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Side Hustle School

#920 - Lather, Rinse, Recycle: Soapy Problem Leads to Clean Solution

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Small Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship,, Side Hustle, Entrepreneurship

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

An account manager solves the mystery of “What happens to soap after it’s used in a hotel room?”—and turns it into a sustainable side hustle. 

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0:00.0

Whether your dog is in their puppy adult or senior years, there's nothing better than

0:05.4

more years together.

0:06.8

And the best way to feed their happy healthy life is with fresh healthy food.

0:10.8

The farmer's dog makes it easy to keep your best friend healthy inside and out, with

0:15.2

fresh recipes made from real meat and veggies.

0:17.7

Their pre-portion just for your pup and delivered right to your door.

0:21.4

Help your dog live a healthy life and get 50% off your first box of real fresh food at

0:26.2

the FarmersDog.com slash Time Together 23.

0:29.6

Today on the program, we are going to unpack one of the great mysteries of life.

0:43.9

Not the Bermuda Triangle.

0:44.9

It's not the question of how come there's only one monopolist's commission.

0:48.3

It's not weird.

0:49.8

Nor is it the question of if the police arrest a mime.

0:53.4

They have to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

0:56.4

None of those, in fact, is a completely different question, different mystery, and account manager

1:01.0

solves the pondering question of what happens to soap after it's been used in a hotel room.

1:06.4

And then he turns his answer into a sustainable side hustle.

1:09.8

We're going to call it Latter Rinse Recycle.

1:12.8

So be problem leads to clean solution.

1:15.5

Some parts of it are going well, but his next step, his challenge, is increasing sales.

1:19.4

So this is profitable, but he definitely needs to increase sales further.

1:23.3

So we'll look at that a bit more at the end of this squeaky clean episode.

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