Should You Start A Side Hustle in Germany?

The Germany Expat Business Show

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Time for another episode of The Germany Expat Business Show Mailbag!

This time I’m sharing a question from Nutan Jaeger.

Nutan is a trained architect turned writer who moved to Munich with her German husband. She was laid off from her job and has worked as a freelancer in Germany before but always stayed under the mini-job level and making enough to cover taxes and insurance.

Her biggest challenge is figuring out how to start.

Should she exploring business ideas as side hustles and see what takes off? OR Should she create a business right away?

She also asked about working remotely from Germany for clients in the U.S.

It’s so fascinating to hear everyone’s stories.

My advice to Nutan would be to start something as a side-hustle rather than a full on business. For a few reasons.
Listen in to this shorty solo episode to find out more!

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