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- Teaching and coachingA media business teaching people to raise goats, with a podcast, YouTube channel, online courses and a paid membership. It also runs paid goat farm tours.Online and in personSide Hustle Nation, 2026
- Teaching and coachingTutors middle and high school students in math and CS for an hourly rate.Under $100Hacker News, 2021
- Teaching and coachingTeaches online webinars and in-person tutorials on the basics of data science and machine learning with Python.Part-timeOnline and in personHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTeaches and mentors beginners in web development for companies and bootcamps, in evening sessions.Under $100Part-timeHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTeaches English and prepares students for standardized exams. Some students paid in food and drinks.Under $100Part-timeHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingPlays regularly with a jazz band, gives occasional guitar lessons at home, and earns a little from fan support on Patreon for performance videos.Online and in personHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTeaches several licensed group fitness class formats a few mornings per week and gets paid per class.In personHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTaught guitar, theory and recording part-time, and now teaches small groups online and consults with bands on production and composition.Hacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingWorked as a scuba instructor on the side, which kept the owner supplied with dive gear, though the stress of the service work eventually led to burnout.Part-timeIn personHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTaught fitness classes on the side alongside a day job.Part-timeIn personHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTeaches people to build projects without code, earning from memberships and from companies that pay to be listed and to have educational content made.OnlineHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTaught Linux courses on weekends to students eager to learn. Paid per course.Under $100In personHacker News, 2019
- Teaching and coachingTurned expertise in CSS layout into an online course and in-person workshops. Development teams buy licenses for the course, and the income funds standards work.Online and in personHacker News, 2016
- Teaching and coachingThe operator runs a team training or build-together session inside one company and listens for the process employees want automated. That process then becomes a separately priced build, often a shared context layer across the company's tools.Build With AI
- Teaching and coachingThe host books a room, lists a half-day workshop on Eventbrite for one industry such as realtors or roofers, and teaches attendees to set up Claude and build one skill. The ticket revenue is minor; the point is meeting buyers who then ask for private help.Build With AI