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My husband and I lost our jobs together. Here's how we learned to navigate unemployment — and each other.
While my husband and I bonded over our situations while unemployed, we soon discovered that there w…
Elizabeth Alterman
These 21-year-old twins launched a home pizza-kit business that made nearly $400,000 in under a year
As restaurants reopened, Doughboys Pizza founders Luke and Owen Buckmaster also expanded with B2B c…
Isabella Cipirska
When this Venezuelan worker went remote, he sought US jobs — then created a company to help others do it too
"We recruit English speakers and guide them on working remotely," iWorker founder Enrique Yervez sa…
Kristi Eaton
I burned out working 4 jobs. This is how I rearranged my life to get away from hustle culture.
Rochi Zalani got a full-time job before graduation and worked long hours after it, determined to he…
Rochi Zalani
I design aquariums for megamansions in Los Angeles that cost up to $250,000 — here's how I got my start
Nic Tiemens' first aquarium-technician job was cleaning Michael Jordan's fish tank. He later found …
Chris Stokel-Walker
I've started traveling the world while working remotely. At 29, it's helped me regain a sense of control over my life.
"I still love what I do, but it's only a part of me," Lulu Safdie says about leaving her home in Ar…
Fortesa Latifi
I shut down my law firm and retired 10 years early. It's like being 5 years old again.
Phyllis Beech-Giraldo always thought she'd retire at 70. But with the stresses of the pandemic, she…
Fortesa Latifi
I created a cheese advent calendar and have sold almost 750,000 of them in 5 years. Here's how I did it while working full time.
Annem Hobson saw that there were no cheese advent calendars and made her own at Christmas 2015. She…
Jack Needham
I look after skaters on the ice at a rink in London. Here's how training to be a figure skater led me to a job I love.
Molly Lipson trained as a figure skater and appeared in Christmas pantomimes on ice. This is how sh…
Molly Lipson
I'm a fortune-cookie writer. I meditate every day to get in the right headspace.
Matt Williams and his team aim to write at least 10 fortunes a day. When they do a campaign, they w…
Ryan S. Gladwin
I left a job I'd held for 16 years to become a stay-at-home dad. I never thought I'd do this, but it's been a blessing.
"I can always go back to work, but I'll never have this opportunity — to take care of my young chil…
Fortesa Latifi
I thought being an in-house lawyer was my dream job — until I opened my own firm. It's been a terrifying and deeply rewarding journey.
"It's funny, because attorneys are a generally risk-averse group, and I definitely am. But it felt …
Fortesa Latifi
This therapist uses games like 'Minecraft' to treat patients — and he's trying to make the method catch on
Michael Keady is a so-called "Nerd Therapist" with patients ranging from age 6 to 60. He says playi…
Stefano Montali
I'm an Adele impersonator who makes at least $660 per gig. Here's how a BBC skit with her made my career take off.
Katie Markham, 39, got her big break singing with Adele for BBC's Graham Norton special when the si…
Kimberley Bond
I'm a professional 'Santa service provider.' My clients work year-round and the youngest is only 24. Here's what my job is like.
Catherine Harvey represents scores of Santas of all ages — the youngest is 24 — and from many profe…
Jack Needham
I'm a TV chef with my own London restaurant. Here's how beating thousands to win a competition led to a dramatic career change at 30.
Ravinder Bhogal was a freelance beauty writer when she won a competition on Gordon Ramsay's 'The F …
Claire Turrell
Meta's chief business officer once said she was initially reluctant to work at Facebook — a piece of career advice illustrates why she changed her mind
Marne Levine joined Facebook, now Meta, in 2010. In 2017, she shared how it was a valuable lesson i…
Suneil Kamath
I lost my work at 64 and became a low-paid delivery driver. It made me realize our unrealistic expectations are why we call it a supply chain 'crisis.'
Richard Tierney began doing home deliveries for the UK supermarket chain Tesco when the COVID-19 pa…
Richard Tierney
I used alcohol to cope with running a multimillion-dollar startup at 21. After getting the drunkest I've ever been at a work event, I resolved to get sober.
The more successful Dom McGregor became, the more he turned to alcohol until his cofounder had to i…
Kiera Fields
I sell luxury watches for tens of thousands - one even went for $7.6 million. Here's how I built a business doing it.
Silas Walton founded A Collected Man, which sells luxury watches on behalf of owners. It started wh…