Week 3 Call Notes & Recording · The SideHustleDBL Community

Week 3 Call Notes & Recording

SUMMARY

The meeting focused on evolving the SideHustleDBL Time Rich Project platform to make it more actionable, less overwhelming, and better aligned with how users actually progress their side hustles.

Key themes were:

Validating side-hustle ideas through real market tests (simple offers to strangers, Etsy tests, outreach).
Major UX and algorithm updates to the dashboard, matching, and business-plan flows.
User feedback about overwhelm, leading to concrete plans for a progress bar, “pick up where you left off,” and better visibility into where each side hustle stands.
Demonstrations of the business plan wizard, auto-generation features, and upcoming data-import capabilities.
Personal commitments from each participant to move one clear goal forward before the next session.

RECORDING

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m4N4hYFTXXwG7pzh5Z9fMghqZ4XbTM7z/view?usp=sharing

ACTION ITEMS

Mark Langford

Platform/Product

Implement an active-side-hustle progress bar showing:

Current stage.
Next step.
“Pick up where you left off” entry point.

Fix the business plan wizard so:

Auto-generated content can be successfully accepted and submitted end-to-end.

Make market-demand evidence sources:

Done: they just took some time to load

Finish business-plan data import feature:

Options to integrate or append imported text/content into sections.

Evaluate and design:

A basic stage-gate workflow (stage definitions + user edits).
A cloning/branching mechanism for existing ideas (especially idea descriptions).

Correct active-side-hustle display:

Ensure it reliably shows the actual active side hustle, not assessment status.

Operations & Communication

Send out meeting notes and recording.
Send scheduling notice:

Next session moved to Tuesday (due to Denver Startup Week talk).

Vaughn Ramos

Side Hustle Execution

Choose one side hustle as the focus.
By next session:

Complete its full business plan in the platform:

Bring in pre-existing/historical context.
Fill all major sections (vision, problem/solution, marketing, operations, financials, etc.).
Ensure it leads to clear, actionable business activities.

As he works:

Note any areas where:

Progress visibility is confusing.
The platform doesn’t clearly show what’s missing or what’s next.

Report those to Mark for future improvements.

Marcus Rosenthal

Market Validation & Execution

Select one side hustle (laser engraving) as the primary focus.
Within one week:

Launch an Etsy listing for a specific laser-engraved product.
Set up basic ads or promotional push to drive traffic.

Over the following week:

Run a market-validation test:

Track actual orders and engagement.
Use results to assess viability and refine the offer.

Platform Usage

Re-run the side-hustle matching:

Adjust skills/industries and re-save the assessment so the new algorithm recalculates.
Keep important ideas pinned/starred.

Experiment with:

Lead generation & Playbooks under the business plan:

Use them to design outreach to Etsy-like buyers and other channels beyond personal network.

Optional:

Document thoughts on a desired stage-gate flow so Mark has a concrete model to implement.

Kim Thalken

Summit Promotion

Before heavy promotion this week:

Update or regenerate the summit promo image (or overall creative) so:

It visibly includes the big-name speakers (e.g., John Assaraf, John Gray, Marisa Peer, etc.).
This appeals to people who mostly skim images rather than reading the full text.