John Logar is the king of pre-selling software. As one of The Foundation’s top students, he’s broken all their records and even broken the mold on some of the methods they teach.

In fact, he sold $120k worth of software within his first 6 months of joining the program.

Since he was already a consultant, doing idea extraction and finding pain points for businesses was second nature. He just knew nothing about software before so just added a new weapon to his arsenal. (Without learning how to program.)

He’s a natural born salesman if there ever was one.

On this call we get into just one of his pre-sales successes, but they follow a similar pattern: identifying an expensive pain, and solving it with software.

It’ll definitely get your gears turning!

Full Show Notes: $120K in Pre-Sales in 6 Months With No List

How can you turn what you already know into an online income stream? Or better yet, a recurring online income stream?

Long-time Side Hustle Show listener Steven Foust is a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) and Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) who recently left his corporate executive position to pursue his online side hustles full-time.

His primary side hustle is NCOonFire.com, where he helps army soldiers get promoted faster and earns $14k a month in the process.

Tune in to this Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

Full Show Notes: How I Built a 6-Figure Online Business, Starting as a Side Hustle

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Pallet flipping is a popular "buy low, sell high" side hustle.

When you return a product to Costco, Amazon, or Walmart, it doesn’t always go back to the shelves. In most cases, that product ends up at a local liquidator that resells it to side hustlers, who then flip it for profit.

Jamie McAuley has been doing just that for the past few years, and he’s earned over $25k in profit in the process.

Jamie is one half of the dynamic duo behind the Jamie and Sarah YouTube channel, where they cover all things return pallets, furniture flipping, and more.

Tune in to this Side Hustle Show interview to learn:

Full Show Notes: Pallet Flipping: How We Made $25k Flipping Liquidation Pallets

Listener Bonus: The Best Items to Flip for a Profit

Starting a recruiting business can be a lucrative side hustle, especially if you love playing matchmaker.

Jon Chintanaroad knows the recruiting business inside and out, having worked for staffing agencies before starting and selling his own recruiting business.

Today, he helps hundreds of other people start and expand their own profitable recruiting businesses at Recruiting Accelerator.

Tune in to episode 568 of The Side Hustle Show to learn:

Full Show Notes: How to Start a Recruiting Business and Earn $10-20k Per Hire

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"To build income you can hustle, but to build wealth you need to build something that doesn’t require your hands."

That's what this week's guest told me, and then walked me down an interesting path in building that elusive "hands-free" business. His angle?

Product licensing.

Product licensing is essentially selling your ideas to larger companies for a percentage of future sales. You don't have to worry about the design, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or anything outside an initial pitch and perhaps a prototype.

Stephen Key is a master of this and has been doing it decades. He's the author of One Simple Idea, the bestselling licensing book, and the founder of InventRight.

In this conversation, Stephen shares how you can get started in product licensing without any big upfront investment, how to protect your intellectual property without a patent, and how to get big companies to take you seriously.

Full Show Notes and Free Bonus: Turn Your Ideas into Recurring Revenue

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With a ton of ways for people to make money, Amazon is at the center of lots of side hustles these days.

The innovative—if not controversial—Seattle company still has its core retail business, but has expanded in many different directions. For entrepreneurs, side hustlers, and everyone else looking to earn some extra cash, Amazon probably has an option for you.

In fact, I have several Amazon-related income streams myself!

It's the 4th most popular website in the country, and 13th most popular in the entire world. That means there's a huge volume of traffic--and buyers--visiting every day.

Let's dive in and explore some of the many ways to make money on Amazon.

Full Show Notes: 20 Ways to Make Money on Amazon

AI is rapidly revolutionizing the business landscape, offering a wide range of benefits from task automation to better customer service.

Despite concerns about job displacement and ethical considerations, I’m curious to learn what tools are out there and how we can best use them to work smarter and drive better results.

To help with that, I’ve crowdsourced some wisdom from Side Hustle Show listeners on how you’re using AI in your businesses, and you delivered big time.

Stick around to hear creative suggestions on how you can boost your side hustle using AI tools or ignite a new income stream altogether.

Ready? Let’s do it!

Full Show Notes: 27 Ways to Use AI in Your Business

This week’s guest learned how to tap into the massive viewership of YouTube and make viral, cash-flowing videos on autopilot.

Tony Lysandrides runs several YouTube channels, and what’s unique about his videos is he’s not on them. They’re faceless videos intentionally engineered for virality.

Tony now brings in up to $14k a month in ad revenue from his videos. With a little practice and a little patience, there’s no reason you can’t do the same.

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

Full Show Notes: YouTube Automation: Up to $14k a Month w/ Faceless Viral Videos

I love a good rental business: buy something once and get paid for it over and over again.

It’s a cool model, and this week’s guest found a creative approach to it in the mobility scooter niche.

Lenny Tim from LAMobilityScooterRentals.com is a serial side hustler and entrepreneur involved in the e-commerce and YouTube space. He built his scooter rental to $3k a month in his spare time.

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear how:

Full Show Notes and Bonus PDF: $3k a Month Renting Out Mobility Scooters Part-Time

Today, we’re doing another round of business idea giveaways with Side Hustle Show listener and serial entrepreneur Steve Chou.

Steve built not one but two 7-figure businesses — MyWifeQuitHerJob.com and BumbleBeeLinens.com — and started both as side hustles.

We did one of these episodes back in September, episode 530, so check that out if you enjoy this format.

Without further ado, let’s get into it!

Full Show Notes: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking