I'm 40 and $300,000 in debt after my startup failed. I'm living on $10 a day in South Korea.

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Kang Gwang-sik, 40, tells Business Insider he has been living on just $10 a day while facing $300,000 in debt.

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I worked 12-hour shifts on fishing boats. I used the money I made to start a business that's now worth millions.

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Jack Ng immigrated to the US at 12.

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I applied to 2,000 jobs before getting offers at Target and a startup. Here's how I decided which to pick.

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Dianna Dimambro applied to roughly 2,000 software engineering jobs.

Dianna Dimambro

I was frustrated by every baby carrier on the market. So I built my own — and grew 2,200% in the last three years.

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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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I'm a Bank of America exec who once got passed over for a promotion. Here's what it taught me.

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Bernard Hampton is head of The Academy at Bank of America.

Bank of America

I moved to San Francisco to work in AI. Living here requires sacrifices — I gave up normalcy to gain access.

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Ahmed Ahres says living in San Francisco makes him feel like anything is possible.

Ahmed Ahres

At 49, I quit my lucrative tech job in Texas for a quieter, happier life in Tuscany. I lost 42 pounds in the process.

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Angie Smith left the rat race in Texas for Tuscany in the fall of 2023.

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I'm the 83-year-old founder and chairman of a PE firm. Here's my daily routine that's reversing my biological age.

Tech Insider : Business
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Robert Rosenkranz.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robert Rosenkranz, the 83-year-old chairman of Delphi Capital Management, about his daily routine. It's been edited for length and clarity.

We're young, in love, and sleep in separate bedrooms. It's made our romantic life even better.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
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Katie Loftin and Phill Jackson

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I built an AI tool to mimic my work. It's helped create passive income from my solo business.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Julia Starr
Julia Starr vibe coded an app using the platform Lovable.

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