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I’m a mom of 3 and was overwhelmed with how much stuff we have. I started getting rid of 1 thing a day.

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Post date August 24, 2025

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These 31-Year-Old Best Friends Started a Side Hustle to Solve a Workout Struggle — And It’s On Track to Hit $10 Million Annual Revenue This Year

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 22, 2025

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After Experiencing the ‘Lack of Diversity’ in Tech, This Software Engineer Started a Business That’s Changing Lives: ‘People Are Waking Up’

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 21, 2025

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He Started a Side Hustle Selling a Product With ‘Great Margins’ — Then Grew It to 2,200 Franchises That Make Money ‘From Day One’

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 21, 2025

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Target’s Soon-to-Be New CEO Started as an Intern at the Company. Here’s His 3-Part Turnaround Plan to ‘Get Back to Profitable Growth.’

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 20, 2025

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I started a business at 14. Thanks to it, I was able to take my cousins on an all-expenses-paid trip to Disney World.

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 16, 2025

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After getting a surprise inheritance of $20,000 from my aunt, I started traveling. Now, I live in Argentina.

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 16, 2025

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These Friends Started a Side Hustle in Their Kitchens. Sales Spiked to $130,000 in 3 Days — Then 7 Figures: ‘Revenue Has Grown Consistently.’

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Post date August 11, 2025

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I moved to Malaysia in my 30s and struggled to make friends, so I started a club to make the community I needed

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 10, 2025

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Watching plastic surgery reels has me debating it for myself. I’ve started hyper-fixating on the changes in my own face.

Post author By crystalg
Post date August 10, 2025

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OpenAI Just Released a New ChatGPT That’s ‘Much Smarter Across the Board,’ According to Its CEO. Here Are Some GPT-5 Prompts to Get You Started.

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Post date August 7, 2025

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These Brothers Started a Business to Improve an Everyday Task. They Made Their First Products in the Garage — Now They’ve Raised Over $100 Million.

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Post date July 30, 2025

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‘Thousands of Dollars in Minutes’: The Side Hustle She Started in High School Should Sell Over 30,000 Products This Year — and Hit 7 Figures in 2026

Post author By crystalg
Post date July 21, 2025

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When my husband was laid off, we took the chance to travel. What started as a tough year has turned into one of our best.

Post author By crystalg
Post date July 10, 2025

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She and Her Sister Started a Side Hustle to Help People Elevate Their Homes — Now Their Brand Pulls In Hundreds of Millions: ‘Get to Work’

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Post date July 3, 2025

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He Started a Business and Ended Up on the Brink of Bankruptcy. He Fixed His Mistakes – and Now Teaches Entrepreneurs What He Wishes He Knew When Starting Out.

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Post date July 1, 2025

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My kids started having sleepovers in Kindergarten. They knew they could call me at any time and I would pick them up.

Post author By crystalg
Post date June 28, 2025

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After This LGBTQ Couple Lost Their Jobs Within 30 Days of Each Other, They Started a Business — With Goats. It Led to More Than $150 Million.

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Post date June 24, 2025

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At Age 23, He Started a Side Hustle While on Welfare. It Led to a 7-Figure Business and a Stay on Richard Branson’s Private Island.

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Post date June 23, 2025

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Oklahoma City Thunder Win NBA Championship. They Might Just Be Getting Started

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Post date June 22, 2025

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This Nashville Mom Started a Flexible Side Hustle on Facebook — Then Grew It From $1,000 to $275,000 a Month: ‘Like a Scavenger Hunt’

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Post date June 7, 2025

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These Founders Started Making Pickle-Infused Vodka With a Hand Pump. Now Their Products Are Sold in 10 States — and Growing.

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Post date June 5, 2025

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Why Business Owners Have Started Using an Ad Blocker Normally Used at Home

Post author By crystalg
Post date June 4, 2025

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His Grandma’s Recipe Started a Business With Over $2 Billion Annual Revenue — and Might Be on Your Plate This Summer: ‘Don’t Forget Who Pays the Bills’

Post author By crystalg
Post date May 28, 2025

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I started backpacking in Southeast Asia 30 years ago. It was better before smartphones and social media.

Post author By crystalg
Post date May 8, 2025

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More New Business Owners Have Started Doing This

Post author By crystalg
Post date May 7, 2025

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Want to Own a Business? These Franchises Cost Less Than $10,000 to Get Started.

Post author By crystalg
Post date May 1, 2025

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These Roommates Started a Side Hustle in Their Denver Apartment. Now It’s an 8-Figure Business With $1 Million Months: ‘Go Be Unreasonable.’

Post author By crystalg
Post date April 26, 2025

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I started taking Solidcore fitness classes to relieve work stress. Now I’m the CEO — here’s a day in my life.

Post author By crystalg
Post date April 25, 2025

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Looking to Open a Franchise on a Budget? These Brands Cost Less Than $5,000 to Get Started.

Post author By crystalg
Post date April 15, 2025

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The Trend is in Full Swing: What More Business Owners Have Started Buying

Post author By crystalg
Post date April 12, 2025

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I Didn’t Realize The Money Advice My Parents Taught Me Was Sabotaging Me — Until I Started a Business

Post author By crystalg
Post date April 10, 2025

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I started a nonprofit to fight ALS after my husband’s death. Here’s how tech and AI can help us find a cure.

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 30, 2025

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She’s a Former 911 Dispatcher Who Started a Side Hustle Dominated By Men — and It Makes Her About $4,500 a Month: ‘Hustle Paid Off’

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 21, 2025

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Sometimes talking to teen girls can be a minefield — that’s why I’ve started exercising with mine

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 9, 2025

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The Startup World Glamorizes Young Founders, But These 4 Women Started Businesses After Age 40 — Leading to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. Here’s How.

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 8, 2025

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I’ve Interviewed Over 100 Entrepreneurs Who Started Businesses Worth $1 Million to $1 Billion or More. Here’s Some of Their Best Advice.

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 26, 2025

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Stressed-Out Entrepreneurs Have Started Doing This to Relax

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 24, 2025

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We got new carpet in over 50% of our house. Here are 8 things I wish I’d known before we started.

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 22, 2025

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4 Googlers who started as interns share their advice on securing a full-time offer

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Post date February 17, 2025

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A man who started running at 55 has completed 50 marathons. Here are 3 things that made getting fit easier.

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 3, 2025

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I’m a Marine who founded a defense systems technology company. Here’s why I started my company in Puerto Rico.

Post author By crystalg
Post date February 2, 2025

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‘$220,000 in 3 Months’: These Friends — One a Former Apple Engineer — Started a Side Hustle By Revamping an ‘Unruly, Ugly’ Product in Their Garage

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 25, 2025

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The AI spending frenzy is just getting started

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 24, 2025

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He Immigrated to the U.S. and Started a Business. It’s ‘Not the Sexiest’ But Sells Over 6,000 Units Daily — Up to $25,000 Apiece — Anyway.

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 23, 2025

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I started my own marketing business and my husband works for me. It leads to dinner-table arguments, so we’ve worked on our boundaries.

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 22, 2025

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A Los Angeles Teen Started a Recovery Fund for Wildfire Victims. Now It’s a Movement

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 12, 2025

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My mother and I started texting when she was in her 80s. I’m so glad I have our texts to look back on now that she’s gone.

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 12, 2025

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This Juilliard Grad Musician Started a 6-Figure Side Hustle That Has Nothing to Do With Music — and Sold Out With Word of Mouth: ‘Couldn’t Ask for More’

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 9, 2025

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After an Eye-Opening Trip to Home Depot, This Grandfather Started a Side Hustle on Amazon — and Did About $500,000 in Sales Last Year

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 3, 2025

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Dry January, Anyone? He Started a Side Hustle After a ‘Scary’ Night of Drinking — and It’s Exceeded $50 Million Revenue With 0 Outside Investment.

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Post date January 1, 2025

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The AI talent wars are just getting started

Post author By crystalg
Post date December 20, 2024

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‘Hustling Every Day’: These Friends Started a Side Hustle With $2,500 Each — It ‘Snowballed’ to Over $500,000 and Became a Multimillion-Dollar Brand

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Post date December 12, 2024

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‘I Just Hustled’: She Earned More Than $300,000 Wrapping Gifts Last Year — and It All Started With a Side Hustle

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Post date December 7, 2024

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This 28-Year-Old Entrepreneur With Down Syndrome Runs the World’s Largest Sock Company. Here’s How He Started It.

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Post date December 5, 2024

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These Married Co-Founders Started a Business With a Name ‘Nobody Could Pronounce’ — Then Bootstrapped It From Their Garage to 8-Figure Revenue

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Post date December 4, 2024

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After Curing Her Debilitating Pain With Traditional Chinese Medicine, She Started a Business to Deliver Ancient Treatments With Modern Tech: ‘You Saved My Life.’

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Post date November 19, 2024

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After Being Laid Off, He Started a Side Hustle With Facebook. It Made Almost $3 Million Last Year: ‘I Bought My Mom a $50,000 SUV.’

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Post date November 12, 2024

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He Had $75 When He Immigrated to the U.S. as a Refugee. Then He Started a Business — and Grew It to $1.2 Billion.

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Post date November 6, 2024

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These College Classmates Started a Side Hustle to Solve a Common Household Problem — Then Scaled It From $0 to Over $50 Million in Under 4 Years

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Post date November 2, 2024

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A Billionaire Founder Admits He Had ‘Horrible Habits’ — Then He Started a Morning Routine That ‘Transformed’ His Life

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Post date October 30, 2024

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Teen Brothers Started a Side Hustle on Facebook Marketplace That’s on Track for $1.2 Million This Year: ‘Quit My Job and Went All In’

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Post date October 18, 2024

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She Started a Business With $300 After Getting Laid Off. It Made $300,000 in Year 1 and Grew to Over $50 Million — Here’s How.

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Post date October 14, 2024

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These Sisters Started a Side Hustle After a ‘Light Bulb Moment’ Led to a ‘Versatile’ Product. Now It’s Done Over $45 Million in Sales.

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Post date October 12, 2024

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Mom’s Side Hustle Started With a Facebook Page. Now It Makes More Than $1 Million a Year: ‘Don’t Overthink.’

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Post date October 8, 2024

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She Was Unhappy in Her Job as a Lawyer, So She Started a Business Serving a Comfort Food Staple — And Made Millions

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Post date October 1, 2024

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She was still in college when she started applying for the housing lottery. Now, she pays $1,600 for a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC.

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Post date September 30, 2024

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Now that Balatro’s on mobile, here are some tips to get started

Post author By crystalg
Post date September 29, 2024

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He Started a Multimillion-Dollar Business That Brought Back the Espresso Martini — and Has Some Advice to Save Other Entrepreneurs Time and Money

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Post date September 27, 2024

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She Started a Creative Side Hustle That Made $100,000 in 10 Months — Now It Earns Up to $10 Million a Year: ‘Find Your Niche’

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Post date September 21, 2024

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I realized my spending was out of control and started a ‘no-spend era.’ Since June, I’ve saved over $5,000.

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Post date September 21, 2024

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Ukraine started this year on the brink of disaster. A lot has changed since.

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Post date September 9, 2024

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