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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3418 - First $1,000: “No one in Boston could find a good pierogi…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Small Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from the co-founder of Jaju Pierogi, a line of delicious Polish snacks now stocked in hundreds of New England grocery stores.

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

Let's talk today about pierogi.

0:09.4

Are you familiar with pierogi?

0:11.1

They are delicious snacks, delicious foods.

0:14.1

They are Polish.

0:15.9

I think they're actually from a few different parts of Eastern Europe.

0:19.1

But today we'll hear specifically about Polish pierogi in Boston.

0:22.5

This is the segment known as first $1,000.

0:25.1

We're going to hear how somebody made their first $1,000.

0:27.6

Specifically today, we'll hear from the co-founder of Jaju Parogi,

0:31.2

a line of delicious Polish snacks,

0:33.3

now stocked in hundreds of New England grocery stores.

0:36.9

This is a fun episode.

0:38.4

I remember we first heard from Casey White.

0:41.4

Episode 1137, 1,137 long ago.

0:46.1

Polish-American sisters cook up parogi profits.

0:49.5

So you can hear the whole story in that episode if you'd like.

0:52.0

But let's go to the specific origin point

0:54.3

of the first $1,000. How did Casey and her sister get the idea, go from idea to income,

0:59.9

and will eventually build this huge business. So I'll mention something about the huge business at the

1:04.1

end. But let's focus on the point of origin because I want you to be able to make $1,000 and more.

1:09.8

All right. Going to pass the microphone to Casey.

1:21.6

Hello, my name is Casey and I am co-owner and co-founder of Jaju Parogi.

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