695: The Most Unique Niches, Small Town Side Hustles, Monetizing Art, and More: Q&A with Nick

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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It’s that time again — back into the listener mailbag for another round of Q&A on The Side Hustle Show. This week, I’ve got 13 brand-new questions to dive into, covering everything from launching a hustle with $5,000, to small-town business ideas, making money with art, navigating anonymity online, and even whether rich people should still have side hustles. This is the 18th installment of the series, feel free to check out the older ones: 641: Starting Over? Podcasting, Newsletters, Competing in a “No Click” World, and more: 10 Questions with Nick 616: Lifestyle Creep, Luck, and Why Every Podcast Guest Has an Online Course: Q&A w/ Nick 585: Giving Away Ideas, Getting Great Guests, Growing Your Business, and More: 20 Questions With Nick 556: Pricing, Podcasting, Permission to Quit, and More: 20 Questions with Nick 498: Profitable Podcasting, Getting Clients, and $50k/mo in Passive Income: 20 Questions with Nick Let's dive in! Full Show Notes: The Most Unique Niches, Small Town Side Hustles, Monetizing Art, and More: Q&A with Nick New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mint Mobile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indeed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OpenPhone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shopify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for a $1 per month trial! ⁠⁠Policygenius⁠⁠ — Compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save. About The Side Hustle Show This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and ⁠side hustle ideas⁠. We share how to start a business and ⁠make money online⁠ and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and ⁠passive income⁠ strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of ⁠Side Hustle Nation⁠.

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0:53.7	If you had $5,000 to invest, which side hustle would you do?
0:58.9	Now, starting with money is definitely better slash easier than starting with no money,
1:03.2	but I'm not sure that's the right question, because there's a lot of things you could go out
1:07.1	and spend $5,000 on.
1:08.9	You could go get a beat-up pickup truck. You could start a moving service. You could buy 3D printers and try and sell that stuff. You could buy a vending machine and try and find a good location for it. You could invest in some specific side hustle training and go do that thing. But what all of those neglect is what's important to you? What do you care about? What unique
1:28.6	skills, interests, connections do you have? What types of people do you love working with?
1:34.4	It's kind of like asking, what's the best side hustle? I don't know. I've been covering this stuff
1:39.1	for 12 years, and I still don't know. There are certainly some that are better than others
1:43.2	that we've come across when it comes to their
1:45.2	upside and their profit potential, but there's no return without risk.
1:49.7	The $5,000 is better to have than not having it, but it's almost irrelevant.
1:55.2	Is it best, quote unquote, best to start a software company because some guy on some podcast said, well,
2:02.0	those can be really profitable. Well, not if you don't have some level of validation on product
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