#984: Prank Potato Parcels Produce Promising Profits
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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A corporate employee draws inspiration from Reddit to create a spudtactular viral success.
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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 LifeStages23. |
| 0:39.2 | Welcome friends, listeners, community. |
| 0:40.6 | It's got an amazing story for you today. |
| 0:43.0 | We could call it how to make $80,000 sending potatoes in the mail. |
| 0:48.1 | True story, just like every story on the program. |
| 0:50.2 | I love working on a side hustle school because I hear about all kinds of stuff I never |
| 0:53.6 | would have imagined or could have believed in some ways. |
| 0:58.0 | So first of all, can you really do that? |
| 0:59.5 | Can you send a potato in the mail? |
| 1:01.6 | I'm not talking about putting a potato in a box and sitting in the mail. |
| 1:05.7 | Can you send a potato in the mail just by itself? |
| 1:08.0 | It turns out you can, as long as it has proper postage. |
| 1:10.6 | You can put a stamp on a potato and send it in the mail. |
| 1:13.6 | But how do you go from there to the $80,000? |
| 1:15.7 | Well, that's what this story is all about. |
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