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☆ I quit teaching after 20 years to open an ice-pop franchise. I make $150,000 more a year and work fewer hours.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She now owns the rights to sell Frios gourmet ice pops at $4 each in parts of Georgia. At the end of that summer, I took a trip to the Frios gourmet ice-pop store she told me about. I used my savings to buy the Frios territory for my townFrios ice pops. I also bought a refrigerated cart and 1,000 ice pops that I stored in a new freezer I bought for my home. I opened my second Frios store on May 7, 2022, in Auburn, Alabama, which my sister now runs.

☆ I make 6 figures as a virtual assistant and now teach others how to do the same — here's how I got started
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Sasha Weilbaker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Erin Booth is a virtual assistant who coaches others, sells courses, and runs a YouTube channel. Her advice for getting started as a virtual assistant is to reach out to past colleagues for work. She ended up being my first virtual assistant client, and she hired me to do a few easy personal tasks for her, like organizing her Google Drive. I asked myself "What kind of skills or training did I wish I had when I first started as a virtual assistant?" Are you a virtual assistant who wants to share your story?

☆ I work in party hostels all around the world. I clean gross rooms and host all-night pub crawls in exchange for a free place to live — here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Taylor Futch works at party hostels and does everything from leading pub crawls to manning the desk. I worked at 4 hostels in 2022After Brazil, I worked at one of Europe's famous party hostels, Rising Cock Party Hostel in Lagos, Portugal, for two months and had an incredible experience. My job is to get to know the guests and host a series of nightly events like beer pong and pub trivia. You're bound to find some interesting things while cleaning inside a party hostel. My birthday fell on a Thursday, which is when my hostel has its weekly party, so I wound up DJing.

☆ I'm a cocktail waitress in NYC. In my experience, New Year's Eve is overhyped — here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Sasha Weilbaker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Deanna Coll is a cocktail waitress at a nightclub in New York City and a model during the day. In her experience, New Year's Eve is overhyped, tips aren't great, and everyone is from out of town. I started working as a cocktail waitress in 2019. I had absolutely no serving experience when I first started looking for a job. Are you a cocktail waitress who wants to share your story?

☆ I got into Y Combinator as a solo founder and left with a $4.5 million investment. Here's how I got in on my second try and what it was like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kathryn Cross is the founder of Anja Health, a cord blood bank that freezes stem cells for future disease treatment purposes. I first heard about the startup accelerator Y Combinator when I was studying at Wellesley College and taking entrepreneurship classes at MIT. Many of the founders living in the house were in Y Combinator, and they told me how beneficial it was. I left my job with Publicis Sapient in June 2021 to begin working full-time for Anja Health. Did you go through Y Combinator and have a story to tell?

☆ I'm a 6-figure virtual assistant. Here's how I found my first clients and monetized my skill set.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Sasha Weilbaker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

☆ I made $244,000 last year as a freelancer using a platform for finding tech gigs — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

On average, an A.Team mission is a 12-month engagement. I usually take on one full-time mission that requires 35 to 40 hours per week and a couple smaller missions that require five to 10 hours per week. So I took a hybrid approach and freelanced for a few years on top of my full-time job at Landyachtz. That's my biggest piece of advice to anyone trying to make their side hustle their full-time job: Create a safety net, then take the leap. This is eroding trust employees once had in the full-time work model.

☆ I'm a cart girl on a Las Vegas golf course. I've made $1,000 in tips in a day, but customers can be weird.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Cassie Holland lost her job during the pandemic and became a cart girl at a Las Vegas golf course. I got to the golf course and it had palm trees and little animals running around. About a year into working as a cart girl, I started putting videos on TikTokHolland with a golfer. I still hear from people from across the country asking if I can come to their golf course to work there. Working as a golf cart girl has totally changed my life.

☆ I started renting out my boat in Miami for extra cash — now I can make $100,000 in revenue a month. Here's how I set up this year-round gig using the Airbnb of boats.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Molly O'Brien | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Model Patxi Areitio rents out seven boats on the boat-rental app GetMyBoat in Miami, Florida. During the summer, he can make up to $100,000 in revenue in a month, but there are also slow periods. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Patxi Areitio, a 34-year-old model and owner of a boat-rental business in Miami, Florida. A post shared by Frank Louis Photography (@franklouisphoto)Now, I can make up to $100,000 in revenue in a single month during the high season. Whether it's answering clients or having the pieces ready for maintenance, I can confidently say we're one of the most efficient boat rentals in Miami.

☆ I'm a 26-year-old vintage reseller who sells to customers like Post Malone. Here's how I got started on Depop and expanded to a New York City storefront.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Emma Rogue is the founder of Rogue, a vintage store in New York that has fans like Post Malone. He said I should make a video about my Depop store, Rogue — which remained separate from my job at Depop — instead. Depop eventually offered me a full-time job, but I decided to see where I could take Rogue instead and left Depop Space NY in October 2020. The business still has startup vibes, but we have more processes in placeShoppers in the Rogue store. I'm earning more than when I was working at Depop Space NY, but I'm so grateful to Depop because this is how I got my start.

☆ I left investment banking for a $185,000-a-year job in private equity. The hours are slightly better, but it's still a finance job — no one cares about mental health.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ellen Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

So I looked at my exit options and found that going into private equity is a common progression for junior investment bankers. I was making slightly more in investment banking, but now I make £160,000 a year, or around $185,000, from my salary and bonus. There are a lot of investment-banking analysts in every cohort, but the openings in private equity are limited. In my private equity job, I generally start at 9:30 a.m., but I'm able to head home around 10 p.m., which is a big improvement. Do you work in investment banking or private equity and want to share your story?

☆ I make $6,500 a month in rental income. After wanting to invest for 20 years, I used a HELOC to buy my first investment properties.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-26 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amanda Hammett, 43, is a public speaker, consultant, and real-estate investor in Atlanta, Georgia. One idea that kept coming to my mind was real-estate investing. It never felt like we had the mental space or time to give real-estate investing a real thought. The goal is to replace my income as a speaker and consultant with real-estate income, and I'm on track to reach that goal this year. Are you a real-estate investor who wants to share your story?

☆ I'm a virtual assistant making 6 figures a year. Here's how I found clients and scaled up to start my own company.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-01 | by ( Layne Van Vranken | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Falyn Golub is a virtual assistant and the founder of boutique VA company The Invisible Assistant. I didn't know that a virtual assistant was even a job when I decided to start working from home in 2016. Over the past five years, I've created my own virtual assistant business, and it's become an incredible career for me. This isn't an industry-specific career because the need for a virtual assistant can be applied to just about any industry. Are you a virtual assistant who wants to share your story?

☆ My husband and I made $200,000 in revenue last year on Poshmark. Here's how I went from working at Bath & Body Works to reselling full time.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-13 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I resell shoes on Poshmark full time under the closet name "RNZY," which is my husband, Ryan's, and my name combined. From 2013 to 2015, I worked as a Bath & Body Works store manager in Burlington, Vermont. We sold shoes and clothing, but we quickly niched down to exclusively shoes. We both realized that we enjoyed the entire process of selling shoes — sourcing, cleaning, photographing, listing, and shipping. (We search for the pair of shoes on Poshmark and select "sold items."

☆ I make 6 figures a year as a freelance virtual assistant. Here are 3 things that help me work smarter and faster.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-05 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Hannah Dixon is a freelance virtual assistant and coach who juggles a lot of different projects. When I was starting out as a freelance virtual assistant, I juggled a lot of clients with very different projects and very different deadlines. An online Mastermind group is a collection of people who are working toward similar goals but bring different expertise to the table. I joined my first Mastermind group about a year and a half into my freelance career. Are you a successful virtual assistant with a story to tell?

☆ I'm a hairstylist for A-list celebrities who works on magazine and film sets. Here's what my job is like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-29 | by ( Costa B. Pappas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elena Maravelias is a celebrity hairstylist who got her start cutting a singer's hair at a concert. She toured with the Warped Tour, got a job at a salon in NYC, and now has a celebrity client list. She says when working with celebrities, don't put them on a pedestal or ask personal questions. I didn't have the goal to become a bicoastal celebrity hairstylist — it just sort of happened. You never know what you're going to encounter on set, which is the exciting part, but being on set for up to 14 hours at a time for weeks can be a lot.

☆ I make $7,000 a month on Taskrabbit doing odd jobs like event planning, gift wrapping, and organizing closets. Here's how I got my start.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-23 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

She makes an average of $7,000 a month building furniture and dressing up as a princess for parties. Thanks to Taskrabbit, I've felt more at home in this huge city by knowing the ins and outs of what the city offers — and where. There were requests for everything from personal-assistant work to event planning and staffing, and much more. Since you're not forced to meet a quota, sometimes I'll work seven days a week, or sometimes I'll work three days a week. I also continue to help all the other clients I've acquired through the years by word of mouth.

☆ I make up to $5,000 a month on Fiverr and only work 4 days a week. Here are my biggest tips for making your profile stand out to attract new clients.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-22 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Her best advice is to be a leader in your projects and connect with your clients on a deeper level. I'm a content writer, speaker, and the founder and director of FreelanceSpeak, a blog and coaching business for freelancers. After taking a content-marketing course at work, I saw an opportunity to create a more fulfilling career on my own terms. I was hired to write location-specific articles, and I used those articles as samples to land my next client, a content agency. Sellers can't solicit customers for reviews — however, I use a template when I deliver a client's order that says, "Hi [name], I have your content ready for review.

☆ I run a 6-figure company that uses TikTok and Pinterest to generate sales. Here's how I started it as a side hustle.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-15 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Abha Chiyedan is the founder of The Werk Life, a digital-media company she started as a side hustle. The Werk Life had zero followers, and I set a lofty goal of getting to 1,000 followers in three weeks. Building out my own line of products and services for The Werk Life has been my main focus. Pinterest was one of the first social accounts I started for The Werk Life. Did you leave a corporate job to become an entrepreneur or run a successful TikTok business or account?

☆ I'm a commercial pilot for Frontier. The commute and unruly passengers are a challenge, but I love that I get paid to travel.
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-20 | by ( David Silverberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ron Fishman is a commercial pilot for Frontier Airlines with more than 17 years of experience. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ron Fishman, a 42-year-old commercial pilot from Toronto, Ontario, who's been flying for more than 17 years. This one-year certificate gave me my private pilot license (PPL), commercial pilot license (CPL), instrument rating (IR), and other things like night ratingsA private pilot license allows you to fly for fun, meaning you aren't allowed to profit from piloting. A commercial license allows you to make money as a pilot, with limitations. I'm not anxious and I support United, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, and each airline's decisions, regardless of their stance on masks.

☆ I've flipped more than 1,000 properties worth $500 million. Here's what I've learned about real estate from my biggest losses.
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-07 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

John Maxim is a house flipper who learned how to do everything himself to understand the market. This opened my eyes to real estate as an avenue for making money — even with no background in it. Since I started, I've flipped more than 1,000 properties that total $500 million in real estate. I've learned a lot about renovations the hard wayBefore and after a kitchen flip. Keep an eye on what things really cost, including the value of your time and the future value of your money.

☆ I'm a 23-year-old who's saved more than $107,000 by waitressing and bartending in Nantucket and Aspen. Here's what it's like being a seasonal worker.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-02 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Sam Madden, 23, has worked as a nanny, waitress, and bartender in Nantucket and Aspen for six years. I had some money saved to pay for rent because I'd worked at McDonald's and Olive Garden throughout high school. In the main house, there were a bunch of college guys and girls who all worked at the Nantucket Yacht Club, and I thought that their summer looked like so much fun. My manager saw that I had bartending on my résumé from the yacht club and asked if I wanted to start bartending. She lived with a manager of a restaurant called Cru, which is kind of the "It" restaurant on the island.

☆ I do bottle service for a Las Vegas nightclub and can make thousands in tips each night — but the job is a lot grosser than people realize
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-11 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

"Bottle girl" is slang for girls who work in clubs and do bottle service specifically, but both terms describe what I do. I got the job two weeks after I turned 21, so I hadn't even officially been to a club yet. All the clubs in Las Vegas, mine included, are usually open one weekday and then on the weekends. Our job is to guide them through the night, although we're supposed to sell to them and encourage them to buy. But I know some girls who are uncomfortable about handshakes and high fives because in a nightclub we just don't really know where people's hands have been.

☆ I make $5,000 a month washing people's clothes on SudShare — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-07 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Before I found out about SudShare, I drove for ride-hailing companies like Uber and cleaned houses with different companies. As a Sudster, I started earning between $600 to $700 a week at the beginning, then more clients started placing orders. On a good day, bags are from $55 to $60, sometimes upward of $120, as it's $1 per pound of clothes. When folding clothes, I don't fold all of them at the same time but rather separate the loads by clients. Usually if I pick up a lot of clothes, I don't deliver them the same day, but I deliver them all by the next morning.

☆ I'm a prop master who handles weapons on movie and TV sets. I'm the last person to hand an actor a gun, but I've never been afraid for my safety.
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-22 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lucien Charles has worked as a prop master on TV and film sets for 17 years. Prop masters are the last person to hand an actor a gun, and the person who gives the actor a gun is responsible for it. People on the set being close to a prop gun is very dangerous. The blast of a prop gun can kill you, depending on the load that the gun has. I don't know the timeline of history for this story or what year they're doing — that's information I don't have, so I don't know what happened there.

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