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Side Hustle School

Ep. 2928 - First $1,000: Micro-Courses for Fast Learning

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from a Minneapolis teacher who turned her knowledge of children’s stories into a series of short, actionable online courses. Robin shares how she marketed her micro-courses and earned her first $1,000.

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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1:00.8

Lemonada. A Minneapolis teacher turns her knowledge of children's stories into a series of short,

1:15.5

actionable online courses. In this episode, Robin shares how she marketed her microcourses

1:20.3

and earned her first $1,000. Welcome friends, welcome listeners, welcome everybody to our first,

1:26.5

first $1,000 segment of the year. Did that make sense?

1:30.2

First, first $1,000 segment of the year. So every week, in fact, throughout the year, we're going to be

1:35.6

repeating one of our segments from last year, well, with all new stories, of course, but I just mean the same

1:39.9

segment. It's all about how somebody makes their first $1,000, not their first $100,000. That's cool,

1:45.5

but it's a longer story usually. It's all about how somebody gets going. And one thing I have learned

1:50.7

and noticed over the years, once you begin to earn some real money, like $1,000 or more,

1:54.6

the steps required to go to the next level, $2,000, $10,000 and beyond are often easier than that first real paycheck.

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