#423 - High School Student Earns $20,000 Making Wooden Bow Ties
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
When a young woodworker receives a wooden bow tie as a gift, he’s unimpressed. After making his own, he earns $20,000 while going to high school full-time.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and greetings! |
| 0:06.7 | What's up? |
| 0:07.7 | Welcome to Side Hustle School. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey guess what? |
| 0:10.0 | If you're listening to this episode at the day it's released, today is a special day. |
| 0:13.8 | It is National Pancake Day. |
| 0:16.4 | That's right, true story. |
| 0:17.4 | It is National Pancake Day. |
| 0:19.5 | I believe this is a holiday sponsored by IHOP, the International House of Pancakes, because |
| 0:23.2 | if you happen to visit IHOP today, you can get a free pancake, true story. |
| 0:27.2 | Not fake news. |
| 0:28.3 | Like you can actually go in and get a free pancake courtesy of them. |
| 0:31.8 | Maybe some other places too. |
| 0:32.8 | I have no idea. |
| 0:33.8 | And by the way, IHOP is not a sponsor of the show, but if anybody wants to give out free pancakes, |
| 0:37.1 | then I will gladly mention you. |
| 0:39.2 | If you're listening later and you miss today, well, presumably National Pancake Day will |
| 0:42.4 | return one year from now. |
| 0:44.4 | Make sure you have that calendar marked. |
| 0:46.8 | And it's also a great day because I have a pretty cool story for you. |
| 0:50.2 | This is about a high school student, love featuring teenagers and other young people who |
| 0:54.2 | are getting into the world of side hustling early. |
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