# service business (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover service business. Page: Feed: --- ## [How She Built a $295,000 Kids Party Rental Side Hustle](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/kids-party-rental-business/) _2026-08-20 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Buy it once, get paid for it over and over again — that's a business model I never stop loving. Tayo Lanlehin couldn't find kid-sized tables and chairs for her son's first birthday. So she ordered four styles from overseas, stashed them in her basement, and started an Instagram page(opens in new tab). Four years later, BayAreaKidsRentals.com(opens in new tab) is a $295,000 business(opens in new… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP8670008685.mp3) ## [This Coffee Bike Makes $275/Hour (70% Profit Margins)](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/coffee-bike/) _2026-08-13 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Want to start a mobile coffee business without the overhead of a brick-and-mortar café? Vlad Priadko didn't want to sign a lease, hire a staff, or take on the overhead of a coffee shop. He wanted the margins on coffee without the building. So he built a coffee bike instead — an espresso setup mounted on an electric-assist cargo trike — and started riding it to the people. Eight years later, Coffee… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP9607821610.mp3) ## [I Wrote a Kids Book](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/i-wrote-a-kids-book/) _2026-08-10 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Turns out, the writing was the easy part. What came next was a 3-year stop-and-start journey. ## [$3k a Month Renting Out Mobility Scooters Part-Time](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/mobility-scooter-rental/) _2026-08-10 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ I love a good rental business: buy something once and get paid for it over and over again. It’s a cool model, and this week’s guest found a creative approach to it in the mobility scooter niche. [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP7942718722.mp3) ## [The $2k/Month Mushroom Side Hustle That Bought a 70-Acre Farm](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/growing-mushrooms/) _2026-08-06 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ What if a spare closet could turn into a farm, a warehouse, and 70 acres of land? That's roughly the path Kyle Beaver took. Kyle runs Ten Mile Mushrooms in rural Pennsylvania, along with Pro Grow Club, and he grows gourmet and medicinal mushrooms like oyster, lion's mane, and reishi. Before mushrooms, Kyle spent two years working state fairs in Pennsylvania, selling stuffed pretzels out of a food… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP9603350783.mp3) ## [$500/Week as a Mystery Shopper: Getting Paid to Shop, Eat, and Snoop](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/mystery-shopper/) _2026-07-30 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Getting paid to eat at restaurants, tour apartments, and run your car through the wash 20 times in an afternoon? That's mystery shopping — a $2 billion industry most people have never heard of. Mercedes Eckert has been doing it for 13 years and has helped over 25,000 shoppers get started through her company, iShopAGP.com. Her personal best: $600 in a single day without getting out of the car. She… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP6380342183.mp3) ## [I Asked Listeners for the Most Random Ways They’ve Made Extra Money](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/random-ways-to-made-extra-money/) _2026-07-27 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Last month I put out a call for listeners to share the most random ways they've made extra money, and the responses did not disappoint! Some side hustles start with a business plan. Others start with a stranger in a parking garage asking if you want to get paid to drink beer. That one actually happened to me in Atlanta. The woman worked for a market research company, and they needed taste-testers… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP9771325108.mp3) ## [We Bought a “Boring” Business. Running it Was Another Story.](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/we-bought-a-boring-business-running-it-was-another-story/) _2026-07-23 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Buy a boring business, they said. It’ll be easy. It’ll be fun. That’s the dream Andrea Palacio and her husband chased when they bought a landscaping company. The road got bumpy fast, but they still added around $300,000 in equity value in just a couple of years. Andrea Palacio runs AndreaPalacio.ai, where she helps other business owners put AI to work. But before that, she and her husband lived on… [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP3558106019.mp3) ## [27 Best Ways to Get Free Money: Legit $500+ Inside!](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/free-money/) _2026-07-18 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Is there really such thing as free money? Well, it depends on what you consider "free." Money is almost always an exchange for value. But over the past few years, I’ve discovered a bunch of ways to make extra money with very little effort. We'll call it "almost free" money. ## [Upskill and Earn: The Proven Path to $150/hr From Home](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/upskill-and-earn/) _2026-07-13 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ Here’s a proven path to $150 an hour, right from home. Maybe you’ve got a good job you like. But when you look ahead, the salary ceiling feels capped, the red tape runs deep, and the chances to move up are slim. At some point it hits you: this path won’t get me where I want ... Read more [Listen](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-60513550101ec9001e50e5fa/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/2b1f11/cohst.app/pdcst/7C5L4R/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP9377384098.mp3) ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jLLl6UUGQbH8) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Online Focus Groups: 27 Paid Research Companies that Pay Up to $250 an Hour for Your Opinion](https://www.sidehustlenation.com/consumer-research-companies-online-focus-groups/) _2026-07-10 · Nick Loper · Side Hustle Nation_ I recently participated in a paid focus group in San Francisco. You know, the kind with the one-way mirror on the wall. We talked about travel habits and preferences for an hour and half, and I got paid $150 for my time and opinions. Not bad!