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☆ 34-year-old spent $17,000 on a tiny home in Idaho—now it brings in $49,000 a year on Airbnb: It's 'almost completely passive'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ivan Ellis Nanney listed his personalized tiny home on Airbnb in 2019. While on the tour, Nanney met a fellow Boisean named Kristie Wolfe, who turned the original six-ton potato into an Airbnb property. The friendship inspired Nanney, who dedicates six months of the year for travel, to set up his own Airbnb property. Ivan Ellis NanneyHe listed it on Airbnb in June 2019, with a plan to live there himself for six months per year. Ivan Ellis Nanney

☆ 33-year-old jewelry designer ditched Amazon and Walmart, now brings in $4.8 mil/year: Big companies 'make such stupid mistakes'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Zachary Green Megan Sauer | Zachary Green | In Zachary-Green-News | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Automic Gold's growing popularity is backed by an unconventional strategy: ditching those major platforms and selling only on its own website. Al Sandimirova officially founded Automic Gold, an size- and LGBTQ-inclusive jewelry company in 2016. In 2021, its first full year exclusively selling jewelry from its online storefront, it brought in $4.8 million. "Regular companies assume it's harder to target the LGBT community," Sandimirova says. Searching for outletsSandimirova named Automic Gold — spelled to include "AU," the chemical abbreviation for gold, and pronounced like "atomic" — with "autonomy," independence and freedom in mind.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow I bring in $4.8 million a year selling jewelry in NYCWhen Al Sandimirova came to the U.S. from Russia in 2009, they took a job making $4 an hour at a gold refinery in New York City's Diamond District. To make extra money, they began designing and selling their own jewelry online. In the first year, they brought in $165,000. Since then, Sandimirova has grown their side hustle, which is called Automic Gold, into a $4.8 million business that designs jewelry marketed to the LGBTQ+ community.

☆ 17-year-old 'Shark Tank' contestant made slime in his garage, sold it to his friends, brought in $1 million in just 3 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Since 2020, Mark Lin has brought in at least $1.2 million selling food-scented slime from his garage in Burbank, California. Lin's company Sliimeyhoney was profitable almost from its inception, despite being run by a high school student at the time. Lin made the slime himself, hired 11 friends to help package and ship it, and sold $50,000 worth of product in his first year, he said on the show. Wonderful," said he'd invest $150,000 for 30% of the company if Lin could create a "Wonder Slime" flavor for his followers. John suggested that Lin stick with $150,000, because Sliimeyhoney already had a healthy cash flow.

☆ Michigan couple makes $9,000 a month teaching people to launch lucrative side hustles: Our No. 1 rule is 'anyone can do it'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The McCauleys say some of their furniture flips are as simple as staging and taking fresh photos of the product. But of all their income streams, Jamie says their YouTube and social media presence is the most stressful to manage. Unlike real estate, the gambles of buying and reselling furniture are minimal in both price and risk, the McCauleys say. The McCauleys say they staged and resold this $50 Facebook Marketplace dresser for $300. Costs and effectGoing a full year without making any money from YouTube was difficult, the McCauleys say.

☆ Pablo Escobar was gunned down 29 years ago today — here are 3 theories about who took the Medellin kingpin's life
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

By 1993, Colombian authorities, the US government, and rival criminals were all after Pablo Escobar. "Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar," or People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar — known as Los Pepes — was made up of rival drug traffickers, paramilitaries, and others scorned by the Medellín cartel boss. His son, Juan Pablo Escobar Henao, who has changed his name to Sebastián Marroquín, has insisted that his father took his own life on that Medellín rooftop. "I have no doubt" that Pablo Escobar planned his own death, Marroquín said in a 2014 interview. The question of who killed Pablo Escobar is likely to go unresolved, probably by design.

☆ New York City wants to hire a ‘rat czar’—and could pay them $170,000 per year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

New York City is hiring a leader to fight against residents' common enemy: rats. New York is the country's "second-rattiest" city, according to pest control company Orkin's most recent annual rankings. One performance actor, Jonothon Lyons, patrols the city's subway stations and park trash cans wearing a latex rat head. On Thursday, he tweeted an article about the position, writing: "If you have the drive, determination, and killer instinct needed to fight New York City's relentless rat population — then your dream job awaits." In October, the New York Sanitation Department announced that New Yorkers will be fined for putting trash on the curb before 8 p.m. starting in April 2023.

☆ Why Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn't immediately say 'yes' when Jeff Bezos offered him the role
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos asked Andy Jassy to take over as CEO last year, Jassy didn't immediately say "yes." Before becoming Amazon's CEO, Jassy ran the company's Amazon Web Services division, and had no plans to change his career path. "I've been at Amazon for 25 years," Jassy, 54, said at The New York Times' 2022 DealBook Summit. So, instead of immediately taking the lauded position, Jassy asked Bezos if he could go home and talk about it with his wife. He and Bezos worked closely together to launch Amazon Web Services in 2006, which Jassy went on to lead for the next 15 years.

☆ Real estate investing 'created this life of freedom': Michigan couple brings in $11,000 a month for only 2 hours of work
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Those real estate ventures aren't their only income streams. But the real estate business is particularly important to them, both financially and symbolically, they say. Of their multiple income streams, the real estate investments give them the most bang for their buck. High costs, high rewardsAfter realizing they had a knack for flipping housing, the couple started venturing into real estate during the winters, when Michigan weddings were sparse. Jamie and Sarah spend an additional 40% of those earnings on services like trash collection, ground maintenance and pest control.

☆ Bullet found near bodies of 2 Indiana teens in Delphi killings linked to suspect’s gun, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A bullet found near the bodies of two teenage girls who were killed in Delphi, Indiana, has been linked to a gun belonging to the suspect in their 2017 deaths, newly unsealed court documents revealed. On Feb. 13, 2017, investigators believe Abby and Libby were dropped off at around 1:49 p.m. near an entrance to the Delphi Historic Trail. "As the male subject approaches Victim 1 and Victim 2, one of the victims mentions 'gun'," according to the document. "Near the end of the video a male is seen and heard telling the girls, 'Guys, down the hill.' Analysis performed by the Indiana State Police laboratory of the weapon determined that the .40 caliber unspent round found near the girls' bodies was allegedly fired from Allen's pistol, according to the document.

☆ Fact Check-PCR test for COVID-19 uses gene cloning but cannot be used to clone humans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social media posts claim that humans are being cloned using COVID-19 PCR tests. The claim appears to originate from an Aug. 18 segment of the Stew Peters Show titled, “Patent PCR Test Linked To Human Cloning Video Shows Animal Experiments, Cross Species Genetics” (here). The 2015 paper by Hoseini and Sauer explains methods for gene cloning with PCR and used a gene encoding a red fluorescent protein as its example. PCR tests for COVID-19 cannot be used for human cloning. Molecular cloning, or gene cloning, that is described in a 2015 paper about using PCR to copy individual genes is an entirely different process.

☆ When Mark Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks, he refused an office or big desk—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But when Mark Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks for $285 million in January 2000, he didn't get his own floor-to-ceiling windows or a mahogany desk. "I wanted everybody that worked with me to see that if I asked them to do it, I'll do it," Cuban told GQ. He bought the team because he thought he could make it better and sell more tickets, he said. When he bought the team that January, Cuban said he put his desk in the center of the bullpen. Cuban's method appears to have worked, as the Dallas Mavericks' team value has steadily increased over the years.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow a 31-year-old making $150,000 living on a school bus spends her moneyAlice Everdeen, 31, travels the U.S. in a school bus and earns $150,000 a year as a voice-over artist. She and her boyfriend, Jay, bought and renovated their bus over three years and have been driving across the country since September 2022. It's a career and lifestyle that lets her travel, reduces stress and gives a new sense of freedom. This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.

In September, she and her boyfriend, Jay, moved into their teal 30-foot school bus and started living and working from the road. Now, she works from her converted school bus and makes up to $15,000 per month. CNBC Make It"The goal was to make a couple of hundred dollars every month for gas money," Everdeen, 31, tells CNBC Make It. But that freedom has a lofty price tag: Everdeen and Jay bought their school bus from a government auction for $7,324 in January 2020. They decided to buy the school bus, and started deconstructing its seats and windows to convert it into their 30-foot home.

☆ Mark Cuban rejected these ‘Shark Tank’ founders in less than 2 minutes: ‘Dumbest marketing move ever’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

On Friday's episode of ABC's "Shark Tank," billionaire Mark Cuban left a deal in less than two on-screen minutes for a different reason: the "dumbest marketing move ever." But they made their fatal error early: They gave Cuban, the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, an air freshener with the Golden State Warriors' logo on it. "You got to read your room," Cuban said, throwing down the air freshener. Ride FRSH had made $1.1 million in revenue in three years since launching, due largely to its subscription model. She offered $200,000 for 25% of Ride FRSH, contingent on their pending partnerships becoming official.

☆ 29-year-old who quit her job now makes $9,100 a month organizing closets: I can make the same amount in half the time
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Now, she makes up to $9,100 per month and uses that money to travel and support herself in between acting jobs. She upped her hours and prices, helping her find and take on organizing jobs paying up to $1,200 apiece. Those funds enabled her to quit her assistant job and move to Los Angeles in 2019 to pursue more acting roles, which net her an additional $10,000 to $20,000 per year, she says. She stopped teaching in order to take a personal assistant job she hoped would help her focus more on her acting career, which she had dreamed of pursuing from a young age. Business slowly grew until she quit her personal assistant job in 2019, freeing up more hours for TaskRabbit gigs.

☆ Jeff Bezos says 'it's really hard' to give away money, while MacKenzie Scott announces $2 billion in donations
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told CNN on Monday that he plans to give away the majority of his $119.5 billion fortune in his lifetime, saying that "it's really hard" to give away large sums of money in effective ways. The same day, his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott published a Medium blog post, announcing that she'd given away nearly $2 billion over the last seven months. More than 230 others, including Scott, have signed the Giving Pledge, promising to do the same with their wealth. Notably, despite his claim earlier this week, Bezos hasn't signed the Giving Pledge. Scott made that commitment in 2019, signing the Giving Pledge the same year the couple divorced and she received roughly $36 billion in Amazon shares.

☆ Mark Cuban saw his younger self in this 'Shark Tank' founder—and offered him a $1 million deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

On Friday's episode of ABC's "Shark Tank," Cuban offered a big deal to Collars & Co., a Bethesda, Maryland-based menswear brand that makes casual polos with dress collars. Cuban and guest Shark Peter Jones teamed up to offer Baer a $300,000 investment, plus a $700,000 line of credit, for 10% of Collars & Co. Cuban asked Baer how much money he'd actually need to reach his goals. The other investors withdrew from consideration, leaving only Cuban and Jones' offer on the table. Once Baer left, Jones and Cuban wondered how the trio would work together over time — but Baer seemed satisfied with the negotiations and deal.

☆ Mark Cuban reveals the 14-second pitch he used to make money at his first sales job
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A 12-year-old Mark Cuban sold trash bags door-to-door. The billionaire serial entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner recently told GQ magazine that a family friend gave him the opportunity, marking his first-ever sales job. The friend sold Cuban boxes of trash bags for $3, so Cuban could turn around and sell them around the neighborhood at $6, to save money for sneakers. Cuban said he developed a 14-second pitch for every customer. In 2020, Cuban told the "Raising the Bar" podcast that he receives about 1,000 emailed pitches per day — and he judges them by only their first few sentences.

At Elon Musk's Twitter, users will soon need to pay $7.99 per month for its Twitter Blue subscription service to gain a blue checkmark — long recognized as a sign of "verification" on the platform. But will any currently verified users actually pay? To find out, CNBC Make It reached out to two dozen verified and active Twitter users, mostly influencers and journalists across the political spectrum. Other users are simply balking at the idea of paying to be "verified" on Twitter, after years of it being free. On Monday, Musk promised permanent bans for users who impersonate others without labeling their accounts as parody — after several high-profile Twitter users edited their accounts to mimic Musk's own.

☆ Kevin O'Leary: Do this for 1 hour every morning, or 'you will lose money 100% of the time'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"You have to invest in information," O'Leary says. Spending an hour skimming through articles on your social media feed may sound easy. O'Leary avoids articles with "ridiculous and outrageous headlines" during his daily morning news hour, no matter how enticing they sound, he says. Google has a free fact-checking tool, where you can search keywords and verify if claims on social media or in blog posts are accurate. If you let the news and social media "bleed your time, you're going to become a very inefficient person," he adds.

☆ More than 400 Russian reservists died after their commanders ran away during a Ukrainian artillery bombardment, Russian soldier says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Their wives are pleading with authorities to rescue the mobilized men, per Russian outlet Verstka. A second, unnamed soldier corroborated Agafonov's account, saying that "hundreds" of reservists died that day, per The Guardian. On October 13, Anastasia Kashevarova, a pro-war Russian blogger, complained on her Telegram channel of how the Russian reservists are being treated. The Russian Telegram channel "War on Fakes," which spreads disinformation in the Kremlin's favor and is often quoted by Russian authorities, claimed on Sunday that reports of mass casualties among the Russian reservists were fake. Western intelligence now regularly reports that Russian reservists are arriving at the frontlines with poor equipment and Soviet era weapons.

☆ Jewelry designer who makes $41,000 a month from her side hustle: I only work 3 hours per day
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

First, Tocci started selling the jewelry at pop-up shows and in her Berkeley Heights, New Jersey-based spray tan salon, Nikki Tans. Here's how she structures her day:An after-work and weekend hustleTocci works at Nikki Tans from Tuesdays to Fridays, plus one Saturday per month. After finishing work between 5 and 6 p.m., Tocci goes home to focus on One Vintage Button for two to three hours. Tocci also spends five to six weekend hours each month sourcing vintage clothing, typically from Chanel. "I realized early on that if I have a busy work week coming up, I typically need to stay home and relax," she says.

☆ This 26-year-old college dropout's clothing company brings in $27,000 a month—and NBA players wear his designs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Before his streetwear brand BrownMill took off, Justis Pitt-Goodson designed, sewed and sold his own bow ties to his middle school peers. In high school, Pitt-Goodson and two friends built the idea for the streetwear brand. The company attracts NBA players as customers and brought in $327,000 in revenue last year, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Courtesy of Justis Pitt-GoodsonAfter befriending his two future business partners, Taha Shimou and Kwaku Agyemang, in high school, Pitt-Goodson studied business management at Rutgers University-Newark. The brand brought in $86,000 in 2020, enabling the founders to put down a $7,000 deposit on a Newark storefront that opened in June 2021.

☆ If you use Snapchat, you could get a $117 check from a data privacy lawsuit—the deadline to apply is Saturday
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Snap Inc., the social media app's parent company, is set to pay out $35 million to current and former Illinois residents for allegedly storing their facial recognition data without their consent. You'll need to include your Snapchat username and at least one Illinois address where you lived. Facebook, TikTok, Google, Shutterfly and Pret A Manger have all settled similar cases in Illinois over the last 14 months, too. California residents already have some data protection under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Fennessy also notes that as our collective understanding of data privacy grows, future lawsuits will focus less on user consent and more on what companies do with biometric data once they have it.

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