Nick Loper

Livermore, Sammamish

Chief Side-Hustler at Side Hustle Nation. Podcaster, skier, author, business nerd, blogger, Seattle sports fan, parrothead. Never stop learning.

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$10k a Month Helping Babies and Toddlers Sleep (Greatest Hits)

3 weeks ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show$10k a Month Helping Babies and Toddlers Sleep (Greatest Hits)Jayne Havens went from being a “bored stay at home mom” to running a multi 6-figure business in just a few short years. This is a 2-for-1 episode where we’re going to learn about starting a service business from scratch and selling an online course. In Jayne’s case, the service business is coaching parents to help their babies and toddlers sleep through the night.
675: Rating 10 Popular Passive Income Ideas with Pat Flynn

3 weeks ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show675: Rating 10 Popular Passive Income Ideas with Pat FlynnLet’s look at 10 popular passive income ideas to see which ones might actually make sense for you. To help me do it is Mr. Smart Passive Income himself, Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income. Nobody had a bigger influence on the creation and early years of Side Hustle Nation than Pat.
674: How to Make $500/day as a Personal Chef

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show674: How to Make $500/day as a Personal Chef$500/day doing work you love? Let’s talk about it. In today’s topic, we’ll look at the delicious business of being a personal chef, with someone who’s been doing it for 25 years and turned her skill into a six-figure solopreneur business. Jessica Leibovich, from ChefJessica.com, didn’t start off aiming for this. She was working in catering, young, overworked, and — like a lot of us at some point — burnt out.
673: Reddit Marketing: How to Drive Traffic from Reddit

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show673: Reddit Marketing: How to Drive Traffic from RedditIf you notice that your traffic is dominated with AI snippets and Reddit results, here’s how you can take advantage of that and learn how to drive traffic from Reddit. It really does feel like an “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” situation, but we can’t ignore that Reddit, the self-proclaimed front page of the internet, now shows up on the first page of almost every Google search.
672: 4 Types of Passive Income to Stop Trading Time for Money

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show672: 4 Types of Passive Income to Stop Trading Time for MoneyWho doesn’t want passive income? Everyone dreams of having one. But how you go about getting it is the hard part. So how do you get started? It depends on your starting point, your interests, and your long-term goals. We’ve covered a ton of passive income in the show before (really more like time-leveraged income). But today I’ll be grouping them into four different types of passive income.
The Side Hustle Show

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show671: 12 Big Ideas From 12 Years of The Side Hustle Show12 years. 670+ episodes. Countless side hustle success stories. It’s been a wonderful ride with The Side Hustle Show, and this week, I’m sharing 12 of the biggest side hustle ideas that have stood the test of time. The first 10 ideas originally aired in our 500th milestone episode back in 2022. And for this 2025 edition, I’ll be back at the end with two fresh lessons that have emerged over the past few years.
From Idea to 6-Figure Side Hustle (Greatest Hits)

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle ShowFrom Idea to 6-Figure Side Hustle (Greatest Hits)Anthony and Jhanilka Hartzog erased $114k of debt in 23 months. The side hustling couple were making good money at their day jobs, but realized there’s only so much you can cut from your budget. That’s when they turned to the income side of the equation and started a ton of different side hustles.
Mom Advice: 10 Life Lessons from Mom (Greatest Hits)

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle ShowMom Advice: 10 Life Lessons from Mom (Greatest Hits)With Mother’s Day coming up, I wanted to share some of the best advice and lessons I got from mom growing up. Most of the time, this was pretty literal advice, but I found a lot of it has a broader application to entrepreneurship. Mom has always been probably my biggest advocate and supporter. For background, she essentially had a couple different careers, first in nursing and then as a library assistant.
670: $1000/mo Helping People Plan Trips: Inside the Travel Advising Side Hustle

1 month ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show670: $1000/mo Helping People Plan Trips: Inside the Travel Advising Side HustleWhat if you could turn your love of travel into an extra income stream and build a travel advising side hustle that fits your life? Bailey Richert is back on the show to pull back the curtain on how you can do it too. You might remember Bailey from one of our early episodes, where we talked about building an online course business.
669: The Piggyback Principle: The “Lazy” Way to Build a Successful Side Hustle

2 months ago | thepodcastplayground.com | Nick Loper

The Side Hustle Show669: The Piggyback Principle: The “Lazy” Way to Build a Successful Side HustleThe Piggyback Principle is a business idea framework that looks at popular market trends or “ecosystems” and seeks ways to support or supplement those trends. It’s a faster way to start a business because you can capitalize on what’s already hot with an additional or complementary product or service. Basically, your side hustle can ride piggyback on a larger business or trend.