This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Michael Pan, who built his side hustle, Pan’s Mushroom Jerky, into a full-time business over the course of a decade. To date, Pan’s Mushroom Jerky has seen more than $1,000,000 in sales.
What was your full-time job and/or primary source of income prior to starting your side hustle? Did it change over the course of your side hustle journey?
I earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Illinois, and I spent most of my career at Motorola/Continental Automotive in Chicago.
Along the way, I launched a tech startup with friends until we sold the business in 2016.
