Services and freelancing side hustle ideas

Doing work for clients for a fee: freelance, consulting, done-for-you services, repairs, local services.

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Services and freelancing
Startup strategy consulting with business maps
Offers business strategy consulting to startups using topographical business maps. Aims to help avoid costly mistakes and support fundraising.
Part-timeOnline
Hacker News, 2019
Services and freelancing
Tech troubleshooting consulting
Helps people fix broken technology, a paid skill since youth.
Under $100
Hacker News, 2019
Services and freelancing
Wildland fire contractor work
Works as a firefighter and medic, adding contract wildland fire deployments. Takes a few hours a week plus one deployment a year.
A few hours a weekIn person
Hacker News, 2019
Services and freelancing
Local phone repair shop
A retail shop that fixes broken phones for walk-in customers, grown from one location to several. The owner later sold the business.
Over $10kIn person
Top Founders, 2016
Services and freelancing
Buy and run a cleaning business
Bought an existing cleaning company and is running it with a business manager, so it needs little weekly attention.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2014
Services and freelancing
Enterprise software consulting on the side
Does enterprise software consulting in the evenings.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2014
Services and freelancing
Outsourced social media and blog posting for a firm
Does social media and blog content for a jewelry company from home and subcontracts the work to a lower-cost writer.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2014
Services and freelancing
Blog that brings in consulting work
Runs a blog that has brought a steady flow of consulting opportunities.
Under $100Online
Hacker News, 2014
Services and freelancing
DJing and personal training gigs
Earns on the side from DJ gigs and personal training, both of which are also personal hobbies.
Hacker News, 2014
Services and freelancing
Husband and wife photography business
A photography business started with a spouse that grew enough for the spouse to quit a day job.
Hacker News, 2011
Services and freelancing
Brick mailbox repair and masonry for HOAs
The operator started by repairing brick mailboxes and grew into masonry work for homeowner associations, using crews for the labor. Income is per-job fees.
Part-timeIn person
The Koerner Office
Services and freelancing
Christmas light installation service
A seasonal service installs holiday lights for homeowners and businesses, with multi-year contracts to repeat the work. It was started by a teacher on the side.
In person
The Koerner Office
Services and freelancing
Handyman service that grew from shelf building
The operator began by selling tote shelves and expanded into general handyman work for local customers. Income is per-job fees.
In person
The Koerner Office
Services and freelancing
Paid AI tools assessment for small businesses
A solo consultant interviews a small business owner about daily pain points, runs the recording through AI to match problems to existing software, and delivers a short written report plus a walkthrough call. It is sold as a fixed-price diagnosis, and the buyer can then hire the consultant for the follow-up work.
Under $100Part-timeOnline
The Startup Ideas Podcast

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