Tom Marchitelli traded a finance job for fashion. Now he dresses elite athletes in $5,000 suits.

Tech Insider : Sports, Business, Style
Tom Marchitelli

Dina Litovsky for BI

When Tom Marchitelli agreed to make custom suits for NFL player Chase Daniel in 2014, he had a secret: he had no other clients.

5 solo business owners share how they are using AI to create custom tools

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Cody Luongo and Amin Astaneh
Cody Luongo, (l) a freelance media consultant, and Amin Astaneh, the founder of technology consultancy Certo Modo, have vibe-coded apps for their businesses.

Donaven Doughty and Simon Simard for BI

Meet the matchmaker bots who want to get you to score

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Patricia Tani

Jennilee Marigomen for BI

When Patricia Tani moved to San Francisco last year, she kept hearing a koan about the city's dating scene: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."

We're raising toddlers in a tiny home. We work just 3 days a week, and save over half our income.

Tech Insider : Business
Family in tiny house.
Jos van der Meulen and Fenna Wit in their tiny home in the Netherlands.

Samira Kafala for BI

Companies are tightening their belts on Americans' ability to tighten their belts

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Kristi Turner and Keith Turner

Madeleine Hordinski for Business Insider

Kristi Turner had lost 108 pounds on Zepbound when her insurer cut her off.

How AI is helping solo founders make their first hires

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Katherine Pomerantz and Danielle Nazinitsk
Katerine Pomerantz, the founder of Money Storyteller (L), and Danielle Nazinitsky, the founder of Decode Real Estate.

Joseph Bui and Lucía Vázquez for BI

I'm the CEO of Naya. I call my mom daily, refuse to have an assistant, and no longer send 11 p.m. emails.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Naya founder
Hady Kfoury founded the Middle Eastern food chain Naya to share the flavors he grew up with.

Nico Schinco for BI

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hady Kfoury, the founder and CEO of Naya, a Middle Eastern-inspired food chain. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I moved into a tiny home village at age 37 with my son. His childhood is so free that we've stayed for 7 years.

Tech Insider : Business
Matthijs van der Ham
Matthijs van der Ham

Samira Kafala for BI

Founders of boutique PR agencies tap AI tools to write proposals and build a 'scrappy CRM'

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Ciara Siegel, Adebukola Ajao and Lisa Chensvold
AI has been an operational boon for three boutique PR agency founders, (l-r) Ciara Siegel of CJC, Adebukola Ajao of B.D.Y. CONSULT, and Lisa Chensvold of Chensvold Communications

Janice Chung, Simon Simard and Alyssa Schukar For BI

She used to manage 3 employees. Now she oversees 24. Welcome to the age of the megamanager.

Tech Insider : Business
Chine Mmegwa
Match group's Chine Mmegwa oversees a much bigger team than she did a year ago, a change that's become common for middle managers across Corporate America.

Lucía Vázquez for BI

On a recent weekday afternoon, Match Group manager Chine Mmegwa sat at her desk in a New York office, looking up at her team through a mounted TV screen.

Subscribe to isabel-fernandez-pujol