Smithy Sodine
👤 Speaker
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My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
So COVID really helped launch my business.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I think the first month in January, I sold about maybe like $300 of pillows.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
February, maybe about 500.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
But by the end of March, April, I was selling multiple thousand dollars of pillows.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
And then the issue was I couldn't
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
keep up the demand.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I couldn't make them all by myself, but I did for the first nine months, I did make them all by myself, pack them and ship them and all that.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
And then eventually I had to find help.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
Yes, you do.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I know that too.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I will definitely do that.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I was able to pay myself the very first year.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I think the first year, maybe I made like $60,000.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
It wasn't a lot.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
probably about $67,000.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
The first year.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
Yeah.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
Oh, it was great.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
I did enjoy teaching as well.
My First Million
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
So I don't regret it.