Shannon Smith is a full-time affiliate marketer who teaches others how to make money online. When the pandemic hit, I lost my waitressing and personal training jobs. I took the loss as a sign to build the online fitness business I had always dreamed of. I sold 90-day fitness programs that included custom workout and … Read more
Mark Meyer, who is 32 years old, poses with one of the things he found in an abandoned storage load he bought from a local storage company.After an hour of digging through a stranger’s abandoned boxes, 32-year-old Mark Meyer is growing worried. The $225 he paid a local storage company for a truckload of someone … Read more
When I was two months pregnant with my second child, I started a new business, selling promotional products to companies in my city. I already owned a consulting business at the time. I had a lot of international clients, but it required a week of travel each month. The travel had been challenging as a … Read more
Aaron Tan has experience running businesses as the co-founder and CEO of the $1 billion vehicle marketplace Carro as well as a previous start-up investor. But if he could give other aspiring businesspeople any advice, it would be to team up with someone. “I’m not sure if I’m competent to offer general advice.” But I … Read more
With just $500, Philomina Kane launched Kin Clothing in 2020. The business made $355,000 in sales this year. According to Philomena Kane, stress was causing her hair to fall out. When Kane was a Princeton University freshman majoring in biology eight years ago, she was feeling the pressure. She then completely shaved off her hair, … Read more
Two years ago, while many of her peers at Columbia University were busy picking majors, cramming for finals, and running to part-time jobs, Cami Téllez was quietly building a multi-million dollar company. Téllez founded Parade, a direct-to-consumer intimates brand, while she was an undergraduate at Columbia, alongside her business partner Jack DeFuria, who was also … Read more
Ishaan Thakur, 14, and his sister Aanya, 9, spent the summer developing a successful cryptocurrency mining business. Ishaan tells CNBC Make It, “We started out because we wanted to learn something new about technology—and also make a few bucks along the way. According to Ishaan, the siblings generate over $30,000 each month mining three different … Read more