Side Hustle City
Step into Side Hustle City, the ultimate podcast for entrepreneurs, creatives, and anyone eager to turn their side hustle into a full-time passion. We bring you real-life stories of resilience, innovation, and success from diverse entrepreneurs who’ve made the leap from side projects to profitable ventures. Whether you're exploring entrepreneurship, looking for business insights, or seeking inspiration to fuel your journey, join us for valuable tips and motivational tales. Transform your passion into a thriving business with Side Hustle City, where dreamers become doers.
Episodes
225 episodes
S2 - Ep34 - Nick Wade discusses small city economic development and promoting the strong maker community in Covington, Kentucky
This week we are joined by Nick Wade, Executive Director of Renaissance Covington. The product of a small town in Kentucky who had big dreams for the future of his beautiful home state. His organization ...
S2 Ep33 - Angela Praksti & Pete Bender discuss starting a new brewery as a side hustle
Verge Brewing is a proudly family-owned brewery with neighborhood-level community focus and a leadership group half made up of women. A true side hustle with the people closest to them. We welcome them on the show this week to discuss what moti...
S2 - Ep 32 - Artin Nazarian discusses going from Disney Executive to a full blown side hustler, author and entrepreneur of multiple startups
Artin's story is an immigrant story. As a Christian minority family in war-torn Iran, his parents decided it best to move somewhere that could give Artin and his sister better opportunities. At 10 years old, Artin and his family immigrated to t...
S2 - Ep31 - Dominic Rossi and Kent Gray discuss how to be a real estate agent and leveraging that into a side hustle
Dominic’s Bio:Dominic did his undergraduate studies at the University of Louisville and got his J.D. at Northern Kentucky University. Right out of law school, he was introduced to Ken Perry and the mentorship began. Do...
S2 Ep-30 - Gabe Tzeghai, Ph.D. joins us to talk staying healthy through your struggles as a side hustler
Gabe Tzeghai, Ph.D. is co-founder and CEO of Summit Innovation Labs, the maker of OptiCel. He is also an elected member of the prestigious U...
S2 Ep-29 - Luke Van Der Veer discusses his process selling profitable leads to local businesses through Rank & Rent SEO
This week on the podcast we are joined by Luke Van Der Veer to discuss how he was able to turn his talent for online search into a lead selling business.Luke breaks down his process of teaching 9-5'ers how to kill their jobs by generati...
S2 - Ep28 - Jaden Moore discusses starting a video marketing agency side hustle at just 15 years old and then scaling at 17
This week we welcome Jaden Moore to the podcast. At just 17 Year old, the entrepreneur and businessman from Fayetteville, Ohio has grown his side hustle into a future main hustle. Right now his focus is on shooting weddings, commercials and pho...
S2 - Ep27 - Brett Helling, advocate for the gig economy talks about building a successful side hustle through user testing and marketing
In this episode, we are joined by the side hustler and author of
S2 - Ep26 - Ryan Kolbe, Restaurateur and Los Angeles based actor discusses opening a bar and restaurant for the first time in a competitive market
Ryan Kolbe is a man of big dreams. After working in the ad agency world most of his career he packed things up, rented his home in Cincinnati and headed wet to pursue his acting dreams in Los Angeles.As many actors, Ryan worked many sid...
S2 - Ep 25 - Cassie Hirtle from HomeBasedClasses.com joins us to discuss making money with virtual kitchen brands
This week we welcome Cassie Hirtle to talk about how you can make cooking a side hustle. We always want to bring our listeners new and actionable ideas and virtual kitchen brands is no exce...
S2 - Ep24 - Craig Clickner and Carrie Bohlig wrote the book on side hustles and share what they learned in the process
World Traveling Feminist meets Corporate Risk AnalystCraig and Carrie are a husband & wife duo, running companies, teaching mindset from their book ‘So You Want to Start A Side Hus...
S2 - Ep23 - Tim Osborn shares his incredible journey overcoming adversity to restaurant franchisee and college educator. Tim's passion is helping businesses and entrepreneurs along their journey as a DEI expert, startup advisor and consultant
Tim Osborn is the Founder of The Osborn Group, LLC – a management consulting firm serving national clients helping them unlock the WOW in business by utilizing strategies backed by data to make bette...
S2 - Ep22 - Harvey Lewis, ultrarunner, joins us to discuss his side hustle and passion for running
Harvey Sweetland Lewis (born April 1976) is an American ultrarunner, social studies and economics teacher, world traveler and public speaker.Noted for his spontaneity as much as his dedication, Lewis often seeks new challenges to ...
S2 - Ep21 - Colin Jeffries joins us to discuss markerting and how he and his cohost educate thousands through their podcast weekly
Not every side hustle needs to be a traditional business. Colin Jeffries joins us this week to discuss how he holds down a 9-5 but finds time to also cohost a weekly podcast called
S2 - Ep20 - Steve Mastroianni joins us to discuss how you can leverage your hobby into your main income and career
Yes, you CAN make money from your hobby!This week we are pleased to be joined by Steve Mastroianni, author of Hobby Boss. He is based in...
S2 - Ep19 - Bernt Ullman, “The Man Behind the Brands”, has been the trusted business acceleration expert by top fashion moguls to the tune of over $6 billion dollars in global sales
What an amazing episode we have for you. We are blessed to be joined by a legend in the fashion industry. Often referred to as “The Man Behind the Brands”, Mr. Ullmann has been the trusted business acceleration expert by top fashion moguls and ...
S2 - Ep18 - Charles Camisasca discusses selling on Amazon and how he can offer a shortcut for you get started and avoid the mistakes most sellers make
Charles Camisasca spent 6 years working as a Technology & Management Consultant for some of the largest and most recognizable brands in the US, like Procter & Gamble, JP Morgan, Nissan, Wells Fargo, and Lockheed Martin. However,...
S2 - Ep17 - Todd Snivley discusses how he built a $50 million e-commerce business with Amazon
In this episode of Side Hustle City we get to chat with an online selling Millionaire Todd Snively. Todd is an eCommerce expert working with other entrepreneurs to leverage his expertise for their success....
S2 Ep16 - Nate Barger discussed how he went from drug dealer to successful real estate investor
Nate Barger joins us this week to discuss his success in real estate after a rough start at life. Nate fell into the traps of life and served time after selling drugs. Nate has rehabilitated and has become a very successful real estate investor...
S2 - Ep15 - Brandon Ponchak discusses his side hustle passion in athletics building a regional soccer league
Brandon Ponchak is an experienced General Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the sports industry. He's skilled in nonprofit organizations, budgeting, soccer, and coaching and was able to combine all that into a prosperous soccer ...
S2 Ep-14, pt.2 - Luke Sestito from CPROP joins us again to discuss making money in specific DeFi projects and the returns he's been getting. We also talk NFT's and the overall adoption of the cryptocurrency and blockchain space
DeFi is hot, hot, hot and Luke Sestito from CPROP just had to come back and check in on his investments. He discusses some platforms are paying over...
S2 Ep-13, pt.1 - Luke Sestito from CPROP discusses making money with NFT's, DeFi projects and other opportunities in the crypto/digital asset space for a side hustle
Side Hustle City is proud to be joined by Luke Sestito in this week's episode. Luke is the Co-founder of CPROP (Crypto Properties) and has been in the digital asset space since 2017. He has done much of his work in commercial real estate with c...
S2 Ep12 - Andrew Kerr discusses real estate investing through house hacking
Buying a home can be a significant financial step — but what if you could get a house without paying for it? Although it may be difficult to believe, house hacking can turn your goal of living for free into reality.But how can you live f...
S2 Ep11-Nick Jabin, City Council candidate joins us to discuss his apparel business that supports his advocacy of the homeless in Cincinnati
Nick Jabin and Adam Koehler met near downtown Cincinnati while getting signatures for both of their political campaigns. Nick was quick to show Adam the best locations for success and help in any way he could. The more they talked the more they...
S2 Ep10 - John Casmon talks about going from the corporate world to becoming a successful multi-family real estate investor
John Casmon launched Casmon Capital Group to help busy professionals invest in real estate without taking on a second job. We've helped families invest in close to $90M in multifamily apartment...