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☆ I left NYC and bought a house in Montana. I had a big job title but a terrible bank account — now I'm happier and my money goes further.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I didn't know a single person in Montana, but after I visited Bozeman, something about it felt like home. I had a big title but a terrible bank account and felt trapped. I look back on my life in NYC and see how anxious and exhausted I was. People are aware of you in a way that they aren't in a big city, where you can blend in. Buying a house in MontanaLester with her friends at her house in Montana.

Persons: Shallon Lester, she's, I've, Lester, Christian Dior, I'm, Montana Lester, Shallon Lester I lucked, Montana I've, I'd, Guys I've, haven't, it's, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Service, Lean, lhaas Locations: New York City, Bozeman , Montana, Montana, Wall, Silicon, California, Bozeman, Manhattan, Manhattan . Bozeman, NYC, Bozeman I'm, Los Angeles

☆ A 2-Hour Workout in 20 Minutes? My Week Testing a High-Tech Fitness Suit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Striking Actors Are Turning to Cameo for Extra Cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cameo is a service through which celebrities and others can be paid to make personalized videos commemorating birthdays, bachelorette parties, divorces and the like. Mr. Jackson, 48, charges $95 for a video message and cited bills — “I have two kids” — as one reason he is on Cameo. “But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”Since Cameo debuted in 2016, some actors have used it when traditional work has dried up. In 2021, as the pandemic raged, the actor Andrew Rannells joined Cameo to raise money for the Entertainment Community Fund, a nonprofit formerly known as the Actors Fund. On a recent episode of “And Just Like That…,” the “Sex and the City” reboot, the character Che Diaz, played by Sara Ramirez, starts making Cameo videos after a TV pilot is canceled.

Persons: Cheyenne Jackson, Jackson, ”, —, “, you’ve, Andrew Rannells, Che Diaz, Sara Ramirez Organizations: SAG, Entertainment Community Fund, Actors Fund

☆ Why Are Dave Matthews Band Fans So Loyal?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On an afternoon in June while wildfire smoke enveloped Manhattan, people lined up outside Irving Plaza — some before dawn, some sporting face masks, some fresh off red-eye flights — to see Dave Matthews. That night, the 56-year-old balladeer was playing a rare solo gig celebrating his namesake band’s new album, “Walk Around the Moon.”Josh Roberts, 42, a special-education teacher in Las Vegas, who has seen the Dave Matthews Band, or DMB, 523 times, stood in that line. Mr. Roberts estimates that he has spent $100,000 on tickets and travel since discovering the band as a struggling high school junior in 1995. “This band has songs about love, depression, sex, things that you connect to,” he said. Mr. Matthews is the first to admit he doesn’t always get it right.

Persons: —, Dave Matthews, balladeer, ” Josh Roberts, Roberts, ”, Matthews, doesn’t, “, ’ ”, DMB Organizations: Irving, ChatGPT Locations: Manhattan, Las Vegas, TriBeCa, Charlottesville, Va, DMB

☆ The Dave Matthews Band, Reconsidered
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | More About Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Dave Matthews Band is on tour, as they have been every summer, except 2020, for the past 30-odd years. Like the Grateful Dead and Phish, so-called jam bands with which it’s often lumped together, Dave Matthews has a deliriously passionate fan base that follows the band from city to city, reuniting with fellow disciples at preshow tailgates, showing off devotional tattoos, trading live recordings. In the early ’90s, when I arrived for my first year at the University of Virginia, Dave Matthews was a local celebrity. It would be years before the stereotype of Dave Matthews fans as “pot-smoking, tie-dye-touting former frat bros fawning over craft beers in parking lots between cornhole games,” as Perri Ormont Blumberg puts it, would become a widely understood social designation. We spent the next four years not going to Dave Matthews Band shows together.

Persons: Dave Matthews, preshow, ”, Perri Ormont Blumberg, ” Ben Sisario Organizations: University of Virginia, The Times Locations: Virginia

☆ I turned a 150-year-old funeral home into a mansion for my family. We have 38 rooms, a casket bar, and sometimes we hear footsteps or doors opening.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Alyshia Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Heather Blumberg and her family turned a funeral home into their mansion. They converted a casket lift into a bar and often hear footsteps or a woman shouting, "Hello!" In 2021, my family and I moved into a funeral home, which we have since converted into our house. We probably use the kitchen and family room the most. This house also has supernatural activity in itSometimes you see people walking around, and you hear footsteps or doors opening.

Persons: Heather Blumberg, Danes, Alyshia Organizations: Service, Alyshia Hull, ahull Locations: Wall, Silicon, We're

☆ Why Baby Boomers Love the Kindle—and Millennials Don’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ I built a thriving side business without ever having a viral moment. Here’s how I grew my following and secured partnerships with brands like 1-800-Flowers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Christopher Griffin is known as Plant Kween to more than 400,000 followers on social media. I'm known as Plant Kween on Instagram, where I have more than 400,000 followers. During my lunch breaks, after-work hours, and weekends I focus on my Plant Kween business and content creation. The Plant Kween for 1-800-Flowers.com collection launched in February 2023. ET so folks can get a little dose of Plant Kween joy before they start their day.

Persons: Christopher Griffin, —, I'm, pothos, I've, Meyers Organizations: Service, New York University, Creative Artists Agency, Kimpton, Saks Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Instagram, Headspace, Brooklyn, East Coast

☆ I've racked up $1 million in jewelry sales at 19 years old. Skipping college was a risk, but social media helped me find success.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Evangelina Petrakis is a designer, a social-media influencer, and the founder of EP Jewels. She's made more than $1 million in sales in less than two years to her followers across platforms. I had loved jewelry since I was a little girl, so in 2021, I made the switch and started marketing my own designs under a new name: EP Jewels. Since starting the jewelry business, I've recorded $1 million in sales. I've stayed close to my niche by not creating TikTok videos that aren't relevant to me, such as TikTok dances.

Persons: She's, —, Evangelina Petrakis, I've, Mannino, Jordyn Mannino, Mike, I'm, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Service, Amazon, lhaas Locations: York, New York, inauthenticity

☆ What a Long, Strange Few Years It Was for Weddings. Bring On the Joy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon Prime’s “Daisy Jones & The Six” set in the rollicking landscape of Sunset Strip in 1977. Dead & Company’s final tour this summer. It can seem like the ’70s are everywhere again. And this includes weddings. “We were all locked up for so long that now couples are really emphasizing the experience of the guest,” Ms. Mastriano said.

Persons: Daisy Jones, ”, Sarah Mastriano, “, ” Ms, Mastriano, Hilary Katzman, Bryan Kayne Locations: Sunset, Red Bank, N.J, Manhattan

☆ I'm a model for Las Vegas trade shows and conventions. The men are annoying and the days are long — but I make a good living and the perks are insane.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Tawny Triska Pollard works as a trade-show and convention model in Las Vegas. I live in Las Vegas with my husband of 11 years and our corgi, but I've worked in cities such as Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, San Francisco, and Houston. I'm not exclusive to anyone, and the agencies I work with represent shows in Southern California and Las Vegas. Shows in Las Vegas throw a lot of big after-parties, which we're allowed to attend with our badge. There's a darker side to it as wellMen constantly hit on you, especially at the Vegas shows, and we don't typically receive tips.

☆ I'm a full-time male stripper who makes up to $4,000 a week performing around Australia. Fans have asked me some wild things, but this really is my passion.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jaxon Human is a full-time male stripper who works for Magic Men Australia. I'm a male entertainer with Magic Men Australia. In 2012, I started my journey as a male stripper with Magic Men Australia, and I'm now a full-time stripper. I applied for Magic Men Australia when I was 18Human performing. My shifts at Magic Men Australia varyThe typical length of a shift varies because of many factors.

☆ I make $7,000 a month writing children’s books and teaching others how to self-publish. Here’s how I got started.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ren Lowe is an author, the CEO of Brown Unicorn Publishing, and a self-publishing coach. While on maternity leave in 2021, I wrote seven children's books with my daughter, Kameryn, which was the start of my self-publishing business. I started my sister company, Brown Unicorn Publishing, in October 2021, which offers "done for you" publishing services that range in price from $3,000 to $4,500, and my monthly income increased. From November 2021 through August, I earned a little more than $30,000 from the publishing services alone. In my first children's book, the illustrator created the images in the wrong sizing dimensions, and I panicked.

☆ I made $1 million in revenue from documenting my life with chickens on social media. Here's how I turned my blog into an empire.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Lisa Steele is a blogger and small-business owner who made more than $1 million in revenue in 2022. Now, I'm earning more than $1 million in revenue annually through book royalties, brand deals, and a backyard-poultry product line. I might have a phone call about products we're launching or about a new brand I'm working with, or I might design product labels or do research for a blog post. When I'm working on a book, and I've written seven in the last decade, I schedule social media as much as I can to give myself larger blocks of time to concentrate on writing. My time is super flexible, so I can live my life and still have a successful brand.

☆ I make up to $13,000 a month from my digital-marketing business and still have the flexibility to travel and snowboard — here's how I built it
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She and her partner made $180,000 in 2022 while maintaining the flexibility to ski and snowboard. I now live near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during the winters to snowboard and run my digital-marketing agency, Snowmad Digital. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the PR agency I was working for fired everyone, and I started wildland firefighting. One of my newer clients said they saw the video and just hired me this month largely because of it. I never work with my clients' competitors, and I work with clients all around the country and the world.

☆ SVB collapse is double-whammy for tech startups already navigating brutal market
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

He'd started the process six months earlier during a brutal period for tech stocks and a plunge in venture funding. Investors were just pulling in their horns, the SPAC market had fallen apart, valuations for tech companies were collapsing." In the absence of venture funding, money-losing startups have had to cut their burn rates in order to extend their cash runway. Since the beginning of 2022, roughly 1,500 tech companies have laid off a total of close to 300,000 people, according to the website Layoffs.fyi. Kruze Consulting provides accounting and other back-end services to hundreds of tech startups.

☆ I have a 6-figure side hustle as a user-generated-content creator. It only takes a few hours a week — here's how I scaled it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I'm a creative director with a part-time gig as a user-generated-content, or UGC, creator. Between then and May 2016, I worked part time, lived at home, and built my UGC portfolio. I make my UGC ads feel naturalAlthough my UGC concepts are launched as ads, I make them feel like your friend posted it. As a UGC creator, you have to be aware of the latest social trends and nuances in marketing. What you choose to do after these gut punches is what separates the UGC creator who gave up after two weeks from the creator who makes four or five figures a month.

☆ I make up to $9,500 a month renting out my home while my family lives in a trailer in the driveway. Here's how I set up my Airbnb and VRBO business.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Alexi McKinley rents out her home and lives in a trailer in her driveway for a few weeks every month. Her family makes up to $9,500 a month from vacation-rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. Now we spend around two weeks every month living in our trailer so we can rent out our house on Airbnb and VRBO. We just pack what we want depending on how long the Airbnb guests are staying. The living space in the trailer.

☆ Seeking a Studio in Downtown Brooklyn for Less Than $400,000: She Was Surprised by the Options
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The first time Jenn Leyva moved to New York, it was to start college at Columbia University. She took Zoom calls in a corner of the communal living room and made sure to always wash her dishes. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]She was pleasantly surprised by the options she found online: a handful of studios for less than $400,000, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge, in the corner of the borough where leafy Brooklyn Heights meets Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn. “Studios were cheap, because everyone was still working from home and wanted a one-bedroom with a separate sleeping space and work space,” Ms. Leyva said. “But my work space is in Manhattan.”She teamed up with Leora Blumberg Rubinstein, a realtor with Douglas Elliman, who approved of her strategy.

☆ See the 12-slide presentation that a health-insurance startup used to land $58 million after its public competitors tumbled
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Angle Health wants to use tech to transform health insurance where other upstarts have failed. Angle Health raised $58 million to disrupt employer-sponsored health benefits using this pitch deck. Companies like Oscar Health, Clover Health, and Bright Health raked in investor cash on the promise that they could transform health plans with tech, and each went public in 2021 at a lofty valuation. Angle Health provided Insider with the pitch deck it used to raise $58 million in Series A funding from Portage and other investors. Here's the pitch deck Angle Health used to land a $58 million Series A.

☆ I'm a stay-at-home dad who makes $20,000 a month through YouTube and email marketing. The first year I only made 13 cents — here's how I scaled up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In 2017, I started to research how to make money online and teach myself digital marketing because I wanted to make extra money from home while taking care of my boys. I repurpose my videos on YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, Instagram Reels, and TikTok, which brings in additional revenue. Video titles that I've seen success with are related to working from home, how to work remotely, and how to make money online. I also just hired someone to start repurposing all my YouTube videos and turn them into 60-second vertical videos for TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook all work on algorithms, and they need time to learn about your content so they can show it to the right people.

☆ How to Cure Your Jet Lag: 5 Tools to Outsmart Your Body and Take Back Your Vacation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | Illustrations Son Of Alan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

RICK HOUGH, 53, has suffered from jet lag since his first trip to Paris in 1988. Now, even multi-leg trips don’t phase him—last summer, he went through Copenhagen, Greenland, San Diego, New York and Alaska in three weeks. Despite success stories like Mr. Hough’s, some seasoned globe-trotters maintain there is not much you can do to solve your jet lag. On one trip to London, Mr. Robotti recalled, he fell asleep three different times in a one-on-one meeting that lasted all of an hour. “You know it’s going to be hard,” he said of dealing with sleep issues while traveling internationally.

☆ I charge $1,000 to help couples write their wedding vows. I've seen some magical and devastating moments.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Her pricing starts at $995 for a consultation and help from conception to delivery of the vows. I offer help with vow creation and delivery, officiant services, speeches and toasts, ceremony planning, and public speaking. I consult with couples on how to creatively and lovingly write their vows in their own wordsPushkine marrying Dan and James. One cute story involved a lovely couple who had identical vowsThey had the exact same memories and vows, almost word for word. Once I was hired to help a couple with their vows and marry themIt was lovely working with them.

☆ FTX flameout showed investors bought crypto for the wrong reasons. Why most are hoping that'll change in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In some ways, disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried helped bring more legitimacy to crypto, pushing it further into the mainstream. Decentralized finance has exploded in popularity, but there are other uses for digital assets that people are excited about. Now is a good time for investors to gain knowledge, and doing so would help them solidify their crypto investment thesis in 2023, he said. Specifically, Blumberg added, leaving funds on centralized exchanges is far more dangerous than keeping custody of funds yourself. "The smart investors are seeing this and remembering that what we have here is a fixed supply and, growing demand."

☆ I charge up to $80 an hour on Taskrabbit for holiday tasks like gift wrapping and decorating. This season bring more jobs, new gigs, and better tips.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Her hourly rate goes up to $80 an hour for holiday tasks like gift wrapping and party planning. The holidays bring a variety of more workThere tends to be more events around the holidays, which means plenty of gift wrapping and decoration. Gift-wrapping and decorating tasks are pretty self-explanatoryHow I wrap a present varies depending on the clients' desired wrapping, ribbons, bows, and bags. One client hired me for holiday decorating through a packing and unpacking gig. We don't allow tasks involving the online purchase of goods for in-store pick-up, cash withdrawal, cryptocurrency, or gift cards for security reasons.

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