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Title: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Al Doggity on March 28, 2016, 08:10:07 AM
Hey, GB...

Anybody have a small business/ firm/ start up/ side hustle? Either in addition to your regular job or as a go-for-broke opportunity to become a millionaire?

I've been kicking the tires at starting a new business (in a completely different field) for about half a decade. Over the last year, in addition to my day job, I've been doing some freelancing as  media consultation/pr for smaller film projects, bands, fashion and art projects. Not really much additional money, but it was really more about working in a more creative environment since my current 9-5 is the stodgiest, most technical place I've worked in a while. 
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: bigmc on March 28, 2016, 08:12:04 AM
i do a sideline in collectable watches

got a good hook up for them

if anyone needs one shoot me a pm  8)
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Coffeed on March 28, 2016, 08:17:29 AM
Got an interview in a week for the Relationship Talk mod position. Good pay, 401K match, long hours but 90% no commuting. This is a tremendous growth area and online dating and advice is only projected to grow. Get it while you can.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: mr.turbo on March 28, 2016, 08:29:01 AM
it's not as glamorous as it seems

have a look see at who makes it work in new york, you may find a lot of fellas flee to the west coast.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Grape Ape on March 28, 2016, 08:32:23 AM
Modding here pays for my drinking money plus the free sups, but not much else.



Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: OneMoreRep on March 28, 2016, 08:36:34 AM
Have you considered working for Uber?

"1"
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Rambone on March 28, 2016, 08:45:07 AM
G4P or become a schmoe squatter if you're a female
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Al Doggity on March 28, 2016, 08:51:09 AM
G4P or become a schmoe squatter if you're a female


The point of the thread isn't really ideas to make money, it's to discuss your burgeoning small business or side job.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on March 28, 2016, 08:52:37 AM
My side job is pointing out flaws of other men's physiques.  No homo
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Henda on March 28, 2016, 09:32:00 AM
Why stop at one? Have you learned nothing from the teachings of goodrum, the more businesses the better. If you work really hard a new 24" tv and the occasional chicken dinner awaits you
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Yamcha on March 28, 2016, 09:34:40 AM
Personal Train 3x week in early mornings @ 5am and 6am. And then 4-6x week in evenings, occasional weekends.

Gives me an extra $1200 - $1500 a month.
All have become close friends, so it's bearable.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Al Doggity on March 28, 2016, 10:13:32 AM
Why stop at one? Have you learned nothing from the teachings of goodrum, the more businesses the better. If you work really hard a new 24" tv and the occasional chicken dinner awaits you


He was actually part of the inspiration for this thread. I was texting with a music blogger about a club date I'm hosting this coming weekend and we got on the subject of a graphic e-novel project that I'm putting together. He sent me a text joking about how I must be Jamaican and I should be careful I don't get fired from my real job.

Most people at my "real job"  have personal projects that they invest a lot of time in. Some make more money with said projects than others.  I've never had a run-in with Vince, but he is the only member I recall who has discussed his personal business ventures.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on March 28, 2016, 11:08:25 AM
Get in touch with stupid head flinstones
He was recently considering a career in personal training
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 28, 2016, 11:12:37 AM
Have you considered working for Uber?

"1"

I would do this if I needed extra cash. Except I live in a shitty little city where Uber isn't operating  :)
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: NelsonMuntz on March 28, 2016, 11:20:11 AM
i do a sideline in collectable watches

got a good hook up for them

if anyone needs one shoot me a pm  8)

3..2..1 before the drunken master shows up in this thread and ruins it
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: MAXX on March 28, 2016, 11:30:22 AM
Get in touch with stupid head flinstones
He was recently considering a career in personal training
worst "career" choice ever

1 out of 50 makes a decent living from it
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: drkaje on March 28, 2016, 11:38:03 AM
An acquaintance keeps asking me to go in on an Amazon store. Haven't pulled the trigger due to being unaware of the time setting it up would legitimately take.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Tapeworm on March 28, 2016, 04:50:49 PM
some side projekts involving mechanical engineering design

Similar.  Got some designs for slurry/sludge pumps.  Not especially genius but more advanced than the 1930s technology that's still in use on every mine site, drill rig, poop plant, and concrete truck.  Will probably never find the time to build them and if I do it would just be for personal use in shotcrete and stucco spraying.  No way would I have the time to run around selling them or the capital to sink into saturating the market, which is what you have to do since patents are only worth your willingness to finance living in a courtroom for decades while some 3rd world manufacturer steals your design, knocks up 500,000 units, and floods the world.  Spending the rest of my life and all my money running around after Xiang Xieng Trading Company wouldn't be my idea of a good time.

Wish you luck.  Seems like anything new you introduce gets ripped off within 48 hours tho, patented or not.  I reckon catching the front of the sales wave is the best you can hope for, or fractions of a penny on the dollar selling out/licensing to a giant.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Coach is Back! on March 28, 2016, 07:48:39 PM
We're starting an athletic apparel business. Shorts, Tee's, tanks, hats, beanies, hoodies, etc. Plus the coaching at the school brings in an extra $3k a month.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: jude2 on March 28, 2016, 09:42:21 PM
Personal Train 3x week in early mornings @ 5am and 6am. And then 4-6x week in evenings, occasional weekends.

Gives me an extra $1200 - $1500 a month.
All have become close friends, so it's bearable.
You get $100 per session?
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Grape Ape on March 28, 2016, 09:44:43 PM
You get $100 per session?

3 morning / 6 evening is 9 per week, or around 36 per month.  If he's talking gross income, it's 40-50 / hr
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: jude2 on March 28, 2016, 09:58:03 PM
3 morning / 6 evening is 9 per week, or around 36 per month.  If he's talking gross income, it's 40-50 / hr
My bad I thought he was referring to weekly pay. I sounds like 6 morning sessions, 2 sessions 3x week.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on March 28, 2016, 10:02:17 PM
My last house decoration project. Getbig style

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Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: BIG ACH on March 28, 2016, 11:00:02 PM
My wife and I own a small lady's only gym overseas.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: gcb on March 29, 2016, 01:38:59 AM
My side job is your wife
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: _aj_ on March 29, 2016, 03:44:13 AM
I teach combat pistol and I am a (shitty) gunsmith. I also build AR15's to spec (which is super easy) for people. I don't charge for my services.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Grape Ape on March 29, 2016, 03:46:27 AM
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Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: BayGBM on March 29, 2016, 05:13:14 AM
Hey, GB...

Anybody have a small business/ firm/ start up/ side hustle? Either in addition to your regular job or as a go-for-broke opportunity to become a millionaire?

I've been kicking the tires at starting a new business (in a completely different field) for about half a decade. Over the last year, in addition to my day job, I've been doing some freelancing as  media consultation/pr for smaller film projects, bands, fashion and art projects. Not really much additional money, but it was really more about working in a more creative environment since my current 9-5 is the stodgiest, most technical place I've worked in a while.  

Invest in a good rental property.  If it is a decent property in a good location, you will always have tenants.  Screen them carefully and you'll be all set.  Any expenses associated with the property are tax deductible.  ;)

Buy another property when your finances allow.  Repeat.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: CalvinH on March 29, 2016, 05:32:16 AM
I run a nice little meth business from a trailer in my backyard.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Disco187 on March 29, 2016, 05:38:28 AM
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what a pic!
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Al Doggity on March 29, 2016, 08:32:43 AM
Invest in a good rental property.  If it is a decent property in a good location, you will always have tenants.  Screen them carefully and you'll be all set.  Any expenses associated with the property are tax deductible.  ;)

Buy another property when your finances allow.  Repeat.

The thread wasn't really meant to solicit business ideas, just a catch-all for anyone who wanted to talk about this kinda thing, but I have to say, while this might be considered conventional wisdom in most parts of the country, this is somewhat ill-advised for NYC.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Tapeworm on March 29, 2016, 05:51:21 PM
The thread wasn't really meant to solicit business ideas, just a catch-all for anyone who wanted to talk about this kinda thing, but I have to say, while this might be considered conventional wisdom in most parts of the country, this is somewhat ill-advised for NYC.

Real estate prices in a lot of cities are artificially inflated by asian investment imo.  When the average working couple can't pay off an average mortgage without skipping lunch for 30 years and the interest repayments alone approach rental income, it's time to extend a middle finger to the whole shitshow.

This all ties in to my Dead Parents Theory of Home Ownership Because The Math Doesn't Work Otherwise, but I'll spare you.  People who advise existing in a leveraged state never had a fat kid jump on the other side of the teeter-totter.
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: bigbadwolfe on March 30, 2016, 08:05:08 AM
Invest in a good rental property.  If it is a decent property in a good location, you will always have tenants.  Screen them carefully and you'll be all set.  Any expenses associated with the property are tax deductible.  ;)

Buy another property when your finances allow.  Repeat.

I can see you looking at a nice little potential rental property and going "Bay Likey" Hahaha!!!
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: bigbadwolfe on March 30, 2016, 08:09:17 AM
I own my own small hardcore training facility. Best decision I ever made leaving all the box gyms and going out on my own. Everything a fat and happy weightlifter needs. We also accommodate bodybuilders, gym rats, some strongman and some fitness hotties :)
Title: Re: Side jobs/ Small Businesses of Getbiggers
Post by: Henda on March 30, 2016, 12:02:23 PM
Invest in a good rental property.  If it is a decent property in a good location, you will always have tenants.  Screen them carefully and you'll be all set.  Any expenses associated with the property are tax deductible.  ;)

Buy another property when your finances allow.  Repeat.

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