ENTREPRENEURIAL ENERGY

A Wellington man has confirmed that his carefully branded “side hustle” has generated $11 in revenue over the past two years.

Ethan Clarke, 29, describes himself as a “digital entrepreneur” despite acknowledging that most of his earnings came from one Trade Me sale in late 2023.

“It’s not about the money yet,” Clarke explained. “I’m taking the time to build up a strong system.”

Clarke said his side hustle involves dropshipping, content strategy and “leveraging attention.”

“I’m playing the long game,” he said. “Eleven dollars might seem small but at this stage it’s proof of concept.”

The local man confirmed he spends most evenings refining logos and updating his bio, saying that “you’ve got to look bigger than you are first, and then you scale.”

Flatmate Josh Turner said the hustle appears largely theoretical. “He talks about passive income a lot,” Turner said. “But what I’ve mostly seen is a lot of time spent on Canva.”

Clarke remains confident the breakthrough is imminent.

“All big businesses start somewhere,” he said. “Rome wasn’t built in a day and I’m pretty sure they didn’t make a profit from day one either.”

At time of writing, Clarke was reportedly considering reinvesting his $11 into a new domain name to “help with SEO”.

More to come. 

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CONTENT CREATOR MODE

A Wellington man has confirmed he is currently in the planning phase of launching his own podcast after experiencing what he described as “three genuinely interesting thoughts” over the course of a single weekend.

Daniel Harper, 33, said the ideas came to him while driving home from Mitre 10 and have since developed into what he believes could be a “long form audio exploration platform.”

“I just realised I’ve got a lot to say, you know,” Harper explained. “Not everyone sees things the way I do. There’s nuance there.”

Harper confirmed the thoughts covered modern work culture, why most people misunderstand caffeine, and a loose theory about how carparks reveal societal decline.

“I’m not saying I’ve cracked it,” he said. “But I do think people would benefit from hearing me unpack it properly. Probably in episodes. Forty five minutes minimum.”

Since Saturday, Harper has created a Notes app folder titled ‘Podcast Strategy’, purchased a $189 microphone online, and begun researching whether to call it something minimal like ‘Reflections’ or slightly punchier like ‘Unfiltered’.

His partner, Laura Mitchell, said the planning process has been thorough.

“He’s done a logo mock up already,” Mitchell said. “He hasn’t recorded anything but he’s very clear on the intro music vibe.”

Harper confirmed he is currently deciding whether to position the podcast as culture commentary, self development, or “just honest conversations that need to be had.”

“I don’t want it to be noise,” he said. “There’s already enough noise. This would be signal.”

At this stage, Harper believes the main barrier to launch is “timing”, despite acknowledging he has not yet articulated any of his alleged thoughts in full.

More to come.

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QUITE DIFFERENT

Alice Hipkins, a 25 year old financial advisor from Christchurch, revealed today that she is actually qualified to practise criminal law, something that has absolutely nothing to do with giving people advice about their mortgages.  

Hipkins was tight-lipped about why exactly she was in her current role and not working in the criminal courts, but it appears she got the wrong end of the stick about the degree she chose, after listening to too many podcasts. 

“I just hated it. I hated being a lawyer, and I wanted to do something else.

“True crime podcasts are just so interesting to me, with so many twists and turns. I don’t understand why being a criminal lawyer is so lame,” she said, referring to the tightly edited and dramatised podcasts that are popular around the world. 

While crime podcasts are entertaining, it has to be said that they leave out most of the slow, laborious, mundane details that make up the criminal justice system. This is perhaps so that people actually listen to them. 

James Carson, a freelance audio editor, shed some light on the situation. 

“We generally cut out more than we leave in with any kind of documentary podcast. Be quite weird to keep all the little details that no-one cares about right?,” laughed Carson at his audio studio.

“Be good if you could edit out bits of real life wouldn’t it? I’d probably edit out all the time between now and Christmas.”

Hipkins meanwhile seems happy to be working alongside goal-oriented people with mortgages, rather than the scum and villainy of her previous career.

More to come. 

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