#933 - Star Wars Fan Forges Lightsaber Empire
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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An appliance repairman channels the Force and learns to make, sell, and repair lightsabers. Never tell him the odds!
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| 0:00.0 | Those of us of a certain age may look back on being a kid with nostalgia. |
| 0:12.8 | We were like, wow, wasn't it so great back then? |
| 0:15.8 | But guess what? |
| 0:16.8 | Today's kids and grown up kids have it better in a lot of ways. |
| 0:20.8 | First of all, the internet. |
| 0:22.2 | Second, video games have continued to improve. |
| 0:25.2 | Now, as you'll hear in this story, Star Wars fans can purchase their own custom working |
| 0:30.3 | lightsaber. |
| 0:31.3 | That's right, welcome to Sad Usual School, welcome to a brand new week. |
| 0:35.5 | My name is Chris Gellivo. |
| 0:36.9 | This story is all about an appliance repairman who moves into the ultra competitive world |
| 0:41.5 | of lightsaber construction. |
| 0:43.8 | And also lightsaber repair because, you know, they break. |
| 0:47.3 | He is now earning a full time living with this project, fighting the evil empire and |
| 0:50.8 | equipping fans with battle ready tools. |
| 0:54.2 | How does he get started? |
| 0:55.2 | How does he make it happen? |
| 0:56.2 | And what can we learn from the story? |
| 0:58.1 | Well, stay tuned. |
| 0:59.1 | We've got about 30 seconds and I'll tell you about the Star Wars fan forging a lightsaber |
| 1:03.1 | empire. |
| 1:04.1 | This episode is brought to you by Shopify. |
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