PRESENTATION OUTLINE
How to Start a Side Hustle
Agenda
- What is a Side Hustle?
- Side Hustle Data
- How to Start a Side Hustle
- Alumni Stories
- Q/A & Discussion
"A side hustle is a means of making money alongside one's main form of employment or income."
Generational Interest
- 50% of millennials have a side hustle (Bankrate)
- 62% of Gen Z considering gig economy (Deloitte)
How is Extra $ being used?
- 59% use funds for disposable income
- 38% use funds to cover living expenses
What is driving interest in Side Hustles?
Millennials!
- Today: 35% of workforce (Pew Research)
- 2025: 75% of workforce (Deloitte)
2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey
- Employers out of step with Millennial priorities
- Perception is that most companies are overly focused on profits
- Climate and Income Equality are top concerns
The Appeal of the Gig Economy
- To earn more money
- Work the hours I want to work
- To achieve better work/life balance
- To be my own boss
- To challenge myself
- To be paid by performance
How to Start a Side Hustle
Optimize for:
-Learning
-Growth
-Network
2. Get Your Finances in Order
How much can you save by bringing lunch and not going to Starbucks?
Investment- IRA ($50/wk, 7%)
Compound Interest is:
"the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it."
Warren Buffet
- Bought first stock at 11
- Earned 99% of his wealth after age 50
Long-term
- Develop new skills
- Explore new careers
- Build passive income streams
- Build equity
4. Identify Skills & Interests
Pursue something you're good at
Pursue something you love to do
Or build skills related to your interests
5. Research Opportunities
Like learning new skills?
Build chatbots for businesses
Super organized and want to work from home?
Remote Personal Assistant
Artistic and want to sell apparel with no inventory cost?
Business through RageOn is going well and you want to build your own store?
Tastemaker and great at social media and influencing?
Develop a Plan:
-Test your idea
Develop a Plan:
-Create a Realistic Schedule
Develop a Plan:
-Calculate ROI
Case Study: Uber
- Insurance, registration
- Car payments, maintenance, detailing
- Gas, getting to pick-up point
- Uber/Lyft fees, income taxes
- Median Hourly Pay = $14.73
- Net: $9.73 (Ridester)
Develop a Plan:
- Set Goals/Milestones