Like many people during the pandemic, Davis reallocated the time she'd typically spent commuting home to building her side hustle.
Davis' handbag company netted $14,000 in sales in its first four months in business, which Insider verified with documentation.
Another entrepreneur, Lisa Andrea, regularly books $8,000 in revenue a month from her side hustle, The Financial Cookbook, which Insider also verified with documentation.
Andrea started The Financial Cookbook, an online financial-coaching company, to earn extra income and try entrepreneurship part time before taking the plunge.
Leveraging expertise, as Andrea did with financial coaching, is one way entrepreneurs can start a side hustle and balance risk versus reward.