Ep. 3069 - Q&A: “I’m ready to sell my side hustle—how do I do it?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
How do you sell your side hustle without getting shortchanged? In this episode, we break down how to value your business, find the right buyer, and make a smooth exit.
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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 | The power of Dell AI with Intel inside is transforming the world of pro sports. |
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| 0:15.7 | Lemonada |
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| 0:31.4 | I'm ready to sell my side hustle. How do I do it? How do you sell a side hustle without getting shortchanged? How can you get long changed? I don't think that's actually a word. |
| 0:35.3 | I just thought of it because people say shortchanged. |
| 0:41.9 | Basically, how can you make the most money possible? How can you value your business, find the right buyer, and make a smooth exit? Now, that's usually the kind of thing that you think of for a |
| 0:46.6 | startup founder or a company. You know, they're making their exit. They get acquired by a larger |
| 0:51.1 | company. But we have seen over the years a number of side hustlers also build projects to the point where they are then acquired. |
| 0:58.5 | I'm going to give you a couple of resources. |
| 1:00.6 | We're going to hear a question from Natalie. |
| 1:03.5 | She's built this hustle that has grown bigger than expected. |
| 1:06.6 | And now she's looking for the best way to sell it. |
| 1:09.1 | But it's also challenging. |
| 1:10.7 | Like it is a tough process because, you know, in her case, she's looking for the best way to sell it. But it's also challenging. Like it is a tough |
| 1:11.9 | process because, you know, in her case, she's not sure how to find the buyer, how to determine the |
| 1:16.2 | worth, make sure she gets the fair deal and so on. So let's break it down. What can you do? And also, |
| 1:22.4 | if you want to build your business in a way that can get acquired at some point. What are some critical steps to take? |
| 1:28.4 | Now, that could be a whole question of its own, but I'll just throw in a couple points on that |
| 1:32.2 | when I respond to Natalie. I always want to give you something helpful and interesting, |
| 1:36.3 | detailed question about selling your side hustle coming right up. |
| 1:41.0 | The power of Dell AI with Intel inside is transforming the world of pro sports. |
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