Ep. 3000 - STORY: “Pocket Monkey” Tool Sells 500,000 Units
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
After getting locked out of his apartment, a software engineer creates a pocket tool that goes on to sell 500,000 units and employ 17 people.
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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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.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:00.0 | Calm the chaos of order fulfillment with the shipping software that delivers. Switch to ShipStation |
| 0:05.1 | today. Go to Shipstation.com and use code side hustle to sign up for your free trial. That's |
| 0:11.1 | Shipstation.com code side hustle. Every side hustler needs the right tools. Meet JLab, |
| 0:17.5 | wireless keyboards, mice, and headsets that work as hard as you do. |
| 0:21.5 | From crystal clear calls to seamless multitasking, JLab has your workflow covered. |
| 0:26.5 | Look for the blue box at retailers everywhere or shop JLab wireless keyboards and mice, |
| 0:30.8 | webcams, and headsets at JLab.com. |
| 0:34.0 | Don't forget to use code hustle for 15% off your order today. |
| 0:40.5 | Lemonada. |
| 0:45.3 | Listeners, before we begin the story today that I'm going to tell you in this episode, |
| 0:53.0 | I just want to acknowledge something that is truly incredible, at least for me it is incredible. |
| 0:58.3 | We've been making this podcast for 3,000 episodes, 3,000 days in a row, in fact. |
| 1:05.2 | Way back on January 1, 2017, I started the podcast. I committed to doing it for a year. |
| 1:13.5 | That was, well, 365 days, to be precise. And then we went into the second year and then the third and fourth. And we just kind of |
| 1:18.6 | kept going. And I did that because people were listening and interested and they liked the |
| 1:23.5 | stories. And we've changed the format a couple of times. But we've always kept it consistent |
| 1:27.3 | with that daily episode less than 10 minutes long, focused on helping you create extra income |
| 1:32.8 | without quitting your job. So at the outset of this episode, I just want to say thank you so much. |
| 1:37.6 | I try to say thank you for listening and being part of the community pretty often, |
| 1:41.2 | but especially on a day like today. It is a milestone episode. Big thanks as well to |
| 1:46.3 | Chuck Reed, our producer. He has been audio editing, doing a bunch of other stuff for the |
| 1:51.5 | majority of the episodes for several years now. And I really appreciate you as well. So let's get into |
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