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Side Hustle School

Ep. 2980 - TBT: Production Assistant Specializes in Props Sourcing

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Throwback Thursday segment, we hear from a Vancouver production assistant who built a side hustle around sourcing hard-to-find props. Discover how filling an unusual niche brought steady work and new credibility in a competitive industry.

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Production assistant specializes in prop sourcing.

0:49.7

Hey friends, what's up?

0:50.8

Welcome back to Sight Usful School.

0:52.2

Welcome as well to Throwback Thursday.

0:54.6

In this segment, we take an in-depth look at someone whose story has evolved since we first

0:58.4

feature them. It's fun to go back and do a little blast from the past. Last week, we heard from a

1:03.4

Toronto freelancer who turned scattered editing gigs into a specialized agency serving fitness

1:10.1

creators. So they found their niche,

1:12.3

they found a way to get specialized, and they actually created sustainable monthly income.

1:16.9

So it's often a good strategy to achieve that particular goal. Now today in our latest feature,

1:21.2

we're going to continue with a Canadian theme. We will hear from a Vancouver production

1:25.7

assistant who built this side hustle specifically around

1:28.6

sourcing hard to find props. So in the film industry, which is big in Vancouver, you need people

1:34.4

to do all kinds of things. They're often in various production roles, but they're doing lots of

1:38.4

stuff. And this person has been able to focus or specialize on finding props for film and TV shows. So let's hear about how

1:46.4

meeting this gap brought steady work and new credibility in a competitive field. We're going to hear

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