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

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Tal Moore, Founder of Popsmith, eating popcorn in his kitchen.
Tal Moore is the co-founder of Popsmith.

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2 solo business owners share the AI workflows they use to write better emails and save hours of manual work

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Jennifer O'Brien and Liane Agbi
Solo business owners Jennifer O'Brien and Liane Agbi shared the ways they implement generative AI for time savings.

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Inside a family-owned Brooklyn bakery where they've been hand rolling cannoli the same way for 50 years

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Making 300,000 cannolis a year by hand

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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.

Most people buy presents they'd want themselves. A professional gift consultant charges $150 to help you avoid that mistake.

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Alanna Silver advises her clients on buying the perfect gift.

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At 50, I moved from Texas to a village in Tuscany. The locals welcomed me with open hearts and now treat me like family.

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A man and woman in an olive grove in Italy
Texan Angie Smith has bonded with her neighbors in a tiny village in Tuscany

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I used free AI tools to build my solo business in 60 days. Here's every way I put them to work.

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Kristin Ginn
Kristin Ginn founded her solo business, an AI adoption consulting company called trnsfrmAItn, after using generative AI to workshop her initial idea.

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I walked away from running a successful social media agency to build a profitable art business

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Victoria Hugo left her social media business to pursue art full time.
Victoria Hugo left her social media business to pursue art full time.

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Inside Brooklyn's Little Italy pasta shop that uses a machine over 115 years old

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Ravioli Machine

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I had no experience in the food business, but 1 strength saved me — now my restaurant makes nearly $5 million a year

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Louis Squires opened the Magnolia Room Cafeteria.

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