EP269: Nick Loper - Turn Your Bookkeeping Side Hustle into a Successful Business

Side hustles. They may begin small, but they have the potential to become thriving, lucrative businesses & can become your main source of income. Bookkeeping business owners understand this - many bookkeepers start their own business first as a side hustle to their main job before transforming it into their main focus. How can a side hustle be turned into a successful business? This week’s guest is Nick Loper, founder of SideHustleNation.com, author of $1000 100 Ways: How Real People Make Real Money on the Side & host of The Side Hustle Show podcast. He joins us to talk about how to transform your side hustle into your full-time job. During this interview, you'll learn... Strategies to manage a side hustle & full-time job Hurdles for side hustles & how to overcome them How bringing creativity to what you do everyday can help you turn your side hustle into a primary source of income Connect with Nick on LinkedIn. Learn more about Side Hustle Nation on their website. Check out the Side Hustle Show podcast here. Buy his book $1000 100 Ways: How Real People Make Real Money on the Side (and how you can too) here. A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for Successful Bookkeeper podcast listeners!! Join us December 2nd, 2021 at The Successful Bookkeeper Summit - a two-day free virtual event featuring inspiring speakers from the bookkeeping, accounting and business worlds! Teresa is part of this incredible lineup and will be speaking about e-commerce. To save your free spot, CLICK HERE. Time Stamps 2:59 - Nick’s career journey  5:57 - Obstacles he faced as an entrepreneur 11:53 - Biggest hurdles for side hustles 21:15 - Finding the courage to transform your side hustle to your full-time hustle 32:28 - How his book, $1,000 100 Ways, can help bookkeeping business owners get creative