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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3238 - STORY: Agricultural Teacher Earns $200,000 Selling Lesson Plans

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

After creating course materials for a forgotten group of educators, this agricultural teacher now earns a significant income from a growing business.   

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

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

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0:21.1

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0:26.7

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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.

0:53.3

Agricultural teacher earns $200,000 selling lesson plans.

1:02.3

Welcome back, friends.

1:03.6

Welcome back to Seidustle School, Chris Gillebeau, your host here.

1:06.6

Got a great story for you today.

1:08.0

After creating course materials for a forgotten group of educators,

1:12.2

this agricultural teacher now earns a significant income from a growing business.

1:17.6

This reminds me a bit of a story from our first year that was also featured in the side hustle book,

1:23.0

Meredith Floyd Preston, a Waldorf teacher who designs curriculum for other teachers.

1:28.4

And in both these stories, you can ask the question, how did they identify the need? And ultimately, both these

1:33.7

individuals had the need themselves. Teachers have to spend a lot of time preparing, typically.

1:39.5

And in the Waldorf system, there's even more of a burden on teachers because they're not

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