{
  "id": 9958622,
  "title": "A serial side hustler with 10 income streams shares her most lucrative venture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/a-serial-side-hustler-with-10-income-streams-shares-her-most",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-26T09:45:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/serial-side-hustler-10-income-streams-most-lucrative-content-creation-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lucy Zheng, a senior corporate counsel at a tech company, has built a household with 10 income streams. Her most lucrative venture is her content creation business, which has now surpassed her W-2 salary. Her content journey began in 2012 with a fashion blog, where she first earned $500 from a TJ Maxx partnership. This led her to YouTube, where she continues to earn from videos she created years ago. Zheng's other income streams include her husband's business, rental properties, options trading, dividend and interest income, and five revenue channels tied to her social media business. Her advice for aspiring side hustlers is to start with user-generated content, as it requires minimal barriers to entry. Zheng spends about 20 hours a week on content creation, which she now earns enough from to replace her legal salary. She dedicates her content to building income streams, investing, real estate, and financial independence.",
  "summary": "Lucy Zheng has 10 income streams. Her advice for aspiring side hustlers is simple: start with user-generated content.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}