Special Feature: Fortune 500 Employee Quits Job to Store Surfboards
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In search of a side hustle, a man creates a unique way to store his wakeboards. Over the next 9 years, he turns it into a multi-million dollar company.
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| 0:00.0 | This special series of Side Usual School is brought to you by our long-time partner, ShipStation. |
| 0:05.0 | The businesses in these features know that shipping orders out on time can be tough. |
| 0:09.0 | That's why they all use ShipStation. |
| 0:11.0 | Wherever you sell, whether you're selling on your own website or any popular marketplace, |
| 0:14.0 | ShipStation brings all your orders into one simple interface. |
| 0:17.0 | Then you can create shipping labels for all the top carriers. |
| 0:19.0 | You'll ship more and less time with the best rates available. |
| 0:22.0 | Right now, try ShipStation free for 30 days, plus get a special bonus when you use the code hustle. |
| 0:27.0 | Head to shipstation.com, click the microphone at the top of the homepage and type in hustle. |
| 0:31.0 | ShipStation makes ship happen. |
| 0:34.0 | Hey, what's up? It's Chris. |
| 0:41.0 | We're going to do something a little different today, while this is, in fact, the eighth time we've done something different. |
| 0:45.0 | But it is the last time. |
| 0:47.0 | This is the conclusion of a special series we've been doing that features success stories from ShipStation customers. |
| 0:52.0 | A ShipStation has been a partner and a sponsor of Citusle School for the whole two years that we've been operating. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm very, very thankful to them, and I know that they have helped a lot of our listeners as well. |
| 1:01.0 | For this series, we went through a whole collection of stories, and it would be 50, all unpublished. |
| 1:05.0 | I think that we have ever shared here before on the show, to bring you eight of our favorites in a special series. |
| 1:10.0 | And our focus with this is on quick little stories of side hustles gone big. |
| 1:14.0 | As a reminder, not every side hustle needs to become a full-time occupation. |
| 1:17.0 | But I think it's fun and inspiring to see how far some people are able to go. |
| 1:21.0 | Each short story includes a quick tip or lesson as well. |
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