Side Hustle Junior

On a Saturday afternoon, Maya drew twelve cats with tiny crowns, packaged them as a digital sticker set, priced it at $4 — and went to sleep. By Sunday night, eleven strangers had bought it. She made $44 from a device she already owned, using a free app she had downloaded to doodle.

That is what this book teaches.

Side Hustle Jr.: Your Guide to Earning Online is the complete, step-by-step guide for kids ages 10–14 who want to start earning money online — not someday, but this week, with tools they can download for free today.

No prior experience required. No startup money. No business license. No expensive software. Just a skill, a device, and the specific steps to turn what you already know how to do into something someone else will pay for.

Seven complete earning paths — one for every type of creator:

• Digital art and sticker packs — sell illustrations, sticker sets, and custom avatars on Etsy and Gumroad

• Websites and blogs — build a site around something you love and grow an audience that pays

• Ebooks — write and sell short guides on topics you already know well

• Print on demand — put your designs on T-shirts, mugs, posters, and phone cases without holding any inventory

• Online courses and video tutorials — teach a skill on video and sell it as a digital product

• Canva and Notion templates — build reusable design and productivity tools others will buy

• Study tools and educational resources — make flashcards, worksheets, and printables teachers and students actually need

Each chapter follows a named kid character through a real challenge — and solves it in a way you can replicate. Every chapter ends with a TRY THIS exercise designed to get you from reading to doing in under an hour.

Also inside:

• The Spend/Save/Reinvest framework for managing your first earnings

• Online safety essentials every kid entrepreneur needs to know

• Time management strategies for building a business alongside school

• How to market your work without a budget or a big following

• What to do when things go wrong — and how to recover fast

• Copyright basics, digital footprint awareness, and reputation protection

• A step-by-step project plan: build, test, improve, and launch

• Platform age requirements, a full glossary, and a guide for parents and educators

This is not a simplified version of adult business advice. Every chapter is honest about the effort required — and specific about exactly what to do next. Readers do not need to finish the book before they start. The structure is built for action.

About the Kids Future Fund

A portion of proceeds from this book supports the Kids Future Fund, a program that provides free entrepreneurship education for young creators who would not otherwise have access to it. Learn more at kidsfuturefund.org.

Side Hustle Jr. is the first book in a series. Forthcoming titles include Side Hustle Jr.: Advanced Earning, Side Hustle Jr.: Managing Your Money, and Side Hustle Jr.: Creator’s Playbook.