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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3000 - STORY: “Pocket Monkey” Tool Sells 500,000 Units

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

After getting locked out of his apartment, a software engineer creates a pocket tool that goes on to sell 500,000 units and employ 17 people.

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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0:00.0

Calm the chaos of order fulfillment with the shipping software that delivers. Switch to ShipStation

0:05.1

today. Go to Shipstation.com and use code side hustle to sign up for your free trial. That's

0:11.1

Shipstation.com code side hustle. Every side hustler needs the right tools. Meet JLab,

0:17.5

wireless keyboards, mice, and headsets that work as hard as you do.

0:21.5

From crystal clear calls to seamless multitasking, JLab has your workflow covered.

0:26.5

Look for the blue box at retailers everywhere or shop JLab wireless keyboards and mice,

0:30.8

webcams, and headsets at JLab.com.

0:34.0

Don't forget to use code hustle for 15% off your order today.

0:40.5

Lemonada.

0:45.3

Listeners, before we begin the story today that I'm going to tell you in this episode,

0:53.0

I just want to acknowledge something that is truly incredible, at least for me it is incredible.

0:58.3

We've been making this podcast for 3,000 episodes, 3,000 days in a row, in fact.

1:05.2

Way back on January 1, 2017, I started the podcast. I committed to doing it for a year.

1:13.5

That was, well, 365 days, to be precise. And then we went into the second year and then the third and fourth. And we just kind of

1:18.6

kept going. And I did that because people were listening and interested and they liked the

1:23.5

stories. And we've changed the format a couple of times. But we've always kept it consistent

1:27.3

with that daily episode less than 10 minutes long, focused on helping you create extra income

1:32.8

without quitting your job. So at the outset of this episode, I just want to say thank you so much.

1:37.6

I try to say thank you for listening and being part of the community pretty often,

1:41.2

but especially on a day like today. It is a milestone episode. Big thanks as well to

1:46.3

Chuck Reed, our producer. He has been audio editing, doing a bunch of other stuff for the

1:51.5

majority of the episodes for several years now. And I really appreciate you as well. So let's get into

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