for you today and it features what I call the third way or the third option |
| 0:24.7 | or the alternative. |
| 0:26.1 | And you can find this third way or option or alternative in all kinds of things in life. |
| 0:29.9 | It doesn't only apply to side hustling and this option comes up or at least it's something |
| 0:33.8 | you should look for whenever you encounter a situation in which you have to make a choice |
| 0:37.2 | between two undesirable alternatives. |
| 0:39.9 | I think it's always smart to ask is there another way. |
| 0:42.8 | Today's story is about how three teachers create a summer camp for nerds and then create |
| 0:47.1 | an organization to get paid for it. |
| 0:49.0 | Now that last part is critical because not only is this about identity and teachers serving |
| 0:53.2 | kids getting creative to make something fun, they also encountered one of those undesirable |
| 0:57.3 | choices but they found a way to avoid turning over the profits to the school system because |
| 1:01.6 | it was their idea and they did all the work but they had to find that alternative to make |
| 1:04.9 | it profitable for them. |
| 1:06.5 | We have lots of teachers out there listening if you're a teacher thanks for all you do. |
| 1:10.1 | If you know a teacher maybe send them to this episode so that they can hear it for themselves |
| 1:13.9 | and that story is coming right up. |
| 1:22.0 | Today's story comes from Cindy O'Cane in Linwood, New Jersey. |
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