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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3447 - Q&A: “How can I sell flash cards to pharmacy students?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

This listener has made a set of flash cards to help pharmacy students memorize generic drug names, but is having a hard time finding her market. What should she try?


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0:00.0

How can you sell flashcards to pharmacy students?

0:11.3

I like to hear different business ideas from our listeners.

0:14.4

Today, a caller has made a set of flashcards to help pharmacy students.

0:19.2

Pharmacy students have to memorize all sorts of information,

0:21.6

just like all kinds of med students, other students. In the case of pharmacy studies, they're

0:27.5

trying to learn generic drug names, brand names, probably some other stuff as well. But this person

0:32.4

is having a hard time finding her market. The product is called pharmacus. And, you know, we've been talking from

0:39.7

time to time about how do you find your ideal customer? How do you understand who your ideal

0:44.3

customer is? First of all, like who is best suited for the product or service that you're

0:48.6

going to make. And sometimes people worry that the market they've chosen is too small.

0:53.5

Usually you should have the opposite worry that you're trying to reach so many people that your offer isn't specific enough.

0:59.8

So today, let's talk about this listener or let's hear their question.

1:03.4

Let's try to figure out what she can try, like what might be helpful for her.

1:07.2

And for you out there, if you're like, okay, I'm trying to figure out what my idea is, but also who's

1:11.4

the ideal customer for it, how do I create the right service and product for them?

1:15.0

Hopefully this will give you a little step or a nudge in the right direction.

1:18.4

Detailed question and my answer coming right up.

1:33.3

Hi, Chris. My name is Noor. I've been watching side hustle's quotes since late 2017. My side hustle is PharmaQ's, which is a set of flashcards that use mnemonics and pictures to make it easier to memorize branded generic drug names.

1:40.3

I have them up on Etsy for now just to test the waters. My question for you is how do I

1:46.3

find and market to a very specific and small audience? My product really only is for pharmacy and

1:51.5

pharmacy technician students, and it's a lot harder than I thought it would be to find interested

1:55.1

people. Do you have any advice? Thank you so much. Bye.

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