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24 alternatives to The Startup Chat 126: How to start a side business

Start a business while keeping your main gig

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Startup Chat 126: How to start a side business launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Startup Chat: How to Start a Side Business ▲90
Actionable tips on starting a side business
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2
Zero To Scale - 103: Launching a Side Business and Interviewing Like a Mo'Fo▲61
All about launching and hiring issues
2016 · zerotoscale.com · its alternatives →
3
How To Start A Startup - Paul Graham▲122
Counterintuitive parts of startups, and how to have ideas
2015 · howtostartastartup.co · its alternatives →
4
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How I built, marketed, and sold a side-project in 3 months
2020 · nscode.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 155 - Thinking small & intimate in business▲61
Stop trying to be grandiose. Start small and go deep.
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
6
Side Projects Playbook▲249
The only guide you will need to launch a side project
2022 · buildbystl.com · its alternatives →
7
Make This Year▲301
Grow your core business by launching side projects
2016 · makethisyear.com · its alternatives →
8
Overlap▲100
Start a business at your full-time job. A free audiobook.
2017 · edilangit.com · its alternatives →
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The Tim Ferriss Show - Should you start a ‘startup’ or build a cash-flow business?▲72
The answer to the question that everyone ask themselves
2015 · hwcdn.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Starting & Sustaining - #1 - Mike Perham, Creator of Sidekiq▲60
About launching and sustaining software businesses.
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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How to Start a StartUp - 19: Sales and marketing▲61
Tyler Bosmeny, Michael Seibel, Qasar Younis, Dalton Caldwell
2015 · enhancecast.com · its alternatives →
12
Hit Reply – Episode 4: Start small▲68
How to get started at building and launching things
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
13
Start▲121
Launch and run your US business from anywhere in the world
2021 · trystart.com · its alternatives →
14
CoffeeHub▲233
The easiest way to book time with professionals you admire
2025 · coffeehub.jp · its alternatives →
15
Early Stage Founders▲11
Start earning a living with your side project
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Be Founders▲81
Find the perfect cofounder.
2020 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat▲53
How to build a brand
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 151: How to create a winning startup culture▲61
How to bring the right people together & make them get along
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Founder's Journey: That next feature will not save your business▲71
Seriously, that new feature you're launching? Doesn't matter
2016 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
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Hello Tech Pros: Launching a Service-Based IT Business▲61
Joshua Futrell explains how
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
21
Find A Maker▲101
find a partner for your next project
2018 · marcianote.ch · its alternatives →
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Chris Guillebeau's Side Hustle School Episode #1▲67
Create a new source of income without quitting your job.
2017 · sidehustleschool.com · its alternatives →
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My Creative Side Business▲70
The guide to turning your side projects into a business
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Startup Opportunities▲84
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