Ep. 3236 - First $1,000: Turning Cable Chaos into Magnetic Profit
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Tired of cables dangling each time your standing desk rises? A quick TikTok clip of magnetic rails snapping cords into place sparked a rush of orders for this savvy side hustler.
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 | If you ever shop online, which, let's be real, who doesn't, you already understand how important |
| 0:05.6 | customer reviews are. You know this as a consumer, right? You always check the reviews before you buy |
| 0:10.1 | something and your customers are checking reviews as well. That's why if you run an e-commerce |
| 0:14.7 | business, reviews have an enormous impact on your business and you want to level up your business |
| 0:19.0 | to get better reviews. You can do that with |
| 0:21.1 | our longtime partner ShipStation. It is a fantastic service that has served so many of our listeners |
| 0:26.7 | as well. I highly recommend it while your customers and get rave reviews with cheaper, |
| 0:31.2 | faster, and better shipping. Upgrade to ShipStation today to get a 60 day free trial at shipstation.com |
| 0:37.2 | and use code hustle. No credit card or |
| 0:39.7 | contract required and you can cancel any time. That's shipstation.com code hustle. |
| 0:48.2 | Lemonada. |
| 0:52.9 | Today we're going to hear from a user experience designer who loves a clean workspace |
| 1:01.0 | but hates crawling under the desk with zip ties. Have you ever tried to organize a bunch of |
| 1:05.9 | cables around your desk? You've got the computer cables and speaker cables and, you know, all the |
| 1:11.9 | peripherals and all the USB devices and all that stuff that we all have these days. |
| 1:16.5 | Well, mine is actually not super organized because I also don't like crawling under the desk. |
| 1:20.8 | And I would like it to look nicer, but I want it to happen kind of magically without a whole lot |
| 1:25.5 | of work on my part. |
| 1:28.8 | Maybe this guy that we're going to hear from today has found my solution. Instead of firing up a 3D printer, he goes online. |
| 1:35.1 | He looks around for metal fabrication shops. Within a week, he finds a Michigan vendor who's willing |
| 1:40.9 | to laser cut, powder coat, and basically create this whole invention that he has an |
| 1:47.7 | idea for. He drafts a sketch, kind of outlines how it's supposed to look, and finds this supplier, |
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