How I Built a Million Dollar Side Hustle While Working Full Time
David Daoud
Director, Head of Transformation & Change Delivery (Legal Change & Innovation) | Legal Operations | Legal Technology HSBC APAC Regional AI Ambassador Lead
For 8 years I’ve been running a side hustle while having a full-time corporate job and living in a foreign country, Hong Kong, with a newborn. This side hustle accumulated over 1M in revenue and 100k in the first year.
The beginning
In 2014, my life took a significant turn when my wife and I made the life-changing decision to leave France for Hong Kong. My wife was pregnant with our first child, and I was just 34 years old. As a new and super stressed father, my primary goal was to provide for my family and create a stable future. And any father out there knows what I am talking about, right?
2 years later I founded my first company in Hong Kong while pursuing my full-time corporate job. When I began my solo-entrepreneurship journey, I was also still discovering fatherhood and parenting. This was to me an additional motivation to trigger this life-changing journey.?
In 2016, I noticed the buzz surrounding FinTech, that shorts for Financial Technologies, it was everywhere! I was fortunate enough to speak conferences, discussing FinTech innovation and sharing insights.
During these events, I realized that many people were new to the topic and lacked access to quality information. So, I decided to solve that problem, and this sparked the idea that would eventually lead me to my side hustle.
I decided to solve that problem
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6 天前Very interesting and insightful David, thanks for the share ????
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2 周HK is a dynamic place. I am a big beneficiary. At age 28 I entered HK as a daily newspaper journalist, turned a part time Exporter at 34 and full time Exporter at 39, and achieved financial independence by 52. Since then I have done 60 solopreneur roles just for pure pleasure. The journey continues with me mentoring full timer income earners aspiring to become solopreneur. I owe it all to HK's dynamic working culture. Yam Poi!
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