Tag: Hustle

An Ivy League sophomore says he found a $105,000 side hustle: selling coveted restaurant reservations

Brown sophomore Alex Eisler has a lucrative side hustle selling restaurant reservations. He vends them on nascent platform Appointment Trader. Eisler told BI his most expensive sale was $1,358 for an omakase reservation in Boston. Need more proof that the scalper and bot-fueled restaurant reservation-selling ecosystem has intensified to new heights? Brown University student Alex […]

Ads for a popular online ‘side hustle’ course are misleading, customers say

Chelsea Ouimet has more than a million followers between her two Instagram accounts, “Chelsea the Affiliate” and “Hustle with Chelsea.” The self-described stay-at-home mom of three smiles broadly and shows off her beautiful home in video posts touting ways to make money — quickly — through a business model called affiliate marketing. “All you need […]