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Start Your Tech Side Business With Help From AI
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Start Your Tech Side Business With Help From AI

How to start a tech side business with help from AI while still employed
Created byAndrew Mugoya
Last updated 3/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Types of businesses you can start as part of a side hustle
  • Apps and platforms you can use to start the different types of side hustles
  • How you can start to use AI as an assistant
  • Great tips for setting up each type of side hustle

Course content

12 sections • 15 lectures • 31m total length
  • Welcome0:16
  • What is a Side Hustle?1:31
  • About Me1:15
  • Contents of This Course1:24

Requirements

  • No technical skills required. No prior business experience required. This course will give you all you need to get started.

Description

With AI easily available, there has never been a better or easier time to start an online tech side business.


What is a side business?

A side business is a side project or hobby that you can commercialise to earn extra income.


Why you need a side business

A side business helps you:

  • Mitigate against the risk of redundancy

  • Increase your income

  • Commercialise your hobby

  • Plan for your retirement


About this course

In this short course:

  • You'll be introduced to the top platforms and apps that you can use to start an online side business and how AI can help

  • You'll be able to turn AI from being a threat into a useful tool for starting a successful side business

  • You'll be introduced to the various AI tools that you can use on your entrepreneurial journey

  • You'll gain tips and insights based on my 25+ years of experience in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship


Your Instructor: Andrew Mugoya

Andrew has spent over 25 years designing and scaling technology systems across London, Wall Street, and European finance:

  • Founder & Principal at Strawpath**, advising founders, boards, and enterprise leaders.

  • Engineering & Technology Leadership** at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Smart Pension.

  • Built fintech architectures transacting over **£5 Billion** and helped early-stage startups raise over **£300 Million**.

  • Mastercard Lighthouse Expert Advisor** and angel investor (WealthOS, acquired by JPMorgan Chase).

  • MSc in Computer Science (Oxford)**, BEng First Class (Warwick), and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).

Everything in this course is grounded in battle-tested product management, startup validation, and systems architecture.


Who this course is for:

  • Employees thinking of starting a side hustle to increase or diversify their income
  • Budding entrepreneurs looking at simple ways to start an online business
  • If you are looking to get started with AI and automation tool on your entrepreneurial journey
  • Professionals facing redundancy and looking to start an online business
  • Professionals planning for retirement that want to have an activity to keep them engaged