The Side Hustle Show
Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation | YAP Media
The entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers creative ways to make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
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May 7, 2026 • 1h 4min
I Bought a Side Hustle and Tripled Revenue in 1 Year (Greatest Hits)
Jono Santamaria, Melbourne digital marketer and owner of Nina’s Laundrette, bought a self-service laundromat and scaled it while keeping a full-time job. He talks about finding and vetting the right business. He explains quick wins like cashless payments, local SEO and paid ads, plus adding commercial accounts and making the operation dummy-proof.
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May 4, 2026 • 45min
737: The 6-Figure Slumber Party Business: Don’t Sleep on This!
Anne McGraw, founder of Firefly Slumber Parties and coach/licensor for similar businesses, built a luxury tent slumber party side hustle that pulls $800–$1,000 per setup. She talks about how the idea started, profitable themes and pricing, building and training weekend teams, logistics like storage and bookings, and how coaching and licensing help others replicate the model.
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Apr 30, 2026 • 57min
736: Replaced His Salary in 5 Months and Set Up a $700k Exit
Jayden Clark, a high-ticket dropshipping entrepreneur who replaced his corporate salary within months and later sold a store for about $700K, shares his story. He explains why high-ticket dropshipping beats cheap overseas products. He covers niche selection, supplier outreach, paid‑search focus, customer service, scaling to quit a job, and prepping a shop for sale.
Apr 23, 2026 • 45min
735: Meet the Master Reseller Who Gets Literally Tons of Inventory for Free
Angie Nelson, founder of eWaste Direct and Angie's Green Go Surplus, rescues corporate e-waste and resells refurbished electronics. She talks about sourcing truckloads of free inventory from businesses and schools. She explains how she triages items to resell, part out, or scrap. She also covers eBay listing systems, shipping tactics, and scaling a high-volume reselling operation.
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Apr 20, 2026 • 52min
734: From Zero to 35M Downloads
Nick Loper, entrepreneur and creator behind Side Hustle Nation with 35M downloads, shares his podcasting journey. He covers starting out, why persistence wins, crafting clickable titles, turning listeners into subscribers, and using email and offers to scale revenue. Practical growth and audience-building tactics are highlighted in short, actionable stories.
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Apr 16, 2026 • 1h 3min
Rank and Rent: $1000 a Month From Simple Local Websites
Luke Van Der Veer, entrepreneur who builds and rents local lead-generation websites, explains the rank-and-rent model. He discusses picking low-competition niches, building phone-first contractor sites, tracking and routing calls, finding and vetting tenants, pricing rentals, and scaling to large portfolios with automation and revenue-share strategies.
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Apr 9, 2026 • 49min
733: $25k/Mo From a Vibe Coded App, $10k/Mo Selling “Fake” Watches, and More
Jason VanDevere, serial side hustler and author of Dream Driven, shares fast, unusual business ideas. He covers vibe-coded apps and rapid app iteration, productized services like car-negotiation businesses, influencer-driven physical products like mindfulness watches, low-cost arbitrage and mailer-based subscriptions. Short, punchy stories of unexpected ways to make real income.
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Apr 6, 2026 • 40min
732: 24 Years of Side Hustle Advice
Practical principles from decades of side-hustle experience. How to find your deeper motivation and turn quick actions into momentum. When to experiment, pivot, or quit. Ways to market, validate ideas cheaply, and prioritize time. Tips on outsourcing, tracking unit economics, and selling transformations. Small habits and mindset shifts that make steady progress more likely.
Apr 2, 2026 • 53min
731: Unlocking Big Profits from Liquidation and Government Auctions
Shannon Jean, serial entrepreneur and creator of the $5 Reseller Mastermind, shares how he buys and flips liquidation and government-auction inventory. He tells the story of a $1-to-$5,000 book flip. Topics include where to find auctions, analyzing manifests with AI, B-Stock and Costco truckload tips, logistics and seasonal sourcing, and scaling niche reselling like damaged luxury bags.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 42min
730: $1,000 a Month with Passive Digital Products
Chelsea Shelton, a former elementary teacher turned digital products seller and coach, built a $1k+/month Etsy shop selling printables. She talks about finding in-demand products before designing, niche and seasonal strategies that drive recurring sales, listing and image tactics that increase clicks, and repurposing items across platforms for more passive income.
