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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3239 - TBT: This Tiny Spreadsheet Tool Pays the Rent

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Throwback Thursday segment, meet a side hustler who built a simple browser-based spreadsheet tool. It earns enough to cover his rent each month!

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

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0:05.6

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0:10.1

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0:14.7

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0:19.0

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0:39.7

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0:48.2

Lemonada.

0:52.9

Tomorrow we have a listener question coming out about a freelancer who's using AI tools,

1:02.6

just like so many people are these days.

1:05.0

And he's wondering if he needs to disclose that to his clients.

1:08.8

We'll talk about that in some more detail tomorrow.

1:12.3

But I was thinking about it because today, today's story, we have a software developer in Colorado who makes a specific tool. It is a

1:19.1

browser-based CSV converter. Basically takes spreadsheet files and cleans up exports from a real estate system. So basically, real estate agents

1:30.6

use this system and he has found a way to clean it up, make their lives easier. He profits from it.

1:36.3

It makes perfect sense. He's solving a problem. He's providing a remedy or a solution to a need.

1:42.2

And today it runs mostly on autopilot. The creator says it now reliably

1:46.1

pays his rent each month. So pretty cool story. This is our throwback Thursday segment where we take a look

1:52.2

at someone whose story has evolved since we first featured them. Last week, we heard how a fitness fan

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