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.

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

Senator pushes pandemic-era fraud bill forward, citing Business Insider's report on Chris Brown's taxpayer-funded birthday party

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics, Business
A tryptich depicting Senator Joni Ernst, in a white jacket, singer Chris Brown, in a white shirt and red cap, and Senator Ed Markey, in a blue suit with a magenta tie
Sen. Joni Ernst, entertainer Chris Brown, and Sen. Ed Markey.

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I quit fast-paced journalism to care for my sick mom. My experience in both led me to become a celebrant at funerals.

Tech Insider : Business
A woman in a green-and-blue patterned dress holding a brown folder.
Journalist Mandy Appleyard, who worked in the UK, the US, and Asia, became a caretaker for her sick mom. She later switched careers to preside at funerals.

Courtesy of Mandy Appleyard

The 3 prompts Mark Cuban recommends you plug into Claude

Tech Insider : Business
Mark Cuban is holding a microphone while sitting in a blue chair.
Mark Cuban emailed Business Insider three suggested Claude prompts. He is optimistic about

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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.

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A study ranked over 1,300 small US cities by business potential. Here are the top 15.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Environment
Houses and a church in Dover, Delaware.
Dover, Delaware, was ranked 10th among small cities for starting a business.

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These Gen Z artists cracked the code to getting a stable paycheck: snail mail clubs

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Travel
Hands folding letters.
Gen Z artists have figured out how to lock in a stable stream of income: snail mail clubs.

Kiki Klassen

I'm a 6-time surrogate who wasn't fulfilled in my finance career. I quit to start a surrogacy agency and make more money now.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
head shot of a woman in a New York sweatshirt and red glasses
Angela Richardson-Mook.

Courtesy of Angela Richardson-Mook

I'm a 62-year-old paralegal who turned my needlepoint hobby into a side hustle. Gen Z are some of my best customers.

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis
Kevin Lustik doing needlepoint
Kevin Lustik is a New York City-based needlepoint artist.

Kevin Lustik

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