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This is the side hustle revolution | Nicaila Matthews Okome

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Business, Modupe Akinola, Ted Business Podcast, Business Leadership Podcast, Ted Talks Business, Ted Modupe, Ted Talks

41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

We’re seeing more and more full-time work replaced with part-time jobs, contract work, side gigs. “The term side hustle just seems to fit with this ethos where people are putting together a few different things to make a living,” says Nicaila Matthews Okome. Nicaila is the host of Side Hustle Pro, a podcast that spotlights Black female entrepreneurs. And in this talk she introduces us to the entrepreneurial spirit inside today’s side hustle revolution.

Is a side hustle right for you? How do you decide what it should be? Stick around after the talk, for a little guidance from Corey and Modupe.

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0:00.0

Ted Audio Collective.

0:02.5

So I'm Corey Hagem, Ted's business curator, and I'm here with the host of Ted Business.

0:17.4

That would be Madupe Aganola.

0:19.5

That's you.

0:20.5

That's me.

0:21.5

Okay, Madupe, I think we've got a fun thing to talk about today.

0:25.4

We're going to talk about side hustles.

0:27.3

Okay.

0:28.3

Our speaker today, Nikaela Matthewsakome, is going to tell us what a side hustle is,

0:33.1

but I'll give you a little bit of insight.

0:35.4

It's not really a second job.

0:37.4

It's more of a passion that you have.

0:40.9

It's not something you necessarily have to do to stay afloat.

0:44.7

It's something you want to do.

0:46.6

Got it.

0:47.6

I'd have to say I've had side hustles since I was a kid.

0:52.7

My favorite side hustle, which makes my older sister laugh so hard, is remember back

0:57.0

in the day when people had friendship bracelets, you'd make those friendship bracelets out

1:00.8

of that string or whatever.

1:02.3

A hundred percent, like seventh grade?

1:06.0

To have my hustle and the type of money I made, it was high school-ish for me.

1:11.0

This was the time in the African-American community, so in Harlem, where the kind of

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