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Bavarianbarbarian

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Has anyone *actually* created a successful side-hustle?

Owning rental properties, laundromats, coaching, multi-level marketing, Scientology, OnlyFans, donating kidneys, whattaya got?

Career tenure is feeling more and more unstable, even reps hitting quota at growing companies are getting laid off.

I like the idea of a 2nd stream of income (or business) to give my family and me stability 

but the challenge is, in a commission role, everything else just seems like less profitable work -- compared with focusing on chasing deals and hitting multiples 

have any experience to share, savages? 
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Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
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ERP Sales
Starting renting out a lot of wedding items, most of it is stuff we bought for our wedding. Couple hundred bucks a weekend over summer, nothing life changing.
jefe
Arsonist
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That's a great idea and is a solid way to have some extra fun money.
jefe
Arsonist
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Really curious to hear about any successful ones. I don't have one, but haven't really tried.

I do know that 'passive income' is rarely ever passive, so totally understand where you're coming from.
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
3
Sales
My kids did a lemonade stand this year. Lost 120 bucks on it. That’s my side hustle.
Bavarianbarbarian
Executive
0
Enterprise Account Executive
Not bad for a day’s work
thisdoesntexist
Executive
2
Sales Consultant
Working on sidehustle while looking for a new job, freelance sales but now I have conflicts of interest to contend with. So thinking of designing an asynchronous course or something that doesn’t conflict with any future employers. Gotta always have something to fall back on…
BitcoinAddict
Opinionated
2
AE
I actually started my own Substack recently and got 20 subscribers but all are free, plan is to eventually monetize it but tough to get any traffic since most sales communities have strict rules against posting your blog link.
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Yes, it is completely outside of sales and we're busy as hell for ~6 months every weekend with it. And then when winter hits we calm down to almost a standstill
cw95
Politicker
2
Head of SDR
Why don't you take an interest/hobby of yours and start showcasing it on social media? Might grow, might not, never know.

I for one love craft beer so around 2 years ago I set up an Instagram review page...had a couple hundred follows, didn't care for it that much but it started to organically grow, now I have a fair amount of followers compared to who I follow. Sometimes breweries send me their new beers to review.

I don't make money from it yet, but the aim is to naturally grow it due to me finding it fun and then when it gains way more interest it may bring in some pocket money, never know.
ppg
Catalyst
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All around good guy
I have built a Real Estate on the side with a partner. I work that at night and weekends, sometimes mornings if I’m not too busy or need to take the time.

We have 20 units under management and 14 self-storage units as well.

I have a property manager that I pay 5% of gross as well as all service calls to take care of them tenants while I work my sales magic or sleep at night. So I don’t have to take calls or shit from the tenants.

Haven’t monetized yet per say, but it’s for retirement. That’s how I see it.
lowhangersalesbanger
Executive
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Account Executive
I was donating kidneys but by the third one they started asking how I was sourcing them.
TennisandSales
Politicker
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Head Of Sales
depends on what you really want and how much effort and money you want to dump into it to start.

rental properties is a pretty legit one, but its not "Passive" and you need money to get it going.

there are small things like buying shit off of facebook / yard sales and flipping it for profit
fuzzy
Notable Contributor
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CMO (Chief Meme Officer)
I own rentals and airbnbs. I also play the stock market.

About to liquidate and move everything to a different state.
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Owner
Started doing a bdr as a service end of 2022, we do about $50k/m now
ClosingSpeed
Personal Narrative
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Account Executive/Sales Practice Lead
Not sure if I have seen someone with my own eyes create a successful side hustle. I see a lot of pretenders on social media who have "all the answers". The reality is that anything that is created takes time to build as you are the brand and folks have to buy into "you". I like this question because I always tell myself I would like to start a side hustle but often sike myself out from doing it.
saasdatass
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
Not sure what successful means to you but I made 8k in upwork
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Supplier Manager
Check out MyTextMate.com to see my side hustle. MyTextMate was invented by a student at UCF who suffered from ADHD. A computer science major, he patented a utility that retrieves reminder data from any data source and converts it to a text message. He ended up graduating a semester early.
Imagine waking up and getting a text message with reminders from your personal Google calendar and your work Outlook calendar as well as your child's school calendar. You can configure reminders for any day of the week or time of the day.
Currently we are focused on the college student experience, helping them reduce stress by staying on top of their assignment and test due dates. We are currently integrated with Canvas learning management system, but we can connect with any application that generates email or push notifications.
If all works well, I am employee number three, but my primary source of income at the moment is unemployment insurance. Side gig is a sprint at the moment. More to come...
Gasty
Notable Contributor
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War Room Community Manager
Hi @Bavarianbarbarian,

Welcome to the WR, great first post. This is Gasty - WR Community Manager.

I wanted to highlight a few points before I get to your post:

WR is an anonymous sales community where you'll find some of the best Sales people and their advice is pure gold! Going anon will help you get the most out of this platform and I see that you got it covered. Great job on that.

We consistently keep posting leaderboards, Fun Friday activities, who's hiring, etc.

This isn't LinkedIn so you can go as detailed as you want, just make sure that it provides value.

Also, have you checked out the commission store yet? If not, I highly recommend. We got some sweet items that you can bag. Earning those points is also fairly easy. Keep posting, commenting, and engaging here. Upvotes get you commission points.

Now to talk about the post:

I think teaching Sales is a side hustle I'd love to get behind. I have done some sessions but might scale that in the future.
Stock Market?

Getting into a Product led business along with a stable job, is a little tough I think.

jefe
Arsonist
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🍁
LMAO who is downvoting Gasty!?

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