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Students attending an accounting lesson in a classroom with whiteboard.

Online bookkeeping and exam prep classes

Teach live online classes that help learners pass bookkeeping or accounting exams and use QuickBooks.

  • $300-3k
  • Side hustle
  • Online
94 US businesses with employees in this field, -14.5% in a year
Wedding planner reviewing details with a clipboard beside a decorated table.

Weekend day-of event coordinator

Run the schedule and vendors on the day for couples and hosts who planned the rest themselves.

  • $200-1.5k
  • Side hustle
  • Out and about
6,270 US businesses with employees in this field, +2.0% in a year
A transcriptionist wearing headphones typing clinical notes at a computer.

Home-based medical transcriptionist

Turn doctors' recorded dictation into accurate written notes for small practices, working from your own computer.

  • $300-1.5k
  • Side hustle
  • From home
4,375 US businesses with employees in this field, -11.2% in a year
Freshly steamed tamales wrapped in corn husks, ready to eat or take away.

Pre-order tamales from a home kitchen

Make tamales in batches and sell by pre-order for pickup, especially around holidays.

  • $500-3k
  • Side hustle
  • From home
270,088 US businesses with employees in this field, +1.8% in a year