Ep. 3180 - First $1,000: Foot Traffic Nerd Turns Public Data Into Paid Service

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, hear how a data enthusiast built foot traffic reports for small landlords and local businesses, using public tools and smart packaging.

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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0:00.0	business owners are built differently and there's nothing more satisfying than your business keeping up with you.
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0:38.6	Shipstation.com code hustle. Once again, Shipstation.com code hustle. Lemonada. But traffic nerd turns public data into paid service.
1:00.0	That's what we're talking about today.
1:01.6	Welcome back to Sightustle School.
1:03.1	Welcome to first $1,000.
1:05.5	This is our segment.
1:06.4	It comes out every Monday.
1:07.1	It's about how somebody goes from IDEA to making $1,000 or more. And I do this because it's cool to hear how people make lots of money, but most listeners who are new to the world of side hustles, you need to learn how to make $500, $1,000, something like that, because then you'll see it's actually not that much more difficult to go and make $2,000, $5,000000, 10,000, and beyond. So how do you go from
1:29.4	that first idea to making it happen? Today's story comes from Orange County, California.
1:34.4	A data-savvy local finds a way to monetize his skill and also help small businesses make
1:40.2	smarter decisions in the process. So we're going to hear more about that from Sandeep.
1:45.2	He earned his first $1,000 in just a few weeks. He's gone on to do more. He's got more requests
1:50.2	coming in. So let's consider how he did it or let's listen and perhaps absorb something.
1:54.8	This might give somebody an idea out there or it might just kind of give us a little nudge,
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