My son taught me AI coding at 73. I was scared to hit 'enter' — now I feel free.

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Carol Merlo built websites with WordPress, Weebly, and Wix. Her son, Kevin Masterson, taught her to vibe code her own with Claude Code.

Kevin Masterson

I paid off $150,000 in student loan debt in 16 months. Here are the sacrifices I made and the jobs I worked to become debt-free.

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Arden Missal and her husband, Jordan.

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I'm a product manager who used Claude to build a postcard business in 4 hours

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Priscilla Tina.
Priscilla Tina used Claude to build a postcard app in about four hours.

Priscilla Tina

We moved from California to Texas for a cheaper lifestyle. We disliked almost everything else, and are moving back.

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I'm a CEO who teaches private wealth management. You can make huge savings by avoiding these spending traps.

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Rob Mallernee, the CEO of Eton Solutions, lectures at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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I'm a Wall Street CIO, and I built myself a digital twin with AI. Now I talk to her every night.

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Leigh-Ann Russell and an avatar representing her digital twin.

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We built an app as a side hustle and sold it for $4 million without quitting our tech jobs. Here's how AI helped us juggle it all.

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Trimbox cofounders Jordan Gaston and David Emelianov.
Trimbox cofounders Jordan Gaston and David Emelianov.

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I'm a fitness founder and mom to 2 daughters. Here's a day in my life in Los Angeles.

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A woman stands in front of a sunset.
Megan Roup founded The Sculpt Society in 2017.

Megan Roup

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Megan Roup, the 40-year-old founder and CEO of The Sculpt Society, a fitness app founded in 2017, and a celebrity trainer.

I have $400,000 in med school debt. I'm doing balloon art to pay it down.

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Brandon Axelrod is trying to pay off his school debt with balloon art.

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I wanted my daughters to be independent. They carried 'kid licenses' so adults wouldn't be concerned.

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Kristin Howard's daughters first started walking to school by themselves when they were 8 and 6.

Kristin Howard

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