I turned my passion for the outdoors into a community for startup founders. It's become a side hustle that makes me $10K in revenue.

Business Insider | 05-10-2026 09:17pm |

Alena Beliauskaya, a 37-year-old product director in San Francisco, turned weekend community meetups for founders into a side hustle. The group, called 12 Scrappy Founders, organizes activities such as hiking and dirtbiking. It now offers paid membership and sponsored events, generating $10,000 in monthly revenue since the summer. Beliauskaya works part-time as director of product management at Wolf Games.

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