I moved to Japan alone. Building cabins in the countryside helped me feel at home.

Tech Insider : Business
A man wearing a beige shirt standing in front of a concrete wall.
Mori Nishimura moved to Japan, worked in real estate, and started a business.

Provided by Mori Nishimura

Small-business owners could look to Wolfgang Puck for help with their biggest problem

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Byron Lazaroff-Puck and Wolfgang Puck

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Why Maine's blueberry farmers are losing millions

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Style

Blueberries have grown wild in Maine for 10,000 years. These aren't your typical grocery store blueberries. They're smaller, sweeter, and healthier. They're the backbone of a valuable industry in Maine, especially for Indigenous groups who've returned for generations to hand-harvest the fields.

Trump's immigration crackdown is contributing to a summer lifeguard shortage

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Economy
Lifeguard
About 100,000 international students work in popular US tourist hubs each summer.

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I'm self-employed, so I rarely take time off. I've found 5 ways to work while traveling with my kids — without ruining our trip.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
Jamie poses with her kids in the desert at sunset.
The author often travels with her kids. Over the years, she's found creative ways to work while traveling, whiouot missing out on too much of the trip.

Courtesy of Jamie Davis Smith.

One entrepreneur nearly ran out of cash building a fancy popcorn maker. Then, Oprah saved his business.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Tal Moore, Founder of Popsmith, eating popcorn in his kitchen.
Tal Moore is the co-founder of Popsmith.

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Making 300,000 cannolis a year by hand

Tech Insider : Business, Style

Fortunato Brothers Bakery has been hand-making cannolis, cookies, and sfogliatelle in Brooklyn since 1976, using the same recipes the founders brought from Naples, Italy.

The ravioli king of Brooklyn making nearly $2 million a year

Tech Insider : Business, Style

George Joseph Switzer III runs Queen Ann Ravioli, a Brooklyn pasta shop founded in 1972. Inside, vintage machines produce thousands of pounds of pasta each week, including up to 2,000 boxes of ravioli a day.

A college student is funding his tuition by raising bees and selling honey: 'This is the ultimate side business'

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Anthony Ondo on Chatham University
A beekeeping business helps Anthony Ondo, 23, pay for his tuition at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.

Liz Partsch

I planned to travel indefinitely — instead, I started a company in rural Japan

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
A woman kneeling on tatami mats in Japan.
Kira Bella's plan was to travel indefinitely until she visited Japan.

Provided by Kira Bella

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