30-year-old turned side hustle into a business that brings in $10,000 a month without a college degree: ‘I decided to go all in'When Anna-Marie Ortiz started her cleaning business, she didn't waste time searching for the"perfect" strategy or waiting for the ideal moment., her Portland, Oregon-based cleaning business, from a side hustle into a full-time operation generating an average of $10,000 a month as of September 2024.
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For example, Ortiz hired several employees early on but soon realized her pricing didn't align with labor costs, prompting her to scale back and work solo. After refining her pay structure, she now has a part-time employee and assists with cleaning jobs herself as needed.