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🗓️ 13 January 2025
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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we meet a repair enthusiast who’s giving gently used items a second life. He shares how he created a repair and resale business with unique product stories, quickly reaching his first $1,000.
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0:22.4 | Lemonada. |
0:27.1 | The high profit second life of thrifted goods. Welcome, friends. Welcome to Side Ussel |
0:36.5 | School. Welcome to our first $1,000 segment. We do this |
0:40.3 | once a week. It's all about how somebody made their first $1,000, and often they go on to earn a lot more |
0:44.7 | than $1,000. Just to be clear, we want people to make a lot of money. I mean, that's the goal, |
0:49.1 | right? Not just a little bit of money, but a lot of money. Nevertheless, understanding how somebody makes their first thousand dollars is key to understanding how you can do the same and then go on from there to make |
0:58.9 | your first or your next $10,000, $100,000 and more. We have profiled so many six-figure side hustles, |
1:05.6 | multiple six-figure side hustles, sometimes seven figures. And it all starts with being able to have a product or a service, |
1:12.2 | some kind of offer, something that people purchase. So that's why we like to go back and look at |
1:16.4 | the origin story, the very early origin story of something that is a big success. So with that in |
1:22.0 | mind, today we're going to meet a repair enthusiast who's giving gently used items a second life. |
1:27.1 | And he shares how he created a repair and resale's giving gently used items a second life, and he shares how he |
1:28.2 | created a repair and resell trade with unique product stories quickly reaching that first $1,000 |
1:33.6 | point. I'm excited for this one. His name is Eli. Let's hear Eli's story. I'll come back at the |
1:38.7 | end with a few words of wrap up. What a holiday season it has been. I'm very glad it's over myself. I'm excited about the new year. |
1:48.0 | Whatever your experience was like, I hope you are now finding some calm in the chaos. |
1:52.4 | And you know what can help with that? Our long-term partnership station. They've been with us for |
1:56.9 | seven years, helping many of our listeners. I get emails all the time from listeners with |
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