#905 - Eco-Friendly Candles Produce Smoldering Profits
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
A married couple stumbles upon a bright idea: selling candles with reusable containers to grow plants.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a brand new week. |
| 0:10.8 | So glad you're here. |
| 0:11.8 | I've got a set of stories every single day. |
| 0:13.7 | All about somebody who's making extra money without quitting their day job. |
| 0:17.4 | All about someone who is looking within themselves, perhaps looking around at a problem in search |
| 0:22.0 | of a solution, but also looking at a skill that they have that can perhaps be adapted |
| 0:26.1 | in a new way to make money in the new economy. |
| 0:29.4 | That's what this is all about investing in yourself, empowerment, doing something for |
| 0:33.1 | your future. |
| 0:34.1 | All right. |
| 0:35.1 | Now, over here, it is WDS Week in Portland, World Domination Summit Week. |
| 0:38.6 | This is the ninth time I have hosted the event put it together with my team. |
| 0:41.9 | You can follow along, if you'd like, on my Instagram at 193 countries or along with |
| 0:46.1 | other people as well with hashtag WDS 2019. |
| 0:48.6 | That's if you're listening in real time. |
| 0:50.7 | If not, well, that was WDS Week. |
| 0:52.8 | Now, let's talk about today's story. |
| 0:54.9 | Did you know that wax candles were invented by the Egyptians around 3000 BC? |
| 1:00.6 | They have since become so appealing that the candle market in the US alone is now worth |
| 1:04.9 | over $3 billion a year. |
| 1:07.0 | That's a lot of money, and a couple in today's story is responsible for some of that figure. |
| 1:12.2 | After moving to the dark winners of Ohio, they stumble upon a bright idea, a bright idea |
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