The Side Hustle Project

In today’s episode, we’re talking to Michele Romanow, a seasoned entrepreneur who grew her side hustle in the daily deals space to more than $500,000 in revenue in just 3 months.

She’d later go on to acquire 10 of her competitors in this industry and sell the company to Groupon for an undisclosed amount. Now, Michele is a judge and investor on the tv show, Dragon’s Den, which is Canada’s equivalent to the hit show Shark Tank.

Michele also recently launched a new company called Clearbanc, that’s aiming to give modern, hassle-free financial services to the self-employed, freelancers, independent contractors and entrepreneurs.

Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Freshbooks: Cloud accounting for freelancers, solopreneurs and side hustlers.

In today’s episode, we’re talking to Pat Flynn, the owner of Smart Passive Income, one of the world’s most popular blogs and podcasts about running an online business.

He’s also the Wall Street Journal bestseller of Will It Fly, his book that’s designed to teach you how to test your business idea so you don’t waste time and money.

Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Freshbooks: Cloud accounting for freelancers, solopreneurs and side hustlers.

In this first episode of The Side Hustle Project, I want to talk to you about the importance of having a side hustle—why it’s no longer just a "nice-to-have" in today’s world, regardless of what your goals are for it.

If you want your side hustle to grow into a full-time business eventually, great. Getting started early is a must.

Building up the stability and predictability of your side income helps you mitigate the risk for when you finally axe your full-time income.

But even if you don’t want to leave the stability of your day job, one of the best ways to save more money each month for vacations, making a downpayment on a home or otherwise—is too well, earn more outside of just your day job.

We’re talking about all of the unexpected benefits that having a side hustle can bring you and what running your own side project will teach you about yourself.

Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Freshbooks: Cloud accounting for freelancers, solopreneurs and side hustlers.

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