He quit his corporate job at age 28. Now, he runs his family's business of selling paper gifts for the dead.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Alex Teo holds joss sticks and joss paper at his warehouse
Alex Teo is the third-generation owner of Ban Kah Hiang Trading.

Erin Liam

She ditched her auditing job to work at her family's restaurant. 7 years later, she opened a second spot — and turned a profit.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Style
Chloe, the owner of New Station Rice Bar holding a plate of salted egg chicken rice.
Tan opened a sister outlet of her parent's eatery in February.

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They bought an abandoned house in rural Japan for $6,500. Now, they're renting it out on Airbnb for $130 a night.

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The exterior of the akiya.
The Benton's akiya has been transformed into a guesthouse.

Dani Benton.

3 individuals who turned their reselling side hustles into full-time gigs share their strategies for finding profitable products

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kendall vangilder
Kendall VanGilder is a full-time thrifter and reseller.

Kendall VanGilder

Taboola is looking to compete with Google and Facebook for small-business clients using a new generative AI tool for ad campaigns

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Adam Singolda, Taboola CEO headshot

Taboola

From solitary confinement in China to self-exile in Taiwan: Inside a Hong Kong bookshop owner's fight to keep the free press alive

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Singaporeans are used to paying less than $5 for a meal. This 30-year-old chef charges double, and diners keep coming.

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A woman sits on a chair in her restaurant
Gwyneth Ang sitting in front of the open kitchen of her new restaurant, One Prawn & Co.

Business Insider/ Erin Liam

How descendants of Taj Mahal artisans are keeping marble inlay work alive

Tech Insider : Travel

Parchin kari, or pietra dura in Italian, is the art of marble inlay, which involves carving out marble slabs and inserting precious and semiprecious stones to create elaborate floral and geometric patterns.

I spent $2 million restoring a cruise ship I bought on Craigslist. The project took over my life, but I don't regret it.

Tech Insider : Travel
Willson at the stern of the Aurora cruise liner.
Christopher Willson bought the Aurora cruise ship on Craigslist in 2010, tried restoring it, and then sold it in 2023.

Courtesy of Christoper Willson

After 5 years in tech, I wanted something new. An internship on a tea farm in Japan was the wake-up call I needed.

Tech Insider : Travel
Cherie Luo holding a cup of matcha
Cherie Luo interned at a matcha farm for four weeks, where she helped out with the business aspect of the farm.

Cherie Luo

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