28 Year Old Spent $30,000 to Launch A Business from Her Living Room—now It Brings in $9 Million A Year

28-year-old spent $30,000 to launch a business from her living room—now it brings in $9 million a year

Jenny Lei launched her luxury handbag startup Freja from her New Jersey apartment while she was unemployed. It now brings in more than $9 million per year.

Business - CNBC - 7 hours ago

This Australian quit her job at 24 and started a business out of her parents' garage—now, it brings in over $100 million a year

Jane Lu is the founder and CEO of online fashion retailer Showpo. Today, the business brings in over $100 million a year.

Business - CNBC - November 12

College dropout started a side hustle with $200 from his mom—his business could bring in $4 million this year

Kobe Harris started his natural lip balm company Kobee's during his free time while working a summer lifeguarding job — and took it to ABC's "Shark Tank."

Business - CNBC - November 5

9 best players under 28 years old & what happened to NBA fights? | Good Word with Goodwill

Vincent Goodwill and Isis "Ice" Young list off the best NBA players under 28 years old and then address why fights in the NBA are not as frequent, or as violent, as they used to be.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 30

Probe launched into 12-year-old girl's death

Honey Fox French, from Pembrokeshire, died despite efforts from paramedics, an inquest hears.

31-year-old moved to Wyoming with her husband to run a motel on track to bring in $412,000 in 2024: 'I freaking love it here'

Chris and Roxanna Harwood left Colorado for Wyoming in 2017 to take over Chris' father's motel.

Business - CNBC - October 22

24-year-old was laid off from her 6-figure tech job—now she shucks oysters for parties: 'I do feel very happy'

Hannah Chea started a part-time job shucking oysters for parties to break up the routine of her day job in tech.

Business - CNBC - November 3

Italian 19-year-old skier Matilde Lorenzi dies from injuries after crash in training

Promising Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi has died from her injuries after a crash in training in northern Italy

Sports - ABC News - October 29

What's the most you should pay for housing? Here's a breakdown by salary, from $30,000 a year to $120,000

A breakdown of what your housing costs should be based on how much you earn.

Business - CNBC - 5 days ago

From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan. Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and ...

World - The Guardian - November 10

What the next four years might bring from the Trump administration

A second Trump term will begin with controversy, including his plan for a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. The president-elect has called for doing away with parts of the government. ...

33-year-old voiceover artist bringing in over $200,000 a year: I started with ‘really low prices and really long hours’

Victoria Carroll brings in six figures per year doing voiceovers. Her advice: Start with "really low prices and really long hours."

Business - CNBC - October 27

North Texas firefighters save 2-year-old from apartment blaze

It's something firefighters never want to hear. An apartment is on fire and a toddler is trapped inside.

This startup brings in $162 million a year helping people find food at huge discounts: It's 'the most genius app'

Copenhagen-based Too Good To Go wants to help reduce global food waste, an estimated $1 trillion problem. Here's the food tech startup's strategy.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

'Many dark times': How this startup founder overcame self-doubt and started a $100-million-a-year business

Jeffrey Tiong, the founder and CEO of Patsnap, a IP and R&D intelligence startup, says an investor once told him he was "not fit to be CEO."

Business - CNBC - 6 days ago

Netflix ad-supported tier has 70 million monthly users two years after launch

Netflix's ad-supported tier, which launched in November 2022, has reached 70 million global monthly users.

Business - CNBC - November 12

Netflix ad-supported tier has 70 million monthly users two years after launch

Netflix’s cheaper, ad-supported tier has reached 70 million global monthly active users two years after it was launched.

Meet the 20-year-old Democrat running a multimillion-dollar PAC targeting Gen Z

From his “war room” decorated with political merch and “awesome memes” in his mom’s South Jersey home, David Austin, 20, has raised almost $18 million for his super PAC trying to reach Gen Z voters ...

MLB reportedly finds Dominican prospect with $4 million Padres deal is 19 years old, not 14

This isn't the first time this has happened in the Dominican Republic.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3

84-million-year-old armored dinosaur species with killer tail club revealed in China

World - Yahoo News - 13 hours ago

19-year-old employee was found dead in Walmart walk-in oven by her mother

The 19-year-old Walmart employee who was found dead in the store’s walk-in oven in Canada was discovered by her mother, who also worked there, according to a community fundraiser for the family.

A predator used her 12-year-old face to make porn. She helped pass a law to make that a crime

Child actor Kaylin Hayman fought back after she learned that a man had used AI to make child sex abuse materials from images on her Instagram page. Last year, Kaylin Hayman walked into a Pittsburgh ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Video shows 6-year-old Gaza girl carrying her injured little sister

An NBC News team in Gaza met with a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was featured in a viral video carrying her injured little sister along a Gaza street. Qamar Subuh was caught on camera carrying ...

Here's how an 86-year-old grandmother got her nearly $32,000 private student loan debt forgiven

Some lenders of private student loans offer disabled borrowers a way to get their debt forgiven. But the process is difficult to learn about and to navigate.

Business - CNBC - November 2

After 20 years of acting, ‘My Old Ass’ filmmaker Megan Park finds her groove behind the camera

Megan Park is just getting started as a filmmaker

Entertainment - ABC News - November 7

Mike Tyson’s daughter Exodus died at four years old - here’s how he will honor her tonight

Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson will be available to stream live on Netflix starting at 8pm ET

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

28 Years Later Star Gives Update On The Upcoming Film And Its Sequel

The 28 Days Later franchise will finally get its third installment in 2025 with 28 Years Later--in actually only 18 years since the last one--and a sequel. The sequel, subtitled The Bone Temple, ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 28

'I love being my own boss': 30-year-old quit her job and halved her salary to run her side hustle full-time

While her income is lower than it was in her previous job, Anna-Marie Ortiz is happier as a small business owner.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

‘I feel slighted’: My husband and I are in our 70s. We married 3 years ago. He’s leaving his $1.8 million home to a 10-year-old relative. Is that normal?

‘I have almost double his pension income, as his former wives took a considerable share’

Business - MarketWatch - November 2

Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating customers; UK interest rates ‘to fall to 2.75%’ next year – business live

My wife is 9 years older than I am — but makes 50% less. Will I have to retire for her to receive my Social Security spousal benefits?

“She will probably retire nearly a decade before I do.”

Business - MarketWatch - 3 days ago

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