**Cold Open (Cody gets detained at customs)**

**Skip the Cold Open at 14:00**

In this episode, Jake talks about his personal journey over the last 3.5 years going from a negative income making $42,500/year at an inside sales position at the beginning of 2020 to making $200k/year by 2023.

Something that was not mentioned in this episode is that Jake had a negative income at $42,500, meaning more money was coming out for bills than was coming in from his day job. Additionally, Jake didn't graduate college, which made him hard to employ for a position that yielded a higher wage.

This isn't a step-by-step guide or a how-to episode. We wanted to talk about this to show you what it looks like to not only make money by turning a side gig into a full agency but also growing your personal career life with a day job at the same time.

Getting to the $200,000 mark obviously didn't happen overnight, but there were significant changes each year that added to the bottom line both on the Evergrow side and the career side.

• 2019: Jake closes out the year at $42,500
• 2020: Jake and Cody make money and Jake closes out the year at $80k
• 2021: Jake and Cody have an explosive year and Jake takes a new day job, closing out the year at $125k
• 2022-2023: Evergrow continues to grow pushing Jake to the $200k mark

Cody asks the real questions about the problems Jake faced making $42.5k vs the problems he faces now and how things have changed as well as what things Jake still worries about.

If you have any questions about Jake's journey or want to reach out to us, head over to our website at everbrospodcast.com.

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