657: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for another round of business idea giveaways, and to help me out is a long-time friend and friend of the show, Steve Chou, a serial entrepreneur who built not one but two 7-figure businesses starting both as side hustles — MyWifeQuitHerJob.com and BumbleBeeLinens.com. It’s becoming a tradition; this is our 3rd round of business idea giveaways. If you find you like this format, make sure to go check out the other two. Episode 563: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking!, with Steve Chou Episode 530: 17 Business Ideas Free for the Taking!, with Steve Chou Full Show Notes: 19 Business Ideas Free for the Taking New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!

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0:00.0	Hey, it's time for another round of business idea giveaways.
0:04.7	And to help me out is a longtime friend and friend of the show.
0:08.1	You know him as the entrepreneur from my wife quit her job.com.
0:12.7	Steve Chu, welcome back to the Side Hustle Show.
0:15.2	Happy to be back, Nick.
0:16.4	I always enjoyed recording these episodes.
0:18.5	And they do well in my podcast as well.
0:20.2	Awesome.
0:20.6	It's become a
0:21.5	tradition i think this is our third round of third time yeah business idea giveaways if you like
0:26.7	this format make sure to go back and check out the other two we'll link up those episodes in the show
0:31.8	notes for this episode now i want to pitch you an idea that that came to mind recently. This is a household item that I can almost guarantee you have several of in your house
0:43.5	that experts recommend you replace probably more often than you do.
0:49.5	This item, experts say, can contain up to 16 different species of fungi and up to 10% of the weight of this
0:57.7	item is now dust mites and their waste. Do you have a guess of what this is? Is it a water
1:03.4	filter or air filter? Neither of those. This is your pillow on your bed. Oh no way. Okay.
1:08.5	So the idea that I want to pitch is pillows as a service, a pillow
1:13.3	subscription service. You would take some quiz, determine, are you a back sleeper, are you a side
1:19.1	sleeper? Okay, what density, what thickness, you know, is going to be perfect for you. And then we're just
1:23.4	going to ship you a new one of those every three to six months, whatever the cadence is that
1:27.6	turns out to be optimal for, you know, cleaning this thing and having a less gross sleeping experience.
1:34.1	I kind of like that. So is it the pillow or the pillow case or both? I think it's the pillow
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