Print-on-Demand Side Hustle Turns Into $766K Business For College Dropout

The CEO of the online marketplace Etsy, Chad Dickerson (Center), stands with the CFO Kristina Salen on the floor of the Nasdaq as the company becomes a public company under the ticker symbol ETSY. Cassidy Johnson began creating t-shirt designs on her phone and posting them on Etsy Inc. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES.

Cassidy Johnson turned a print-on-demand side hustle into a full-time job generating more than $766,000 in a year — all without a college degree.

After she was furloughed from her job during the pandemic, Johnson began creating t-shirt designs on her phone and posting them on Etsy Inc.