I believe everyone needs a side hustle. Something you do outside your job to keep life interesting, keep your mind sharp, and maybe even earn some extra income. My First Side Hustle After college, I moved across the country and initially didn’t know very many people in my new city. To keep myself busy, I decided I … Read more
Smartwater is a brand of bottled water produced by the Glaceau company — the same company that makes those colorful VitaminWaters. I was surprised to learn Glaceau is a subsidiary of Coca-Cola. But what makes Smartwater so special? Is it really any different from regular water? Here’s what we know. Vapor Distillation Smartwater is “vapor … Read more
Have you heard to the bucket of crabs theory? I first heard of this a couple weeks ago. It states that if there are several crabs in a bucket, and one tries to climb out, the others will pull him back down. Not having access to a team of live crabs to test this on, … Read more
With two years of Prosper.com lending under my belt, I wanted to take a deeper dive into the 50+ loans that have defaulted on me during that time. Prosper does NOT make it easy to access or analyze this information on an aggregate level, so it turned into a pretty tedious data-entry project. (Which I … Read more
Side Hustle Nation is a growing community of hard-working entrepreneurs. Our interests are broad and our projects vary, but we’re united by the common goal of FINANCIAL FREEDOM. Won’t you join us?
Whether consciously or subconsciously, we conduct experiments everyday in our lives. Taking a new route to work. Trying out a new recipe. Trying out a new business idea. “The Lens of Experimentation” The benefit of looking at decisions through this lens of “experimentation” lessens the perceived risk of failure. Why is that important? In general, … Read more
Behind the party-hard imagery and island escapism, there are some good nuggets of wisdom in the lyrics of Jimmy Buffett. Some selections: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, 1977 If we couldn’t laugh we would go insane. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, 1977 If we weren’t all crazy we would go insane. My Lovely Lady, 1973 … Read more
I’ve always enjoyed reading, and here are some of the most formative books I read after graduating from business school. If you’re looking for gift ideas for entrepreneurs, these might be worth a look! The 4-Hour Workweek The biggest takeaway from this book is the 80-20 rule: the principle that 80% of the work is done … Read more
College Works Painting was the best job ever. And also some of the most crazy stressful and rewarding and humbling work I’ve ever done. The Internship College Works runs a student summer “internship” program at colleges around country. They teach students the basics of running a residential exterior house painting company, where the kids are … Read more
For the past month I’ve been doing a little experiment. Each day I would do a set of push-ups until I couldn’t do any more. Push-ups to failure, I called it. On day 1, I only could muster up a mere 27 push ups. By day 30, I was up to 72, a 267% improvement! … Read more
