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Hey, friends, what's up?

Welcome to Side Usul School.

My name's Chris Gillibault, your host in this week's first $1,000 segment.

We're going to hear from the founder of Bravecount.

Bravecount is a subscription box for military spouses.

Love that specific market.

Obviously, a big market and an engaged market. And it's also, I don't want to say easy,

but you know how to reach that market, especially if you are one, which is basically what we're going to hear about in today's story. This is part of a feature we call your first $1,000.

Comes out every Monday typically.

And as you might surmise from the title, or as you might know already, it's about how somebody makes their first $1,000 and then beyond. How do they get to that point? How do they go from idea to creating a specific service or product that they then package in the form of an offer that somebody out there can purchase. Those are the steps to take to start your

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