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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3012 - First $1,000: Stay-at-Home Dad’s Virtual Garage Sale Venture

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s First $1,000 segment, find out how a stay-at-home dad turned his neighbors’ forgotten items into steady online income, taking a cut of each sale.

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

Lemonada.

0:02.7

A stay-at-home dad's virtual garage sale venture.

0:14.9

This is a fun little story.

0:16.0

I'm not sure we've ever had this business idea before in more than 3,000 episodes.

0:20.3

That's one of the reasons why I enjoy making

0:21.9

the show is I keep hearing about new ideas and such, just different fun things that so many people

0:26.9

out there in our community are doing or other interesting people as well. In this first $1,000 segment,

0:32.1

we're going to find out how this stay-at-home dad turned his neighbor's forgotten items into steady online income.

0:39.0

Of course, this is a consignment sale model. He takes a cut of each sale. He's going to talk about

0:43.1

how he did it, how he made it happen, how he got it going to the point of earning $1,000.

0:46.7

I think he's gone on to earn more than that, but we always focus this particular segment

0:50.8

around the first $1,000, hence the name. Neil's going to bring us the story.

0:55.3

I'll have a few comments at the end.

0:59.2

Every hustler needs the right tools.

1:01.5

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

1:06.3

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

1:12.2

You might be taking a call,

1:17.6

leading a meeting, grinding on your next big idea. This work-ready tech keeps you connected and in control from headsets, microphones, keyboards, and mice, all those good things. Your grind won't stop with J-Lab.

1:24.2

Just look for the blue box at retailers everywhere or shop JLab. Again, wireless keyboards and

1:28.9

mice, webcams, headsets at JLab.com and use code hustle for 15% off your order today.

1:42.9

I'm Neil, a stay-at-home dad in the suburbs, who's always been pretty good at spotting hidden gems.

1:48.5

One day, while tidying up the garage, it struck me, my neighbors likely had plenty of stuff they wanted offload, but no time to manage online listings.

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