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Never Take On Side-Hustle Debt
To avoid having to work for years before turning a profit, start a side hustle you can fund through savings or that you don't need to fund. Provide a service that only requires the tools you already have.
Prove to yourself that there is a market -- and that you can serve that market -- before you take on any debt. If you can't find a way to start your side hustle without going into debt, find a different idea.
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See Your Side Hustle as "Me Time"
When choosing your side hustle, pick something you want to do, be or achieve, and actively work toward it. Not only will you enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes with progressing toward a goal but you'll also feel better about yourself and your life.
See your si...
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Only Spend Money On Actual Efficiency
Avoid spending money before you actually have demand for what you are acquiring.
Allow yourself to be inefficient until you have enough work to make greater efficiency truly matter.
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Always Default To Action
Spend some time planning. Then spend a lot more time doing. If you're unsure, do something -- and then react appropriately.
It's easy to think and plan and evaluate yourself out of ever starting a side hustle. See starting a side business as the grand experiment it is. Never forge...
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Don't Spend Money The Customer Won't See
If you want to spend on something that doesn’t affect the customer, give up on it.
Spend what money you have where it makes a real difference to your customers -- because without customers, you don't have a side hustle.
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Dream Big, But Focus Small
Rather than finding a way to make a million dollars, find a way to serve a million customers. Start small and prospect where you have a reasonable chance of success.
Along the way you'll learn and build a customer base. Later, you can leverage that customer base -- and everyth...
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Follow a Strict Side-Hustle Schedule
Decide how many hours you think you can spend a day on your side hustle. Then add 25 to 50 percent to that number, write it down and commit to that schedule.
See the schedule you create for your startup the same way you see your schedule for your current job -- a...
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Only do What Generates Revenue
You may need to spend some time on admin and infrastructure. But you don't need fancy spreadsheets, comprehensive reports, a catchy brand or a mission statement.
Successful side-hustlers focus on selling and working. Anything else is time taken away from generating revenue.
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Don't Use a Side Hustle as An Excuse
If you just want something -- and there's nothing wrong with that -- don't use starting a side hustle as an excuse to buy it.
Plenty of failed side-hustlers admit they started their business as a way to rationalize the purchase of something they had always wanted to own.
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Consistently Crush Your Full-Time Job.
Don’t be tempted to think about, dwell on, or even work on your side hustle when you're at your full-time job, because this is wrong and may cost you your job. When you start a side hustle aim to be great at your full-time job and your side hustle.
So even before you start your side ...
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Tips On Running a Side Hustle
- Before you plunge headfirst into a passion project, do your research.
- Spend time online to see what others are doing
- Keep initial costs low by using a free website builder and advertising on social media.
- Ensure your company’s policies don’t ban freelance work.
The Side Hustle
- A side hustle is when you continue to earn money, putting food on the table, and from your savings and the free time you have, build something that can have some value much beyond the time and money it took to build. Example: You can use your late evenings and weekends writing a book or...
Validate Your Side Hustle
Your side hustle idea may seem awesome and disruptive to you, but your potential customers will likely ignore it like most “brilliant ideas” or even not have a need for it. So, ensure you're not creating a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, as this is one of the top causes of startup failu...
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