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

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A woman sitting on a sofa holding a book
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.

Victoria Hugo

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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The ravioli king of Brooklyn making nearly $2 million a year

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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.

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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
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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.

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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.

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