Coaching and Mentorship evidence: 17 quotes from 5 creators
Every quote, figure and source behind our coaching and mentorship guide: 17 quotes from 5 creators, grouped by claim, with the full source list.
Every quote, by claim
Accepted figures: each is backed by the creators quoted under it, verbatim and linked to the moment they said it.
Ongoing cost: $600/month
“Normally, Flourishing Freelancer is $600 a month”
Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter): 0.80 score 0–1
“When I take on coaching clients, I schedule my coaching to be either like first thing in the morning over the lunch hour or in the evening.”
Schedule control: own schedule
“So, I'm only going to sell times on Monday, let's say, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1:00 to 5:00.”
“When I take on coaching clients, I schedule my coaching to be either like first thing in the morning over the lunch hour or in the evening.”
Single reports, not yet confirmed
What one creator said, before a second independent source backs it. Not used as a fact anywhere on the site.
Hourly earnings
“So, I'm offering 5 minutes of consulting for only $5. Now, that doesn't sound like but that's a dollar a minute, aka $60 an hour”
“250 bucks an hour.”
Startup cost
“that's about $120,000 a year of pure profit, because I have no costs on this business. I'm just selling my time.”
Ongoing cost
“Normally, Flourishing Freelancer is $600 a month”
Time to first dollar
“it literally takes maybe two days really to hone in and get everything up and going.”
Typical hours per week
“Probably takes 10 hours or so a week for me to focus on that.”
Common pitfalls
“in 2025 everything I did was very one-on-one every client I was walking them step-by-step live which sounds great but it meant I was repeating myself over and over and over again”
“So I'm very careful in my language to say, here are companies I've worked with before. I don't say here's a list of my clients because I don't want to risk creating a misperception. The client is the client of the consulting firm.”
“And that's the thing with charging $5 for consulting, you do more harm than good.”
Schedule control
“When I take on coaching clients, I schedule my coaching to be either like first thing in the morning over the lunch hour or in the evening.”
“So, I'm only going to sell times on Monday, let's say, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1:00 to 5:00.”
Scalability
“Teaching and information scales well, right?”
Fit by life phase
“When I take on coaching clients, I schedule my coaching to be either like first thing in the morning over the lunch hour or in the evening.”
Employee pay in the related job, nationally and by state
BLS figures describe employees in the closest related occupation, not side-hustle income.
| Related occupation | Median pay | Middle 80% | People employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | $30.93/hr ($64,330/yr), BLS OEWS, May 2025 | $45,020–$104,770/yr | 353,310 |
| Counselors, All Other | $24.45/hr ($50,860/yr), BLS OEWS, May 2025 | $36,240–$91,940/yr | 28,580 |
| State | Median annual pay |
|---|---|
| Alabama | $47,580 |
| Alaska | $45,060 |
| Arizona | $59,910 |
| Arkansas | $49,310 |
| California | $48,850 |
| Colorado | $66,680 |
| Connecticut | $53,310 |
| Delaware | $48,990 |
| District of Columbia | $93,720 |
| Florida | $45,880 |
| Georgia | $79,490 |
| Hawaii | $65,470 |
| Illinois | $49,360 |
| Indiana | $45,360 |
| Iowa | $61,080 |
| Kentucky | $40,230 |
| Louisiana | $47,830 |
| Maine | $62,190 |
| Maryland | $46,840 |
| Massachusetts | $58,240 |
| Michigan | $37,390 |
| Minnesota | $47,740 |
| Mississippi | $54,090 |
| Missouri | $43,680 |
| Montana | $39,260 |
| Nebraska | $40,530 |
| Nevada | $45,440 |
| New Hampshire | $47,770 |
| New Jersey | $73,360 |
| New York | $58,500 |
| North Carolina | $52,280 |
| North Dakota | $69,860 |
| Ohio | $45,840 |
| Oregon | $78,750 |
| Pennsylvania | $59,160 |
| Puerto Rico | $38,400 |
| South Carolina | $55,140 |
| Tennessee | $51,900 |
| Texas | $54,450 |
| Utah | $93,530 |
| Vermont | $56,220 |
| Virginia | $76,450 |
| Washington | $69,530 |
| West Virginia | $44,810 |
| Wisconsin | $71,390 |
All sources
- Freelance to Freedom, How This Student Quit His Corporate Job in Just 9 Months Using My Framework For Ultimate Freelance Freedom [ Freelancing to Financial Freedom ] (podcast, 25 Aug 2026, at 0:52)
- Side Hustle Hero, 184: How One Connection Can Build Your Client Pipeline (podcast, 17 Feb 2026, at 22:51)
- Chris Koerner, I Tested How Passive This AI Side Hustle Really Is (YouTube, 2 Oct 2026, at 4:47)
- Chris Koerner, I Found the Perfect First Business for Introverts (YouTube, 17 Aug 2026, at 36:26)
- Side Hustle Hero, 198: Turn Your Everyday Skills into Paid Offers (podcast, 14 Jul 2026, at 24:25)
- Moms Make Money, 66 | 3 Ways I Built a Simple Business Model (While Working 9-5 and Raising a Toddler) (podcast, 1 Apr 2026, at 7:55)
- Brandon | UGC Creator, Viral UGC Coach Reveals How to Get Paid More and Become Irreplaceable | Henry Pan E10 (YouTube, 22 Oct 2026, at 31:26)
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35.
- O*NET 31.0 Database, 31.0.
All data
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Demand trend | growing | BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35 |
| Nearest occupation | Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | O*NET 31.0 |
| Nearest occupation | Counselors, All Other | O*NET 31.0 |
| Ongoing cost | $600/month | Freelance to Freedom, Aug 2026 |
| Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter) | 0.80 score 0–1 | Side Hustle Hero, Feb 2026 |
| Schedule control | own schedule | Chris Koerner, Oct 2026; Side Hustle Hero, Feb 2026 |
| Median hourly wage, employees: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | $30.93/hr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Median annual wage, employees: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | $64,330/yr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Annual wage, 10th percentile: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | $45,020/yr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Annual wage, 90th percentile: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | $104,770/yr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| People employed: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | 353,310 jobs | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Projected employment change, 10 years: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | 2.9% | BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35 |
| Share self-employed: educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | 0.6% | BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35 |
| Median hourly wage, employees: counselors, all other | $24.45/hr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Median annual wage, employees: counselors, all other | $50,860/yr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Annual wage, 10th percentile: counselors, all other | $36,240/yr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Annual wage, 90th percentile: counselors, all other | $91,940/yr | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| People employed: counselors, all other | 28,580 jobs | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Projected employment change, 10 years: counselors, all other | 5.9% | BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35 |
| Share self-employed: counselors, all other | 38.8% | BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35 |