Silicon Valley's young founders are giving up alcohol or going San Francisco-sober to 'lock in' for 'grind mode'

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A formerly incarcerated woman struggled to find work. Now, she owns a coffee shop that she hopes will create jobs in her community.

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Claudia Shivers, 49, is an entrepreneur and founder of Queen Coffee Bean, a coffee company in High Point, North Carolina.

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A New York basic income participant used his monthly $1,000 to pay bills and launch a nonprofit

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Kenneth McQueen, 35, used his guaranteed basic income to pay bills and launch a rollerskating nonprofit.

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Atlanta is the US city seeing the biggest surge in people setting up their own businesses, beating out the likes of Austin and Seattle, according to LinkedIn data

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A psychologist says people who have 'decision fatigue' in the workplace look incompetent and careless. Here's how to know if you have it and what to do instead.

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Unlike physical exhaustion, which is palpable, decision fatigue is sneaky, according to Dr. Sherry Walling.

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I bought an automated car wash. Here's how my husband and I turned a $16,000 investment into 3 locations that made $340,000 in profit last year.

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BreAnna Nixon went into business with her husband, brother, and sister-in-law to launch this second income stream.
BreAnna Nixon went into business with her husband, brother, and sister-in-law to launch this second income stream.

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I make 6 figures a year peeling people's skin for a living. I feel more fulfilled as an aesthetician than I did working in real estate.

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Nidah Barber-Raymond would hand-mix chemical peels and test them on herself when she was getting started.
Nidah Barber-Raymond would hand-mix chemical peels and test them on herself when she was getting started.

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I make $3,000 a month renting out my backyard as a dog park. I spend 10 minutes a day on this easy side hustle that cost me nothing to set up.

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All you need is a fenced-in yard to start making money on Sniffspot, Rick Powell told Insider.

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