Fiona Afshar has written software, worked as a florist and raised three kids. She never thought she’d cook for money. Growing up in Iran, she was taught food meant love. …
If you ask Everette Taylor how he became CEO of crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, he’ll tell you: “I got lucky.” The 34-year-old spent a chunk of his teen and young adult …
In 2019, Jamie Stark Inlow left her 9-to-5 higher education job and moved to a mini farm in Scottsville, Virginia, to spend more time with her husband and son. She …
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they’ve used to make money on top of …
Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman came up with the idea for her clothing rental company, fittingly, in a closet. It was 2008, and Hyman — then a …
Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya went from working on a farm with little money to running a billion-dollar business — and he did it without sticking to a plan. …
Sean Audet stumbled into photography as a career by accident, and nearly for free. It was 2016, and the trained fine-dining chef was running a pop-up restaurant two nights per …
For five days a week, Abhishek works as a software developer for an IT company in Bangalore, India. After clocking 8 hours at the office, he returns home to work …