Looking to start a side hustle? You’re in good company: 36% of U.S. adults work a gig outside of their 9-5 to make extra money for bills, groceries, rent and more.You’re probably already familiar with some popular side hustles. Millions of Americans work as rideshare drivers, freelance writers, online tutors, virtual assistants and pet sitters. Some even create products to build their own brands.Related: This 54-Year-Old’s Juicy Side Hustle — Which She Calls a ‘Literal ATM’ — Pulls Up to $50,000 a Month and Was Profitable Within 1 Week But which side hustles are growing the fastest? And where can…
Elon Musk’s xAI is facing a potential trademark dispute over the name of its chatbot, Grok. The company’s trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office has been suspended after the agency argued the name could be confused with that of two other companies, AI chipmaker Groq and software…
The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays. Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini…
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Shannon Houchin, 54, of Fort Worth, Texas. Houchin and her son Finn Canard, 22, own and operate Roadside Republic, a seven-figure business selling peaches on the side of the road. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Roadside Republic.…
Scaling a business means evolving with each new challenge. Yet it’s easy to stick with routines that we feel are already working — until they start slowing you down. Regardless of whether you own a small startup or lead a more established company, regular check-ins on organizational structures and processes…
“Some of the Canadians in the group have been asking, ‘Should we relocate our office? Should we change our approach?’” Waselnuk said. “But we don’t really know what’s going to happen. If anything, America doesn’t know either. Canadians don’t want these problems. We just want to get along.”Alysaa Co, a…
The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays. Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini…
This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with San Diego, California-based business owner Justin Ducharme. Ducharme and his fiancée Amerie Novosad bought the residential cleaning service business WHB Cleaning in 2023 and have grown it into a $100,000-per-month operation. Learn how, here.Image Credit: Courtesy of Justin Ducharme Join Entrepreneur+…
The life of a small business owner involves wearing multiple hats, with the sales hat often being the most uncomfortable. Throughout my journey, I’ve discovered that effective selling isn’t about slick pitches.The thing is, it’s about something more fundamental: understanding the customer’s problem before offering your solution.The me-me-me trapWhen entrepreneurs…
The popularity of climbing is, well, climbing in America and around the world. It’s become a must-watch Olympic event, it was the subject of an Academy Award-winning film, and the number of indoor climbing gyms has doubled in America in the last 15 years.One of the guiding forces behind the…
Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities have access to your personal information, including location data. This means the companies with the most insight into our lives, movements, and communications are frontline arbiters of our constitutional rights…
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In an era where speed and agility can make or break a business, finance leaders are shifting their mindset from reactive number crunching to proactive decision-making—powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time data.Just as sales, marketing, and operations have evolved with automation and intelligence, finance is undergoing its own digital…
Running a marketing agency is no walk in the park. It requires repetitive, time-consuming tasks. With the client list growing, the manual workload increases to a point where you need at least one — if not more — employees to tackle the pressure.I realized this to the bone as repetitive…
Originally founded in 2009 with Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer, and VC investors, UJAM has become the owner-operated go-to creative platform for musicians. “Our customers are a global audience of musicians, composers, and producers — from teenagers in their bedrooms to accomplished professionals in multi-million dollar studios,” says CEO and co-founder…
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