Let Your Passion Pay the Bills: Start an Experience-Based Business in 30 Days

Kaori Becker was just 27 years old when she started her own business. Nestled in their San Leandro kitchen, Kaori and her mother, Yukiko, began teaching friends and loved ones how to make mochi, a traditional Japanese treat molded by pounding glutinous sweet rice into a paste. What started as a fun side-hustle for a busy teacher expanded into Kaori’s Kitchen, an experience highly sought-after by both individuals and corporations looking for hands-on team building activities.

What makes her business so successful? “People no longer want to buy stuff,” Kaori explains. “These days, people are spending their money on memorable, meaningful experiences.” By tapping into the experience-based industry and using her heritage as credibility, Kaori was able to share her creativity with the world.

Have you ever wanted to share your own talents with others, but wondered where to begin? Kaori believes that she can teach others to be successful experience hosts by following in the footsteps of her own business model. Her new book, Let Your Passion Pay the Bills: How to Start an Experience-Based Business in 30 Days, is a testament to the lessons she learned while turning her side hustle into a full- blown career. In her book, she walks aspiring entrepreneurs through everything from creating and developing an idea, to marketing successfully, and to finally bring the experience to corporations.

Kaori’s road to turning her passion into a career began in college and graduate school. Kaori loved experimenting with food and learning to cook traditional Japanese dishes that her mother had made when she was growing up. Inspired to learn that her own grandmother had owned a ramen shop in Japan, Kaori decided to dive deeper into her roots. While still in school, Kaori taught herself how to make ramen from scratch and began teaching cooking classes on the side. After receiving her master’s in education from Ohio State University, Kaori moved back to California and became a high school English teacher. While there, Kaori shared her love of cooking with her students, teaching them to make traditional Japanese dishes in her after-school club.

Kaori found her career as a teacher to be both challenging and rewarding. Still, she wondered if there was an alternative to the long, demanding hours. Besides, Kaori knew that her true passions were in the kitchen. With the inspiration of her grandmother and the encouragement of her husband, Kaori began advertising authentic Japanese cooking classes on Airbnb Experiences. In the beginning, she offered free classes to family and friends in exchange for reviews. Over the weeks and months, her business continued to spread, and employers began reaching out for private events.

Three years later, Kaori has quit her 9 to 5 job and now works full-time for Kaori’s Kitchen, which offers mochi, ramen, and sushi classes. Today, Kaori brings in more profit annually than she ever made as a teacher. Her book is set to launch November 2019. To become a donor and secure your copy early, check out her Kickstarter here.

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How to Create, Market, and Sell your First Experience in 30 Days or Less and Use it to Grow a Successful Experience-Based Business

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Pledge $2,000 or more WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BOOK: I will fly to you and do a book signing! How to Create Your Experience from I will fly to you and do a book signing at your Scratch local bookstore or shop, or library. Before or after the Analyze your skills/talents to create an book signing, I can Experience help you with taking Study+ Choose an Audience to Determine photos and assisting which of your Experiences will be Successful with your first hosted experience, and/or Win the Competitive Edge by Hosting a Unique have an in-person Experience chat about your experience-based Add Value or Put Your Twist on Similar business. We can Experiences arrange the details.

and more… My flight will be included in this reward. Plus all of the Designing Your Experience above rewards, of course! (This award only applies to U.S.) Create your Experience Procedure, and Instuctor Script ESTIMATED DELIVERY The Demo Experience with Photo Shoot Jan 2020 and more… Limited (100 left of 100) 0 backers Setting up the Logistics of Your Experience

Finding a Venue Pledge $5,000 or Cafe Collaborations more Working with Existing Companies or Organizations as an Instructor Book Signing + The Best Days of the Week to Host an Private Cooking Experience Class Insuring and Paying Taxes On Your Business I will fly to you and host a special mochi, and more… ramen, or udon class for a group of up to 20 How to Market Your Experience people. I will also do a book signing at your Successfully local bookstore or shop, or library. We can arrange the Build Your Business Website details. My flight will Start Your Business Page on Yelp.com be included in this reward. Plus all of the Experience Platforms in the United States and above rewards, of Abroad (Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Verlocal, course! (This award Groupon, etc…) only applies to U.S.)

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How to Set Financial Goals for Your Experience-Based Business

How to Price Your Experience How Much Money to Invest into Your First Experience How Much Money Experience Hosts Typically Make and more…

10 Interviews from Successful Experience Hosts in the U.S. and Abroad

with tons of tips and tricks that’ll help boost your success

How to Prepare to Host Your Very First Experience for Customers

How to Prepare Materials for Your Experience How to Build Credibility and Share Your Story through Your Introduction How to Facilitate Guest Introductions How to Lead Your Experience How to Hire Assistants for your Experience and more…

How to Get Reviews for Your Experience

A very simple and easy way to get reviews Create a Following with an Email List and more…

The REAL Money Maker—Corporate Team Building

The Benefits of Corporate Team Building How Word-Of-Mouth Works in the Corporate World How to Get Insurance for Your Company How to Start Hosting Corporate Team Building Experiences What Does it Look Like to Get Team Building Requests? How to Create an Invoice for Your Experience and more…

---> AND…The 30-Day Experience Host Success Challenge!

A 30-DAY Step-by-Step Challenge that will allow

you to build your Experience-Based Business from scratch!

BUT--what if I have NO IDEA what kind of experience I can host?

I am going to show you, step-by-step, how you can turn the projects/hobbies/skills you are passionate about, into experiences that will sell. I will guide you through how to create a popular experience, through pairing your skills with experiences your target audiences will buy. You will learn how to get your experiences onto high- selling experience platforms, how to write enticing experience descriptions that will have your classes selling out in no time, and a lot more (all content detailed below). You will learn how to get your business listed on Yelp, how to start your own business website, and much more.

Why do I need funds to launch this book?

I’ve already written 90% of the book, and I need funds to get a professional editor for the book, a designer for the book cover (front, back, and spine), a narrator to make it into an audio book to, as well as a Kindle book creator. I plan to launch my book on Amazon as well as Audible. I will also be doing a few book signings, and will need funding for travelling and supplies for

I need your support right now, to make this happen, so that we can get my book into your hands, as soon as possible! Together, we can get Let Your Passion Pay the Bills out into the world! Thank you so much for your support!!

Check out my website here--> http://www.kaoriskitchen.com/

Check out my and mother Yukiko’s Airbnb Mochi Experiences here: https://www.airbnb.com/experience s/99509

Risks and challenges

The delivery of the book is set for November and I strongly believe that I will have all of the copies printed by then, since I am already 90% done writing the book. The webinar will start 30 days after the book is sent to all of the donors who bought books in the webinar- award-tier. This will give you a chance to read and absorb the book before we begin implementing it in the webinar.

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