Everyone has a goal they want to work towards. But the ones who are most successful have an “unstoppable nature” that sets them apart from the rest, according to self-made millionaire Bethenny Frankel. At CNBC’s Small Business Playbook virtual summit this week, Frankel talked about how she started from scratch and built her Skinnygirl ready-to-drink … Read more
If one of your goals for this year is to have more money saved in your bank account (who doesn’t want that, right? ), then you might want to look into “kakeibo,” which in Japanese means “household account book.” It’s a tool that has been used in Japan for over a hundred years. But articles … Read more
Entrepreneur and author Peter Shankman has had a storied career. He worked in the nascent AOL newsroom in the mid-’90s, created a tool connecting journalists with their desired sources called Help a Reporter Out in the early 2000s, and sold HARO in 2010 for under $5 million. Shankman has since written multiple books, given a … Read more
The founders of Storage Scholars, Sam Chason and Matt Gronberg, went on ABC’s “Shark Tank” to ask for a $250,000 investment in exchange for a 5% stake in their company. Mark Cuban paid his way through college with a variety of side hustles. On Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” a pair of founders who … Read more
The latest predictions about the job market are confusing. Despite worries about an impending recession and layoffs at well-known companies, the number of new hires and people quitting their jobs in June stayed very high, according to the latest JOLTS report. Still, it’s not a bad time to look for your dream job. “Hiring has … Read more
Moses Lin never thought he’d make any money as a musician. Once, early in his career in 2016, he played a coffee shop for three hours and got $3 in tips. “I was so discouraged, I literally went home and cried,” Lin says. “I was like, I’m never going to make a living performing music. … Read more
I worked at Apple as an engineer from 2003 to 2013, where I oversaw the development of FaceTime, iMessage, and CarPlay. I’ll never forget the chance I had to work closely with Steve Jobs. He was a visionary who taught me a lot about how to succeed in anything, not just how to create products … Read more
As the host of the radio program “The CEO Show” for the last 15 years, I’ve interviewed over 1,000 top CEOs. These leaders come from different backgrounds and have run various companies, from Procter & Gamble to Dunkin’ Brands to LinkedIn. But they all agree on the No. 1 type of employee. Based on my … Read more
Tech jobs are in flux, tourism is at an all-time high, and the population across major U.S. cities is shifting. An October report by the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, a business policy think tank, ranked the top 10 fastest-growing cities in the U.S. The ranking considered each city’s county-level employment rates and economic output. … Read more
In 2014, I earned $85,000 a year as a full-time web developer. While I made enough to cover my living expenses, I put too much time into the job. I knew that there were opportunities to make passive income in e-commerce. So in 2016, after experimenting with “dropshipping” (a business model in which sellers don’t … Read more