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

I was frustrated by every baby carrier on the market. So I built my own — and grew 2,200% in the last three years.

Tech Insider : Business
Skye, Hope&Plum's CEO and cofounder, posing with a buckle carrier in her home.
Skye Amundsen is the cofounder and CEO of hope&plum.

Jared Soares for BI

At 48, I left my teaching job in Virginia and moved to Italy. Now I run a business with my husband in Tuscany.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
A woman wearing a pink apron.
After 25 years of teaching kindergarten, Linda Meyer was ready for a change and moved to Tuscany.

Provided by Linda Meyer

A full-time government employee with multiple side hustles shares his top passive income hits and flops

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
william butterton
William Butterton has experimented with a handful of side hustles, from selling playing cards to placing ATMs.

Chona Kasinger for BI

A 19-year-old opened an art studio, panicked 2 weeks in, and then turned it into a $320,000 viral hit. Here's how.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Scuro in Singapore
Merida Lim opened Scuro, a neon art studio based in Singapore, in 2024.

Merida Lim

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