An Amazon worker balanced her day job and side hustle without burning out. She got laid off and had a backup plan.

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Tejal Rives is standing in front of a bookcase, leaning on a ladder.
Rives bought a business with her husband in 2024.

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A college student is funding his tuition by raising bees and selling honey: 'This is the ultimate side business'

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Anthony Ondo on Chatham University
A beekeeping business helps Anthony Ondo, 23, pay for his tuition at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.

Liz Partsch

I started a side hustle making stickers and art prints to escape from work — now I earn more than my old day job

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Gwen Lee, an animator and artist based in Singapore.
Gwen Lee runs an art side hustle in Singapore, which she says brings in more income than her main gig used to.

Gwen Lee

Stan, collect, profit

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A Pokemon player holds seven playing cards from the game in their hands as they sit at a table with more cards, dice, and other Pokemon-themed merchandise spread out.
Do you have the right cards?

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I drive for a ride-hailing cooperative for extra cash instead of Uber or Lyft

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Daniel Mondragon
Daniel Mondragon drives for a ride-hailing cooperative in Colorado.

Matthew DeFeo for BI

I turned a YouTube-taught hobby into a side hustle selling art for $13,000 a year

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Trisha Soo working on digital illustrations on her iPad in her living room in Singapore.
Trisha Soo stays up until 3 a.m. most days, working on her side hustle art business.

Aditi Bharade

A full-time government employee with multiple side hustles shares his top passive income hits and flops

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william butterton
William Butterton has experimented with a handful of side hustles, from selling playing cards to placing ATMs.

Chona Kasinger for BI

I make around $6,000 a month from my photo booth side hustle. It's on track to replace my corporate income.

Tech Insider : Business
a man poses in a photo booth
Michael Sim.

Courtesy of Michael Sim

5 experienced side hustlers share their breakthrough advice for finding success

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I'm a 62-year-old paralegal who turned my needlepoint hobby into a side hustle. Gen Z are some of my best customers.

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Kevin Lustik doing needlepoint
Kevin Lustik is a New York City-based needlepoint artist.

Kevin Lustik

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