3 steps small-business owners can take to build successful (and affordable) influencer collaborations

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Small-business owners still see value in paid ads. Here are their 3 tips for getting the most bang for your buck.

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Carrie Sporer, the cofounder of Swair, has found paid ads to be effective for her business.

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Want to work in tech? Don't work in tech.

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Zuora cofounder and CEO Tien Tzuo
Zuora cofounder and CEO Tien Tzuo.

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I moved to a South Carolina island where there are no cars. It's like being transported back 200 years in time, but you can still get Instacart.

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Jerry Jaskowiak, upper left, lives in an $800,000 home in Haig Point, a private community on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina.

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My 10-year-old spends up to 5 hours a week learning to code. Here are the best resources I've found to help him get ahead in his future career.

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Joel Gratcyk.

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As Microsoft's former VP of HR, here are 4 things I would never do as an employee

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Chris Williams.

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I landed a job at Google right out of college. Here are 10 things I wish I knew before starting my career.

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Charlene Lee says she used to schedule tasks in 25-minute increments per the Pomodoro technique, but later learned about managing her energy instead of her time.

Charlene Lee

I moved to Japan to teach on a US military base. The whole experience cost me thousands when the job didn't work out.

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Brianna Stultz in Okinawa, Japan.

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My family makes an extra $20,000 a year renting out part of our home on Airbnb. We started with a goal to cover day-care costs, but now we've expanded to a second property.

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The LaDuca family.

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I gave up my tech job in Seattle to live on a sailboat. I've fought off pirates at 3 a.m. and it was terrifying — but I'll never go back to my old life.

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Brian Trautman lives on the 53-foot sailboat S.V. Delos (background image) which he now shares with his wife, Karin, and daughter, Sierra. (smaller image)
Brian Trautman lives on a 53-foot sailboat with his wife and their daughter.

Brian Trautman

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