#928 - Handkerchief Side Hustle Becomes Million-Dollar Blowout
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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When a new mom quits her job to stay home with her daughter, she ends up building a seven-figure online store. Meanwhile, her husband documents their success with a six-figure website of his own.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that the most successful e-commerce products are not high-tech gadgets? |
| 0:14.4 | They're practical items that most people never think about until they need them. |
| 0:18.5 | Case in point, the hairbrush tool, known as the Knot Genie, we featured in episode 831. |
| 0:24.3 | That was a seven figure success, and today I have another one of those for you. |
| 0:29.2 | Not another Knot Genie, another seven figure success. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome to Sadistle School, my name is Chris Gillibow. |
| 0:34.3 | When a new mom quits her job to stay home with her daughter, she ends up building an online |
| 0:38.4 | store to replace her income. |
| 0:40.2 | It cost $630 to get started, and now brings in more than a million dollars a year. |
| 0:46.3 | Meanwhile, her husband documents their success with a six figure website of his own. |
| 0:50.9 | Their topic of choice is personalized handkerchiefs. |
| 0:53.6 | That's right, it's an age-old technology that brings in hefty bank deposits every single |
| 0:58.2 | day. |
| 0:59.2 | Stay tuned for handkerchief side hustle becomes a million dollar blowout. |
| 1:05.2 | When Steven and Jennifer Chow were expecting their first child, they both agreed that parenting |
| 1:18.1 | would be their number one priority. |
| 1:19.9 | That's why Jennifer chose to quit her job and be a stay-at-home mom. |
| 1:24.0 | But it wasn't an easy decision. |
| 1:25.4 | Jennifer was well on track for a lucrative career in finance. |
| 1:28.7 | She'd been working as an analyst for a Fortune 500 company for 10 years and was bringing |
| 1:32.4 | in a six figure salary. |
| 1:34.5 | Furthermore, the Chow's lived in Silicon Valley, where the cost of living is ridiculously high. |
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