Meet the teacher who wakes up at 3:30 am for his Labubu business

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Bay Area teacher Ellis Stephens makes thousands of dollars a month customizing Labubu plush toys. Fueled by Pop Mart's blind-box collectibles craze, the Labubu resale market has exploded worldwide, with rare figures selling for as much as $30,000 each.

The tattoo industry is facing a reckoning, with customers fed up with bad artists, overpricing, and sexism

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Tattoo artist creating a tiger on a client's arm.
People are becoming more discerning about the tattoo artists they go to, which has led to a "tattoo recession" (stock image).

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I quit a six-figure job as a Google recruiter to become a full-time tattoo artist. It feels amazing and I'll never look back.

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Daniel Sprague
Daniel Sprague quit his job as a Google recruiter to work as a full-time tattoo artist.

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