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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3298 - STORY: Rehearsal App for Actors Earns $500,000

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.8 โ€ข 3.3K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 11 January 2026

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

Not satisfied with the iPhone’s built-in Voice Recorder, a radio host and acting coach creates his own app to help actors rehearse. It goes on to earn more than $500,000.

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

It's going to be a big year. And January is when so many of us set goals for our business,

0:04.8

for all the things we want to achieve. And in a small business or a side hustle, even,

0:09.6

cash flow can make or break you. So if your money gets tied up, if your tools don't connect,

0:14.1

every decision feels unnecessarily stressful. Maybe it's time to switch to Intuit QuickBooks's

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0:43.6

Lemonada

0:44.2

A rehearsal app for actors earns $500,000.

0:57.5

That's our story today. Welcome, friends. Welcome side hustle school community. It's Chris

1:01.9

Gillebeau, your host. Something that I really believe is we are all entrepreneurs, no matter what we do for a living.

1:08.3

In other words, everybody is ultimately responsible for themselves.

1:11.4

I try to be careful about not using that word, the capital E entrepreneur word, too much.

1:15.9

It implies all sorts of things. Lots of our folks out there like, I don't want to be a startup

1:20.7

founder. Like maybe you even have a job that you like, but you also like the idea of creating

1:25.3

financial security through a side hustle or small business.

1:28.5

So, you know, ultimately we're all trying to make something for ourselves to have our own

1:33.9

independence. So essentially, entrepreneurship is about creating projects and sources of

1:38.4

income, which is the point of the show. And today's story reinforces the fact you can do all kinds

1:43.6

of things without being

1:44.6

quote unquote qualified, without taking a lot of that capital E entrepreneur risk. In fact,

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