A millennial started a coffee business with $500. Sharing every step online helped it take off.

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Brandon Sardi launched Poorboy Coffee in 2024 with $500. His wife encouraged him to share the journey online.

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I spent $750 on a World Cup ticket to see Scotland play. Days later StubHub said it wasn't available anymore.

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Katherine Howe bought a skirt to see Scotland play at the World Cup.

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This 'anti-bot' startup wants to pay you to interact with brands. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $18.5 million.

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EarnOS founder and CEO Phil George
EarnOS founder and CEO Phil George.

EarnOS

So many Florida locals recommended I go to 30A. After one trip, I agree it's one of the best destinations in the state.

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On a trip to Panama City Beach, Florida, locals kept telling me to visit 30A instead. They were absolutely right — it's a Florida gem.

Terri Peters

A tiny Philadelphia music conservatory is one of the hardest colleges in the US to get into. See why.

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The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia is one of the hardest US schools to get into.

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Dario Amodei on why he left Sam Altman and OpenAI: 'Why argue with someone' when you 'don't trust them'

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Dario Amodei talks to Bloomberg's Emily Chang
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the public will have a say on who comes out ahead in his company's rivalry with OpenAI.

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Michelle Obama remains a fashion icon. Here are her best style moments.

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Michelle Obama wears a skirt with her mother's portrait on it.
Former first lady Michelle Obama often chooses outfits with symbolic meanings.

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My favorite day-trip destination is a small island in New England — and the round-trip ferry ride is just $20

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Every year, I look forward to taking the ferry to Block Island.

Morgan Rizzo

I booked Airbnbs in small towns while backpacking Europe and found 2 hidden-gem destinations I'd never heard of

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Business Insider's reporter booked Airbnbs outside major European cities and found some hidden gems in Germany and Switzerland.

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Inside the C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft that can land almost anywhere and haul almost anything

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A C-130E Hercules at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base.
A C-130E Hercules at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base.

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