I created a screen-free streaming music device. I aimed it at runners, but it took off with kids instead.

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Anthon Mendelson created the Mighty when his iPhone broke.

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I quit my job to manage my son's YouTube career. The hardest part: Not being just 'mom.'

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Angie Baker and her son, the gaming streamer CaseOh.
Angie Baker and CaseOh recently celebrated his 10 million subscriber milestone.

Angie Baker

I spent my tech career working toward a promotion I never got. I learned through layoffs how to create my own opportunities.

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Brian Pulliam.

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I'm 18 and graduating in Dubai. Missile interceptions didn't scare me — I'd still come back to work after college.

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William Harper was going to high school in Dubai, and his family decided to stay.

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Spirit Airlines shut down during my first trip to the US. I treated it like another tourist experience.

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Nicole Liel with her husband in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Nicole Liel's first trip to the US was disrupted by Spirit Airlines' shutdown.

Nicole Liel

My Spirit Airlines flight was canceled at 2 a.m. I paid $800 extra to get my mom and me home.

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Jessica Stanton flew to Boston with Spirit Airlines and was left stranded.

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I sold my childhood home in Miami to buy an apartment in Sicily. We paid under $600,000 and did $98,000 in renovations.

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Kat Moore and her husband bought an apartment in Sicily.

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I run a business while traveling the world. I couldn't have afforded to scale it while living in the US.

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Ryan Garrido runs a business and travels the world as a digital nomad.

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I helped block a data center in my town and learned how much power locals have

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Jesse Brooks, who helped push for a data center moratorium in his town.

Jesse Brooks

I read my boyfriend's ChatGPT and it ended our relationship

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Lindsey Hall said she didn't regret reading her boyfriend's ChatGPT despite getting backlash online.

Lindsey Hall

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