Small Business

Richard Boccato created a business that transforms 300-pound blocks of filtered tap water into hand-cut cubes, spheres, and custom-engraved ice. His company, Hundredweight Ice, based in New York City, harvests more than 3 million pounds of ice a year and generated $3 million in revenue in 2025.

For burnt-out 9-to-5ers looking to start something of their own, there's good news and bad news.

The good news is that it's never been easier to start a side hustle. Unfortunately, that's also the bad news.

Vinyl has made a record-breaking comeback, with sales now outpacing those of CDs and mp3 downloads. It is now the music industry's highest-grossing physical format.

If I write about a particular side hustle, money-saving hack, or wealth-building strategy long enough, it's only a matter of time before I want to attempt it myself.

America has more Chinese restaurants than McDonald's and Burger King locations combined. But many of the nation's favorite takeout dishes, such as fortune cookies and chop suey, were invented in the US, not China.