Review: Sidehustle: How to Start a Business for Less Than $1,000

Sidehustle: How to Start a Business for Less Than $1,000 by Tyler Basu
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

A strange book. This is really a compilation of three books by different authors. The books are all about entrepreneurship. These books approach “how to start a business” differently, so you do get some variety when you read this. One book is all about examples of businesses people have started, while the other books are more about the process , one kind of a how to book (with lots of detail that may not be pertinent -- mostly about internet based business using web-based presentations, content marketing, SEO, and the like) and one a business parable covering starting a business. If you have read any books about starting a business, this will all feel familiar. They are each reasonably good places to start. I’d consider each book to be similar to many others out there. Combining these books was somewhat questionable in value to the reader. I am not sure the reader needs to read these together, and I assume this was done to make money by repackaging existing books, giving them a new life. I was very surprised that there was little to no content related specifically to the title of this collection, “Side Hustle”. I don't know if it was even mentioned. Obviously this was named to take advantage of current interest in side hustles, driven by Chris Guillebeau and others. Yet the content is all about starting businesses, with nothing about starting businesses while working on a full time job. You’d expect discussion of integrating an existing job with the side hustle, and coming up with interesting ideas to make money, but this collection doesn’t really cover it. Bait and switch. Under a different and truthful name, this would be worthy of more stars. Entrepreneurs should understand the value of setting and meeting expectations.

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