Chapter 14 Early Steps to Getting Started

DOI: 10.4324/9781032689623-18

There are countless ways to start a side hustle, however, a consistent recommendation is to treat it like a business from the start. This is important for US-based tax reasons as well as to save from having to go back and implement revised processes once your side hustle is further down the road. This chapter details not only the formal and legal components of starting a business in the traditional sense but additional steps to think about for side hustles as well. This chapter is by no means comprehensive and each of these topics and tasks should be further researched based on your specific side hustle.

Idea Confirmation

Once your side hustle idea is confirmed, there ...

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