David Nadelle

Sun, Jun 29, 2025, 8:01 AM3 min read

Most investors know that getting rich on a hot stock tip or a hunch is something that happens often in the movies, but rarely in real life. Building wealth is often the result of consistent, long-term investing in financially stable, well-managed businesses.

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However, in this age of profitable side hustles and do-it-yourself social media marketing, there’s plenty of extra money to be made if you’re willing to work at selling yourself, your product and your business/brand strategically.

Enter Codie Sanchez. The “From Wall Street to Main Street” influencer, best-selling author and business backer is determined to “create 100,000 business owners and help 1 million of us build profitable businesses,” through the tools and programs offered through her popular digital education company, Contrarian Thinking.

Sanchez recently posted a video on her YouTube channel detailing businesses that are making $100, $10,000 and $100,000 in revenue in one weekend. Here are the businesses you can get started in to earn extra income with little to no start-up costs.

Starting at the lower weekend revenue end, Sanchez visited the owner of Flaca’s Aguas, a simple popsicle cart that offers Mexican flavor-influenced popsicles and more. Although Sanchez’s presence (plus a very generous tip from one of its customers) made the weekend a particularly profitable one, this weekend business is one where anyone can easily make $100.

The best businesses have low start-up costs, great revenue margins and scalability potential. Operating costs may differ depending on where you live — for example, renting vs. owning a cart and city permits, licensing and health certifications — but a high-traffic location and in-demand products can overcome any financial obstacles you encounter very quickly.

Event planning is a natural career choice for sociable and detail-oriented people, but it’s also a viable and rewarding weekend money-maker. Starting small, Posh Picnics made its initial start-up costs back after its first pop-up weekend event and hasn’t looked back, expanding its services with packages catering to any occasion.

Pop-up picnic companies are hot, so much so that you’d better research the competition in your city before jumping into this niche event planning enterprise. Again, word-of-mouth recommendations are crucial to the success of a business like Posh Picnics, so having someone to handle marketing, social media and sales will eventually be a necessity. Registering a domain and having a helpful site, in addition to hitting all social platforms, is a must, too.