California Woman Starts a Side Hustle That Now Earns $100K a Month with Gold City Ventures After Tasting Success on Etsy

Zack Love
4 min readFeb 17, 2024

A woman working in Silicon Valley thought she would be working a 9 to 5 job forever, but success with side hustles changed her mind.

credit: Julie Berninger on Facebook

What would you do with your time if you discovered that you could earn enough income with your side business to quit your job?

Julie Berninger encountered this good problem when her side business on Etsy produced substantial profits along with her blog together brought in over six figures of income.

Then she decided to start Gold City Ventures, which helps others learn how to duplicate her system selling digital products in Etsy shops. This venture has been incredibly successful for Julie, which allows her the freedom to live without the chains of a 9 to 5 job.

Let’s dig into how Julie got started.

1. Julie’s Inspiration to Start a Side Hustle

When Entrepreneur asked her about her inspiration to start her side business on Etsy, she provided insight into how it came to be.

She said:

“I listened to personal finance podcasts on my lunch break and commute to and from…

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Zack Love

I've been published on Newsbreak, Medium, Yahoo! and have received "Top Writer in Entrepreneurship" on Medium and "Hot 500" on Yahoo! Voices.