She Picked Up a Side Hustle Her Husband Saw on 'Shark Tank' — Now It Brings in More Than $100,000 Per YearStephanie Jackson started working with BabyQuip in 2020 and says the venture's "surpassed" all of her previous gigs.

ByAmanda Breen•Jun 15, 2023

In 2020, Stephanie Jackson and her husband were expecting their second child when thepandemicstruck, halting travel and miring her job as the director of study abroad at the Savannah College of Art & Design in "lots of uncertainty."

With the financial reality of putting two kids into daycare fast approaching, the couple "needed a little extra" income. Then, that April, Jackson's husband saw an intriguingside hustleopportunity onShark Tank: A company calledBabyQuip, which rents baby gear to traveling families, needed quality providers to help facilitate those rentals.

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