The Side Hustle Activator Show

Chawlyn Mezas shares his journey from completing her Bachelor's degree in Netherlands to flying to Canada to explore the world. It was here that she went to InfoFit Personal Training school with Jay Ho and would later combine her experience as a Zumba instructor and personal trainer to eventually launch C.H.A.W Fitness. 

In 2015 she moved to the island country of Sint Maarten and started freelancing as a person trainer. In 2019 she took the plunge and opened up her gym. She's faced many adversities like a hurricane that devastated the island and have a heavy weights injure her so badly that she needed reconstructive surgery.

Through out all of this she has gone on to win the Fittest on the Rock competition and continue to pivot and adapt during COVID.

Chawlyn's a resilient individual who just shares it like it is and tells you what she thinks. If there's anything to take away from this interview it's this:

Don't be afraid to fail. Go out there and build your community today.

Marketing Director of Kocha Soft, Founder and Host of The Makeshift CMO Podcast shares his journey from being a Chemical Engineer grad to bartending to making the leap and move to another city.

According to Bruce, the biggest life hack is to move cities. This forces you out of your comfort zone and you will certainly grow. Bruce talked about how being intentional was a game changer for him. He’s been intentional with meditating daily, cutting people out when he had to (although this was tough), seeing professional help when you don’t feel like yourself and lastly in the information that you are consuming on a daily basis.

Welcome to the Side Hustle Activator Show. Today’s guest is Daisi Jo Pollard. She’s the founder of My Product Model,  a unique creative agency specializing in e-commerce product shots, videos, and copywriting for digital catalogs and advertising campaigns. I brought her on the show to find out about how she went from being the former Miss Jamaica signed to top modelling agencies like Ford, Wilhelmina and MMG to launching her side hustle on Fiverr and now running her own creative agency. Somehow she’s found the time to be an ambassador and spokesperson for non-profits and serving on boards like the Meningitis Foundation of America. 

Music was always a part of his life because his mom was an aerobics instructor

First Big Break was when Michael’s older sister dated a DJ in high school and the guy agreed to take him under his wing.

Friend worked for a local DJ company and got him his first job in the industry. Michael worked on the sales side and eventually ended up at Caprice as a DJ.

On the side he began to organically grow

Dad’s mantra growing up was “you can’t get a good job if you don’t have a degree” As someone that doesn’t like to be told what he can’t or can do, that guaranteed that he wouldn’t get one.

As he grew his DJ’ing he started growing Man About Town Entertainment on the side.

In 2011, he was at a tipping point. He spoke to his dad and his dad told him “You know Mike you gotta make a decision and maybe this is the time. You’re young. If you think you can make it then you gotta go head first. If it doesn’t work out then you still have your whole life ahead of you.”

With that, Michael decided to pursue Man About Town Entertainment and the rest of his.
From 2011 really branching out on his own to an entertainment and events company that was booking over 115 events in 1 summer season. Until Covid but he pivoted, went on Twitch and started getting that corporate event gig money as well.

Kat Millar helps coaches and passionate entrepreneurs grow a profitable, lifestyle-friendly business doing what they love.

In this episode, Kat shares her story about taking the unconventional route, being in a girl's rock band and deep dives into the 5 Pillars To Building Your Business.

In 2004, she decided that the 9-5 world wasn't for her anymore and  wanted to be an entrepreneur.  She made the decision to leave the corporate world and become a coach and educator.

Now she helps service-providers grow a profitable business, doing what they love.

In 2020 when may businesses closed down and tried to just stay afloat he scaled rapidly to $2 Million in Revenue.

Adam Kaplan Lando, founder of Dad's Printing comes on the podcast to share his inspirational journey of entrepreneurship. Learn from his experience as a young entrepreneur starting with autograph hunting to selling snap back hats at the Skytrain to creating his own brand WTFWear and now owning a highly successful printing business in Vancouver. 

Tikiri Herath shares her journey from having $20 in her pocket and a heart full of dreams to a coveted career in the intelligence sector. She eventually pivoted and followed her true passion in writing and became an award winning author. Through her fiction and non-fiction books she's able to inspire girls around the world to chase their dreams.

Scott and Jude started their side hustle in Nov 2020 and will be making over $25,000 USD this Christmas stringing up lights for people. It's a special holiday edition episode that we've added to show you how quickly you can turn an idea into a money making machine.

Gary Jenkins is a property investor, builder and serial entrepreneur who's on a mission to help others build their dream lives. He started buying properties in his late 20s. Today, he is travelling around Australia in his custom built luxury RV while living off the income from his property investments.