Ep. 3313 - First $1,000: “I still remember the day I hit the goal…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this week's First $1,000 segment, we hear from Jodi Carlson, who sells resources and materials for Girl Scout troop leaders.
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 | 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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| 0:44.2 | Oh yeah, I'm so excited about today's episode. |
| 0:55.5 | You're going to hear from Jody Carlson. |
| 0:57.6 | She is known to many of our longtime listeners. |
| 0:59.6 | I think I featured her in my book, 100 side hustles as well. |
| 1:03.3 | She sells resources and materials for Girl Scout troop leaders. |
| 1:07.2 | This is such a wonderful business. |
| 1:09.2 | It's been great for Jody. |
| 1:10.4 | It's been great for her customers. She sells very low-priced products, very accessible price points, and yet she's able to do well for herself. So in this episode, this is part of our first $1,000 series. We're all about how somebody gets going with their idea and how they figured out to package, figured out how to package their idea into a |
| 1:28.2 | product or service and make at least $1,000. Jody's been able to go well beyond that point. |
| 1:33.7 | But as I said, for this segment, we look at the origin story in a very practical, logistical |
| 1:37.8 | manner. Okay. Jody's in Ohio. We first featured her way, way, way, way back 3,000 episodes ago. That's crazy to say, |
| 1:46.3 | 3,000 days ago. Episode 317, Lifelong Girl Scout earns her side hustle badge and $3,500 a month. |
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