When Kathy Kristof was writing for publications such as Los Angeles Times, CBS News, Kiplinger, Reuters, Forbes, she was constantly pitched by companies offering her part time job opportunities.

She started to dig into them and discovered how contracts were oftentimes one sided, and some of these companies were misleading freelancers about the nature of their relationship.

That's when she decided to found SideHusl, an independent platform review site. Since then, she has devote her career to level the playfield, giving freelancers the power of knowing what they are getting into before saying YES.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• What a side hustle is and what SideHusl.com is all about.
• How Kathy transitioned from being an award-winning financial writer to founding SideHustl.
• The Husl score and how the rating system works.
• Advice to platforms on how to achieve a better score.
• How she noticed an uptick in the interest that badly rated companies put on to achieve a better score.
• Long term trends for independent work and the gig economy.
• Gig economy regulation attempts and some of the negative effects that the California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) has had.
• What has been different for side hustlers over the last year and how side hustles have become lifesavers during the pandemic.
• How the gig economy is maturing and where it's headed to.