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Side Hustle School

#821 - College Grads Start $6 Million Agency in Social Media Wild West

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today’s featured hustlers were in the first wave of college students to use Facebook. It didn’t take long to see how big it would become—and how much money they could make with it. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchool Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Twitter: @chrisguillebeau To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

As we kick off a new week, I'd like to be the first to welcome you to Sadisle School.

0:12.8

My name is Chris Gillabo.

0:14.2

Every day on the program I'm telling true stories of people who find ways to make money.

0:18.1

Not just anyways, but creative ways, accessible ways, things that perhaps you have never thought

0:21.7

of.

0:22.7

My hope in telling these stories is that you will be inspired.

0:25.2

Not just inspired, but you might have a practical step.

0:27.4

You might know what to do next, or at least you might be able to point to the right direction.

0:31.2

You might be able to say, you know what, if so and so can do this, maybe I can too.

0:34.8

At least I can get a little bit closer to the goals I believe in.

0:37.8

Today's featured hustlers were in the first wave of college students to use Facebook.

0:41.9

It didn't take long to see how big it would become and how much money they could make with it.

0:46.2

The story I'm going to tell you today is kind of a gold rush story, a moment in time story.

0:50.8

You can't really do the same thing now that these people did, at least not in the same way.

0:54.8

So why tell the story?

0:57.1

It reminds me of some other stories I've told you, like the rise and fall of bird supplies.com.

1:01.2

That was one of my favorites from episode 618 that chronicled the early days of an e-commerce

1:06.0

site many years ago.

1:07.8

So this is sort of a historical artifact kind of story.

1:10.5

Why do I tell it to you?

1:11.6

Because the whole point of side of school is to be helpful.

1:14.1

Well, I tell you because the world is constantly changing.

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