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This week on Hustling Sideways, Jim and Allen are looking back on their side hustle careers, and deciding when was the moment that they actually could do what they do best professionally. When is the moment you truly felt like you could make your side hustle work out?

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March Madness is in full swing this week, and we've got sports on the brain at Hustling Sideways! Specifically, both Allen and Jim grew up playing sports, as well as being fans, and it taught us a lot of tendencies that we use in our business lives and side hustles. What sports did you play growing up, and did that help you in your side hustle?

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We live in a tech-driven world, and while it may come easy to a lot of people, there's some things that just don't come naturally to Allen Halas and Jim Love. We talk about it this week on Hustling Sideways, as the guys explain what technologies just have them shaking their heads. What's your big tech hang-up?

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Today on Hustling Sideways, we're looking for calm, specifically Find Calm Here, and community creator Deb Schell! After quitting a corporate job, Deb began chasing a new career as a freelance travel writer. When the pandemic hit, that changed her plans, and led her to developing her own community, writing a book, and much more. You can learn more about Deb at FindCalmHere.com.

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It's a new year, and that means new motivations for Jim Love and Allen Halas. For the past few years, both Jim and Allen have kicked a New Year's Resolution in exchange for a Word Of The Year to focus on. See what the guys picked for this year and how they did in 2023 on this week's episode!

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As we approach the new year, it may be time to start a new side hustle. That's exactly what we explore this week on Hustling Sideways, where Jim Love and Allen Halas talk about how they got their initial pushes to start their side hustles. Whether it's preparation or jumping right into the deep end, the guys offer their thoughts on how to make the jump into a new side hustle.

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Today on Hustling Sideways, Jim Love and Allen Halas welcome on Cori Myka, founder of Calm Within Adult Swim. The program transforms adult non-swimmers from fearful beginners into confident achievers of their wildest aquatic aspirations. With over two decades of experience, her unique approach to adult swimming lessons combines mental conditioning with physical skill mastery, resulting in highly acclaimed teaching methods. Find out more about Cori at AdultSwimLesson.com

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While the holiday season is upon us, that can also mean the end of the year as well. This week on Hustling Sideways, Allen and Jim discuss what they look at in terms of the new year, and when they started to plan for 2024. If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready, and the guys tell you all about it on this week's Hustling Sideways.

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We aren't playing games on this week's episode of Hustling Sideways! Wait, we are, actually. This week we're talking with Ben and John Teich, identical twins with a passion for board games, and the founders of TNT Creative Gaming. The two are currently in the final days of the Kickstarter campaign for their first board game, Mythic Gems. In the interview, we talk about the creation of the game, prototyping, and the many things the twins have learned along the way.

You can back Mythic Gems in its final days of their Kickstarter campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tntcreativegaming/mythic-gems

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Today on Hustling Sideways, we're bringing you a special bonus Q&A session with Anne Naumann of Student Made Marquette, an organization that helps student creatives at Marquette University, as well as Leen Mortada, an entrepreneur building a specialty project through Marquette's 707 Hub on campus!

Today on Hustling Sideways, we present a special live edition of the podcast from the 707 Hub at Marquette University, with two student guests! We're talking with Leen Mortada, a co-founder of a product designed to accomodate the needs of Muslim students in dorm rooms and while traveling, as well as Anne Naumann, a student who works with Student Made Marquette. The organization hosts products from over 30 creatives at Marquette University for sale worldwide, as well as hosts pop-up events, with Naumann helping to facilitate student businesses.

Today on Hustling Sideways, Allen Halas and Jim Love call out to Shanna Sood, an artist who only recently began exhibiting her work and selling pieces. The three discuss Shanna's beginning in artwork, the creative process, the different mediums that she works in, and ultimately the decision to move forward with artwork for comission as a side business. Check it out!

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This week on Hustling Sideways, the guys kick back with a few drinks, as we hit episode 70 of the podcast. We talk about where things have been with the pod, as well as the most recent round of guests. We also talk about the changes of the podcast including our live shows, and what we want to do in the near future. Celebrate with us!

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Today on Hustling Sideways, we're sharing a bonus Q&A session with Omar Shaikh of Carnevor and 3rd Street Market Hall from our recent live podcast at Marquette University's 707 Hub. Don't forget to join us on Thursday, November 16th at Noon for our next live episode!

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Today, on a special live edition of Hustling Sideways from Marquette University's 707 Hub, Jim Love and Allen Halas sit down with Omar Shaikh, the entrepreneur and restauranteur behind Carnevor Steakhouse, part of 3rd Street Market Hall and much more. We talk about Omar's history in business, dating back to his first restaurant, Sake Tume, his work with athletes like Ryan Braun and Aaron Rodgers, building the 3rd Street Market Hall concept and much more. You can find Omar online at @OmarMKE1

This week on Hustling Sideways, Jim Love and Allen Halas talk to Casey Maynard, a fitness trainer and serial entrepreneur based out of Texas. We discuss Casey's story that led her to her side hustles, as well as being able to manage a difficult fitness class schedule and changing gyms. Check it out!

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What would you tell your 18 year old self? That's what we're talking about this week on Hustling Sideways. Jim Love and Allen Halas think back on who they were at that transformative age, and the advice they would have given had they known where things were headed for both of them. What advice would you give yourself?

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On this week's episode of Hustling Sideways, Jim Love and Allen Halas call down to Belmont University, where they talk to professor Dr. Jeremy Fyke. In addition to teaching Communications classes at Belmont (and formerly Marquette University,) Jeremy also leads workshops, acts as a consultant, and started his own hot sauce brand. It's a unique group of side hustles, and you can learn more about them in this episode as well as at JeremyFyke.com.

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Today, we have a very special episode of Hustling Sideways, featuring our first live podcast from Marquette University's 707 Hub. Jim Love and Allen Halas sit down with Jeff Sherman, a serial entrepreneur whose work includes helping to found media outlet OnMilwaukee, the Milwaukee Streetcar project, Okanjo and much more. You can find Jeff everywhere at @ShermanJeff.

Thank you to Marquette's 707 Hub for sponsoring this podcast! Join us for our next live podcast at Marquette on Thursday, October 12 at 5 PM. Find out more about the 707 Hub at Marquette.edu/707-hub/

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Today on Hustling Sideways, we're talking about time away from the side hustle. Since everyone is likely going on their last vacations of the summer (or just coming back from them) we thought it would be appropriate to talk about vacations, and how you manage to take them while keeping your side hustle active. In both Allen and Jim's case, we fail to stay away from the hustle, but try our best. How do you keep your side hustle active during a vacation?

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Whether or not you run a side hustle, you've certainly heard about AI and all of its capabilities in 2023. Today on Hustling Sideways, we're talking about our outlook on AI, and how we use it with respects to not only our side hustles, but this podcast as well! How are you utilizing AI in your life?

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Running your own side hustle can take a toll on you. Today on Hustling Sideways, we're here to talk about it. Allen Halas and Jim Love talk about how they try to manage both their physical and mental health, including their shortcomings. What do you do to try and manage both your physical and mental health? Let us know.

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Whether it's your website audience, your speaking crowd, or customers, you have to be in front of the right people. Today on Hustling Sideways, we're talking about finding your audience, and how Jim Love and Allen Halas ultimately have worked on getting their ideal people to get their message out to. How do you try to find your audience?

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Sometimes, inspiration just hits you. That's what we're discussing on this week's Hustling Sideways, where Allen Halas and Jim Love discuss what happens when they get a burst of creativity. With excitement comes a rush of trying to make everything happen at once, and both Jim and Allen have different strategies for when they want to get everything done while they're extra motivated. What do you do when you get overly creative?

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Sometimes the only thing you can be prepared to be is unprepared. Sometimes, plans change. That's what we're talking about today on Hustling Sideways! Jim Love and Allen Halas talk about the importance of being able to go off script, and call an audible when the situation requires it. Both Allen and Jim talk about times they've had to improv to make it through a situation, and you can check that out here. When did you have to go off script with your side hustle?

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It's episode 60 of Hustling Sideways! Every 10 episodes, Allen Halas and Jim Love check in to discuss the state of the podcast, their most recent guests, and what they've learned along the way. In addition to their reflection on the pod, the guys also check in on their respective words for the year to focus on, discuss the amount of content that Hustling Sideways now generates, and even tease some of our next upcoming guests! Get caught up on episode 60 of Hustling Sideways and keep on hustling!

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Today on Hustling Sideways, Jim Love and Allen Halas are looking backward for a little bit, thinking about their side hustles have evolved. Whether you realize it or not, every day you're working on your side business, you're growing. Jim and Allen compare what they've learned along the way, as well as lessons they wish they could have told their younger selves when they were first starting out. How has your side hustle evolved?

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Today on Hustling Sideways, it's all about reading. Just stay with us on this one. We're talking about reading people, whether that's in a business meeting, the tone of an email, or a crowd of people at an event. Both Allen and Jim have to know how to read people or read the room for what they do in their side hustles, and it's a helpful skill to learn, especially when you need to know if it's time to wrap things up or change the conversation. How do you have to read the room with what you do?

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If you have a side hustle or a passion project, or even just an entrepreneurial idea, chances are you've been told "no" many times. Today on Hustling Sideways, we're talking about rejection, and how you respond to it. Both Allen and Jim have heard "no" on many occasions, because that is the nature of trying to grow your business and make it successful. It's how you handle that rejection that builds your character.

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Sometimes, you have to be able to adjust to make things happen. That's what we're talking about today on Hustling Sideways, as Jim Love and Allen Halas talk about times where the world changed, or maybe just the situation, and they had to be versatile in order to make it all work. Everyone with a side hustle goes through this, but we want to know, when did you have to become versatile to adjust to the world?

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