#529 - Unemployed Polish Guy Launches Rocket-Fueled Vodka Line
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2018
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
An “involuntary sabbatical” prompts this Polish marketer to investigate the possibilities of apple-based vodka.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill with square wheels. |
| 0:07.0 | But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business. |
| 0:15.0 | So you can stay one step ahead. Soon it'll feel more like free-wearing downhill. |
| 0:21.0 | On a tandem! What, mate? With a messer on the back. |
| 0:25.0 | Oh, that's nice. |
| 0:26.0 | Search zero with an ace. Because healthy business is beautiful business. |
| 0:33.0 | Who wouldn't want their own vodka business? Or at least their own vodka side hustle? |
| 0:40.0 | Well, today's story features a guy from Poland, living in California, who takes an involuntary sabbatical from work, |
| 0:45.0 | that's what he calls it, in other words, he got laid off, and he uses the time to go on a vodka quest back in his homeland. |
| 0:51.0 | Upon returning to the US, he gets to work setting up this vodka brand. |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome to SideHusels School. My name is Chris Gillabo, and in today's episode you'll also learn a powerful strategy for experimenting based on a specific amount of money. |
| 1:03.0 | This can be a great way to reduce your risk and any fear or worries you have when undertaking a new venture. |
| 1:09.0 | In other words, if you have a certain amount of money, $100, $1,000, $5, whatever it is, you can say, this is the amount I'm willing to spend on my side hustle. |
| 1:16.0 | And if it works great, if not, this is the maximum amount I'm willing to lose. |
| 1:21.0 | So after the story, I'll tell you a bit more about when this is a good idea and when it isn't. |
| 1:25.0 | Let's give a little shout out to today's sponsor, and then on with that vodka story. Bottom's up! |
| 1:51.0 | You fell in the water, didn't you? Yeah, I fell in the water. |
| 1:54.0 | Summer's hottest shows delivered only on Prime Video. |
| 2:11.0 | For Darius Patuski, it was an involuntary sabbatical that prompted him to start his side hustle. |
| 2:17.0 | After four and a half years as the head of marketing for a California startup, Darius found himself leaving work due to a restructure in the company. |
| 2:24.0 | This was the first time he'd been without a job for many years and he had a lot of time on his hands. |
| 2:29.0 | At first, he took advantage of that time to enjoy himself and work on projects that had fallen by the wayside due to his job. |
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