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How This Former Pharmacist is Making Side Gigs Lucrative

Kristy Ting, Founder, Side Gig Accelerator

04-Nov-25 10:00

How This Former Pharmacist is Making Side Gigs Lucrative

Today’s story is about reinvention and what it really takes to build something completely new when the odds aren’t really in your favour.

Kristy Ting, Founder of Side Gig Accelerator, realised her savings and EPF weren’t going to be enough for the life she wanted for her family. She took a leap from dispensing prescriptions to designing sales funnels, and eventually launched the Side Gig Accelerator, a programme that helps everyday people who want to earn extra money learn a new, marketable skill through online channels. 

Her students today range from 25-year-olds to retirees in their 70s, with the intention to show how online income isn’t just for the tech-savvy but it’s for anyone willing to take that first step.

In this conversation, we discuss how she built a seven-figure coaching and consulting business from scratch and what she’s learned about breaking limiting beliefs along the way.

Produced by: Kishan Sivaswamy

Presented by: Richard Bradbury


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Categories:  Women in BusinesstechnologyentrepreneursSME

Tags:  marketable skillsside giggig economyside incomeonline income





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