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- What do hermit crab food, glitter bombs, and dog sunglasses have in common? They're all real businesses making real money by solving weird, specific problems nobody else wanted to touch.
Steve Chou, from My Wife Quit Her Job, is back for his fifth appearance on the show, dating back to 2015.
He's the author of The Family First Entrepreneur, and he built two successful side hustles before leaving his day job.
This episode continues the business idea donation series Steve and I have done a few times before, the kind where we just brain-dump a bunch of fascinating, often ridiculous business ideas we've stumbled across.
Past installments include Episodes 657, 563, and 530 in the archives.
Tune in to Episode 764 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how niche pet products can quietly turn into multimillion-dollar businesses
why "waste" products like dung, lost luggage, and old furniture can become profitable inventory sources
how emotional triggers like fear, novelty, grief, and humor drive viral product sales
Full Show Notes: 17 Surprising Businesses That Can Make Millions
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About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation. 763: He Makes $3,000 a Year Every Time He Gives a Restaurant a Free Chalkboard (And He’s Done it 200+ Times)
2026/10/05 | 46 mins.What if you could earn $3,000 a year from a whiteboard you give away for free?
John Schierman of MegansDailyDish.com places free chalkboards and whiteboards in restaurants and other busy venues.
The venue uses the board for daily specials. John sells small ad spots along the bottom to local businesses.
He's placed more than 200 of these boards so far. Each one brings in around $3,000 a year.
(Check out John's Community Boards program! New students get a free 15-minute coaching call with John and a free board!)
Tune in to Episode 763 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how to place free chalkboards and whiteboards in restaurants and other high-traffic venues
how to price, sell, and fill advertiser spots around the board
how to turn one placement into a referral engine for more locations and more advertisers
Full Show Notes: He Makes $3,000 a Year Every Time He Gives a Restaurant a Free Chalkboard (And He’s Done it 200+ Times)
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Sponsors:
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Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
Monarch — Get an extended 30-day free trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.- What if the hardest part of your business isn't building the thing, but finding someone to buy it?
Ten years ago, I wrote a book called Buy Buttons. The premise: instead of building a store or website and hoping somebody finds it, go set up shop where the traffic already is, where buyers are already buying.
The book covered over 300 platforms and marketplaces across niches. A decade later, I wanted to revisit the idea.
Are those platforms tapped out? What new ones have shown up? And does the same principle work offline?
This episode is a tour through the legacy platforms that are still thriving, the newer marketplaces that could be the next big wave, and a few examples of entrepreneurs applying the same strategy in the physical world.
Tune in to Episode 762 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
which "legacy" buy buttons platforms from 2016 are still worth building on today
newer marketplaces like Whatnot, Outschool, and Teachers Pay Teachers that didn't exist (or weren't obvious) a decade ago
how to apply the buy buttons strategy offline, from mobile coffee carts to vending machines
Full Show Notes: Buy Buttons, 10 Years Later
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Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
Monarch — Get an extended 30-day free trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation. - The ACT is a college entrance exam used by many colleges to rank students applying to their schools. The subject matter covers English grammar, reading comprehension, math, and science.
Millions of students take the test each year and the test prep business rakes in over a billion dollars a year.
As a Side Hustle Nation reader, I want to show you how to get some of that money!
Don’t fret if you aren't a teacher. I'll give you resources to gain the skills and they cost $0.
Full Show Notes: $1000 a Week Tutoring on the Side
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Sponsors:
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Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
Monarch — Get an extended 30-day free trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation. - What if you could skip the hardest part of starting a business, the zero-to-one grind, and just buy your way into cash flow instead?
Joe Burrell runs Just Website Brokerage, where he's helped broker over 300 sales totaling more than $7 million in lifetime value.
He started buying and selling his own online businesses back in 2012 and pivoted to full-time brokering around 2018.
These days he doesn't run any businesses of his own — his expertise is entirely in guiding buyers and sellers through the deal process.
In this episode, Joe walks through real, live listings on Flippa, breaking down what the numbers mean, what red flags to watch for, and what actually makes a website or online business worth buying.
(Download Joe's State of Online Business Sales report at justwebsitebrokerage.com/2026!)
Tune in to Episode 761 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how to read a business listing's profit multiple and decide if the asking price is fair
the questions to ask before buying a content site, e-commerce store, or SaaS product
why diversification and a post-purchase plan matter more than the price tag
Full Show Notes: Shopping for Cash Flow: Buying an Online Business in 2026
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Sponsors:
Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
Monarch — Get an extended 30-day free trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
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The entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers creative ways to make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
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