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🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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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.
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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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