The Financial Flipside Podcast Episode 14
Sep 23, 2018
According to a recent
Banrkate.com survey
4 in 10 Americans have side
hustles, or jobs that they work in addition to their primary source
of income. Another survey of 1,000 Americans from CreditLoan.com
found that
15% of side hustlers want to start a business of their own. If the
legions of
breathless
articles about
side hustling
are any indication, we may be
nearing a future in which everyone is living their entrepreneurial
dreams and working 50 hour weeks. Today’s episode tackles the hows
and whys of side jobs, including making friends with fear,
adjusting to irregular income, ethical side hustling, and turning
your side hustle into a full-time business.
Discussed in this episode:
- The origins of the term “side hustle” and the aestheticization of poverty
- The dark side of side hustle mania, embodied in Fivver ads
- Why are millenials so obsessed with side hustles? This article argues that it’s (mostly) the economy, silly.
- 4 questions to help you work a side job without getting fired
- How to start a side business while working your day job
- Tips for building your side business while working full time
- How to know when it’s time to make the jump to full-time entrepreneurship
- Time management for side hustlers
- You may have as many hours in the day as [insert super-accomplished public figure], but research suggests that you should spend some of them away from work.
- 9 strategies for budgeting with irregular income
- Fear is the mind killer, but it can also be an entrepreneur’s best friend