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Side Hustle School

#345 - Engineer Invents Bestselling Pocket Tool After Getting Locked Out

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

After getting locked out of his apartment, a software engineer creates a pocket tool that sells 500,000 units and now employs 17 people. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchoolShow notes: SideHustleSchool.comTwitter: @chrisguillebeauInstagram: @193countries 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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0:00.0

Whether you're doing a dance to your favorite artist in the office parking lot,

0:04.0

or being guided into Warrior I in the break room before your shift,

0:08.0

whether you're running on your Peloton tread at your mom's house while she watches the baby,

0:12.0

or counting your breaths on the subway.

0:16.0

Peloton is for all of us, wherever we are whenever we need it.

0:23.0

Download the free Peloton app today.

0:25.0

Peloton app available through free tier,

0:27.0

or pay to description starting at 12.99 per month.

0:30.0

Hey, hey, what's up? Welcome back.

0:36.0

My name is Chris Gillibout. This is Side Usual School.

0:38.0

Super excited to begin and all new week with you.

0:41.0

Every single day I've got a different true story of somebody who's an employee

0:45.0

and starts an income generating project,

0:47.0

something to help them make money on the side,

0:49.0

and they do that without quitting their job.

0:51.0

The whole purpose is to show you there's all kinds of things that you can do,

0:54.0

whether you just want to make some extra cash or you're trying to make a significant second income,

0:58.0

if you want to eventually replace your full-time income with the money you make on the side,

1:02.0

or if you just want a different creative outlet.

1:04.0

I believe that everyone needs more than one source of income,

1:06.0

and my mission every single day is to help you get closer to that goal.

1:10.0

I've got a bunch of great stories for you this week.

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