#474 - Engineer Turns Home Energy Problem Into 15-Year, Million-Dollar Side Hustle
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2018
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
A construction engineer discovers how much energy is wasted by attics, creates a simple product that saves homeowners money, and builds a side hustle that earns more than two million dollars a year.
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to episode 474 of Side Us All School. |
| 0:39.2 | My name is Chris Gillipo, so glad you're joining me. |
| 0:41.2 | I've got a new story for you today, just like I do every day and I really like today's. |
| 0:45.2 | I know I've been saying that a lot recently, but I think we've just been having a string |
| 0:48.5 | of really great stories. |
| 0:49.5 | Now listen, this story today, we're actually going to go back in time to a side hustle that |
| 0:54.0 | started 15 years ago. |
| 0:56.0 | Because immediately profitable has grown considerably ever since, is now a seven figure project. |
| 1:01.6 | That's right, seven figures and is still operated as a side hustle by a regular guy with a regular |
| 1:06.7 | full time job. |
| 1:07.7 | Okay, I want to make sure you got all that right. |
| 1:09.9 | Seven figure project been going for 15 years, is still operated as a side hustle by a regular |
| 1:14.1 | guy. |
| 1:15.1 | And specifically, it's about a construction engineer. |
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