2 unconventional secrets to success from brothers who skipped college to chase a dream that became a multimillion-dollar pickleball empire

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Environment
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The Selkirk co-founders, brothers Rob and Mike Barnes.

Selkirk Sport

After writing about resellers making 6 figures on eBay and Poshmark, I tried selling closet items. Here's why I stopped after earning about $100.

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The author tried her hand at reselling clothing items. The side project did not last long.

Kathleen Elkins

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.

Inside the fortune cookie factory supplying thousands of American Chinese restaurants

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style

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.

At 80, I won't retire from my family's 150-year-old grocery business anytime soon. I'll run it for as long as l can.

Tech Insider : Business
A greengrocer at his stand inside a market
Greengrocer Robin Blair with his wares

Courtesy of Alyson Williamson

I'm the CEO of a tourist company in Greenland. Trump's interest in the island boosted business, but now some customers are postponing trips.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel, Economy
Casper Frank Møller in Greenland.
Casper Frank Møller, CEO and cofounder of Raw Arctic.

Raw Arctic

I flew to Bali for a surf camp. A conversation I had there about failure inspired me to launch a small business.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
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Gina Jaguttis came to Bali to improve her surfing and left with a newly launched side hustle.

Gina Jaguttis

Inside Selkirk's high-tech pickleball lab, where they use a 'performance cannon' and 'Thor's hammer' to make top-of-the-line paddles

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
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One of the many machines in the Selkirk Lab is the "durability cannon," nicknamed Mjölnir after Thor's hammer.

Selkirk Sport

I'm a professional chocolatier. When cocoa prices spiked, I found ways to make better chocolate — not smaller bars.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Style
Jerome Penafort, the founder of Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie in Singapore.
High cocoa prices pushed Singapore's Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie to innovate across its business.

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3 holiday shopping rules I swear by after two decades investing in small businesses

Tech Insider : Business
A woman uses a computer and iphone to shop and looks down at a credit card to pay.
Slow spending, gift cards, and reviews are the keys to helping small businesses stay viable after the holidays.

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Restaurant chain K&W Cafeteria abruptly closes all its locations after 88-year run

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K&W Cafeteria outpost
K&W Cafeteria shuttered all of its locations this week.

Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA/ Reuters

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