#768 - Clothing Boutique Burns Down, Rebuilds to 4 Locations
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
This contractor went from flipping refurbished clothes on the side to starting her own boutique. After the store burns down in a fire, she carefully reads her insurance policy to discover she’s entitled to an additional $30,000 payment.
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| 0:00.0 | Whether it's a barmy day on the beach or a vibrant night in the city, elevate your indulgence |
| 0:08.6 | with the new Magnum Sunlava, with thick white chocolate and velvety coconut ice cream for |
| 0:15.7 | the day and the new Magnum Star Chaser, with cracking chocolate and popcorn flavor for the |
| 0:23.0 | night. |
| 0:26.0 | Today's story could be called Always Read the Fine Prince. It might bring you an extra $30,000. |
| 0:45.6 | It's also a lesson in resilience and in one of the most important skills you can develop |
| 0:49.2 | no matter what you want to accomplish in life. That skill is figuring stuff out. If you can |
| 0:54.4 | buy something at one price and sell it for a higher price, you have a business model. Even if it's |
| 0:58.8 | very small, it doesn't matter. You've got something there you can build on. If you can't afford to |
| 1:02.5 | win a storefront, ask for a lower price. We'll get into all of that in more in the story. Welcome to |
| 1:08.3 | Side of Soul School. My name is Chris Gillibow. I have the privilege of bringing you these stories |
| 1:11.6 | every single day. And today's featured case study who've been flipping Referpors clothes for years |
| 1:16.0 | on the side. But when her job and construction slowed down, she realized it was time to turn her |
| 1:21.0 | hustle into a real storefront. Oh, and that storefront also burns down. But we'll get into that too. |
| 1:26.2 | Stay tuned for the whole story. |
| 1:51.0 | For the Night. Pleasure is always on. Magnum. True to Pleasure. |
| 2:08.4 | Nicole Whitsel has been a creative moneymaker ever since she was young. In fact, as an eighth grader, |
| 2:12.8 | she sold handmade neckwormers. But she had to stop because one blew up someone's microwave. |
| 2:17.8 | Don't try that at home. There were other side hustles over the years, most of them involving |
| 2:21.4 | flipping something on eBay. Now during college, Nicole discovered that she could buy Nordstrom's |
| 2:25.9 | refurbished clothes at a deep discount, then resell them online for a significant profit. |
| 2:30.6 | She made a few hundred dollars each month, so she continued the gig on the side after she |
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