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4/11/24
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603: What Side Hustles Can You Start if You Don't Have Any Skills?

The Side Hustle Show

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- Hidden skills can be turned into profit by considering what advice people seek from you or what you could confidently teach others.

- Learning new skills can lead to new side hustle opportunities, such as becoming Salesforce certified or learning knife sharpening.

- Matchmaking is a profitable side hustle strategy, exemplified by a couple who created a lucrative cleaning service by connecting cleaners with clients.

- Leveraging trends and tools like WordPress or QuickBooks can help start a side hustle without reinventing the wheel.

- Investing time in learning practical skills can return quicker and more cost-effective benefits than traditional education.

- Businesses in a box, like vending machines or equipment rentals, allow for starting a side hustle with existing market demand without specific skills.

- Product flipping is accessible to many and can be scaled into a significant income source, as shown by a nurse who grew her flipping business to $7,000 a month.

- Low-skill, demand-based side hustles like parking lot cleanup can be an entry point for those looking to earn extra income.

- The piggyback principle encourages innovation by building new side hustles atop popular platforms and tools.

- Playing matchmaker requires effective marketing and connection management, but can result in creating a business that provides solutions without you needing to be the expert.