Codie Sanchez built her first business publicly while still employed, and her boss found out and gave her an ultimatum: shut it down or get fired. She now advises keeping side hustles private until they're profitable, not risking your job over an unproven venture.
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I made a huge mistake when I was starting my very first business that I want you to avoid. It's the number one thing you can do wrong while you're trying to build and still collect a paycheck. I built in public before profiting in private. I was still working at a financial company. My boss found out and he gave me the ultimatum. Shut down your business or get fired. My business literally didn't make enough money for me to live off of it and I was honestly too scared to take the plunge. I didn't know enough yet too. I started too early and should have just focused on earning more before splitting my attention and starting the side hustle. If you're side hustling, I want you to do something for me. Keep it quiet. Quiet. Focus on the profits. Keep your name off of it. Don't tell everybody about it until it makes enough. Where an ultimatum for you is an easy decision, there's nothing worse as a boss than hearing that your employees aren't really that happy, so they're side hustling on something, stealing your time, not executing on it, and then talking about it from the rooftops even though it makes no money and you're the one funding the whole thing. Build in public only when you've really profited in private.
