ICE chaos is pushing Minnesota retailers to abandon business as usual: 'We've got to do what we can do right now'

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Environment
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Community donations at Smitten Kitten (left and right), and BabyBel Mozzarella the cat (middle), are supporting Minnesotans.

Mikayla Stanek (Smitten Kitten); Vanessa Beardsley (Catzen)

We're siblings who built a 6-figure Turo business in under 2 years. We started with just our mom's car — here's how we scaled up.

Tech Insider : Business
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Mike and Darlene Person.

Courtesy of JDM Whipz

Solopreneurs are embracing AI — here's how 3 career coaches have found it indispensable

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto, Style
Katharine Campbell Hirst; Liz Morrison; Kim Surko
Left to right: Katharine Campbell Hirst, Liz Morrison, and Kim Surko.

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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
Gina Jaguttis
Gina Jaguttis came to Bali to improve her surfing and left with a newly launched side hustle.

Gina Jaguttis

Meet a millennial who pivoted from a corporate marketing career to owning his own business. It came with a pay cut but offered more flexibility.

Tech Insider : Business
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Lloyd Fisher left his corporate marketing career to run his own business.

Courtesy of Lloyd Fisher

We run our bakery out of shipping containers. It was an unexpectedly cost-effective solution to scaling our business.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
A man and a woman posing outside of a shipping container.
Chrissy and Ben Salif Traore began using shipping containers as their business expanded.

Nina Roberts

I lost $30,000 on my first business. Two years later, I built a business worth over $9 million — these are the lessons I learned.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Close up portrait of hand holding cash in front of a female office worker isolated.
Michelle Hu says shutting things down when they're not working is key to a successful business.

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I realized I hated computer engineering, so I joined my father in the food business. We fight every day, but I don't regret it.

Tech Insider : Business
Ethan Tan standing in front of his hawker stall.
Ethan Tan joined his father's hawker business and branched out.

Aditi Bharade

These work besties ditched their corporate jobs and poured their savings into an athleisure brand

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Travel
Tiffany Chng and Olivia Yiong, the founders of Cheak.
Tiffany Chng and Olivia Yiong, the founders of Cheak, started off as work besties in a previous corporate job.

Aditi Bharade

After high school, I chose to start a jewelry brand instead of going to college. These are 3 things I wish I knew.

Tech Insider : Business
Kiana Mei in front of her pop-up stall in Singapore.
Kiana Mei started her business at the age of 15 in high school. Now, she's fully committed to life as a young entrepreneur.

Aditi Bharade

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