Advice, resources and getting started guide for home working

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.

What if you could earn $3,000 a year from a whiteboard you give away for free? John Sherman 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!)

The best side hustles for stay-at-home moms fit around nap times and school pickups: virtual assistant work, selling printables on Etsy, teaching online classes for kids, and pediatric sleep consulting. Several moms on this list started right where you are and now earn $10,000 a month. You’re far from alone. 26% of U.S. mothers didn’t ... Read more

As a teenager, you’re probably looking for every dollar you can find. Whether you’re looking to go to the movies with your friends, save money for your first car, or just pad your bank account for your next tank of gas – it can be difficult to find ways to make money as a teen. In this post, we’ll explore some of the best ways to make money as a teenager and much more.

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.