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☆ Rock climber plotted to kill people at popular mountaineering event in Oregon, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Oregon rock climber was arrested and charged on Thursday, according to multiple reports. Samson Zebturiah Garner was plotting to kill several climbers at a rock climbing event, police said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA rock climber plotted to kill several people at a popular mountaineering event in Oregon this weekend, Deschutes County Sheriff's deputies alleged. He was planning on shooting attendees of the annual Craggin' Classic event in Smith Rock, located in central Oregon's High Desert. The Craggin' Classic event in Smith Rock is organized by The American Alpine Club and held annually.

Persons: Samson Zebturiah Garner, —, Garner, Sig Sauer, Jason Wall, Wall, Rebekah Phillips Organizations: Police, Service, Deschutes County Sheriff's, American Alpine Club Locations: An Oregon, Oregon, Deschutes County, Smith, Oregon's, Portland

☆ Self-made millionaire: The ‘most successful people’ practice this skill—it requires ‘defiance’ and ‘belligerence’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Matt Higgins went from living in "abject poverty" to running boardrooms, he says. The experience taught the self-made millionaire that successful people have one thing in common. People who get ahead are comfortable with the concept of change, Higgins said at a CNBC Make It: Your Money virtual event on Tuesday. That self-awareness can inform when to stay loyal to your ideas and when to change course, Higgins told Make It in an email. "To be successful in life ... you have to carry a little bit of defiance, a tad bit of belligerence" until people eventually come around, Higgins said on Tuesday.

Persons: Matt Higgins, Higgins Organizations: CNBC, RSE Ventures

☆ Two friends used AI and $185 to start a side hustle—they just sold it for $150,000: 'It really does print money'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sal Aiello and Monica Powers built their lucrative side hustle in four days — and spent less than $200 to get it off the ground. At first, they started running their side hustle ideas past ChatGPT, using the generative artificial intelligence chatbot as a starting point for market research. In March, they decided to create an AI-powered research tool: Fill out a form about your idea, and the tool would input your answers to ChatGPT in a maximally helpful way. In roughly seven months, DimeADozen — split evenly between Aiello and Powers — brought in more than $66,000, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Aeillo and Powers plan to keep working roughly five hours per week on it as company advisors.

Persons: Sal Aiello, Monica Powers, Aiello, Powers, " Aiello, —, DimeADozen, Powers —, Felipe Arosemena, Danielle de Corneille, Aeillo Organizations: CNBC

☆ Bumble CEO: Here are the 'crazy hacks' I used to grow my app into a $1.9 billion company—one of them cost only $20
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bumble had a "modest budget" at the time, Wolfe Herd said in a MasterClass course released on Thursday. Instead of traditional marketing campaigns, Wolfe Herd put together a series of "crazy hacks" to drum up interest in her Austin, Texas-based startup, she said. Wolfe Herd used a similar tactic with college fraternities, dropping off pizza with branded bumblebee stickers slapped onto the cardboard boxes. For Wolfe Herd, the momentum was validating. Seven years after launching the app, Wolfe Herd became the youngest female founder in history to take a company public.

Persons: Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble, Wolfe Herd, —, Fortune, Andrey Andreev, Forbes, She'd, Wolfe Organizations: Badoo, Aspen Ideas, Bumble Inc, CNBC Locations: Austin , Texas, Aspen , Colorado

☆ The No. 1 thing CEOs are investing in right now, says a new survey—you can use it to get a lucrative job
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Artificial intelligence chatbots can write corporate memos, compose new episodes of The Office in iambic pentameter and potentially land you a lucrative new job. Nearly three-quarters of CEOs call generative AI a "top investing priority," according to a recent survey conducted by KPMG, an international professional services network. They're spending on AI in the hopes of increased profitability, innovation and security for their companies, respondents said. More than half of the survey's participants said they're spending more money on new technology than training current employees. The average job posting involving generative AI skills offers a $138,232 salary, says a September report from job search platform Adzuna.

Persons: Jay Shankar Organizations: KPMG, Amazon Web Services, CNBC

☆ Mark Cuban says he only felt successful for the first time at age 28: My dad 'broke down in tears and started sobbing'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban vividly remembers the moment he finally felt successful — because he spent so many years beforehand trying to stave off being flat broke. The turning point "was probably when I had $100,000 in the bank," Cuban, now 65, said. And telling my dad who just broke down in tears and started sobbing." The effort paid off when Cuban sold MicroSolutions for $6 million in 1990 to CompuServe, a now-defunct internet services company. "There's a huge difference between being a millionaire and a billionaire," Cuban told GQ.

Persons: Mark Cuban, GQ —, he'd, Dave Winslow, we're, It's, Charles Schwab's, Cuban, Barstool, Broadcast.com Organizations: Cuban, GQ, Wealth Survey, Cisco, CompuServe, Yahoo, CNBC Locations: Cuban

☆ 55-year-old whose backyard side hustle brought in nearly $20,000 in a month: ‘Anyone can do this’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It took Rodney Melton just over a year to build a six-figure side hustle. In March 2021, Melton started molding, engraving and selling headstones for pet memorials on Etsy. He'd long worked with concrete and stone as a hobby, while working 60 hours per week as a maintenance lead at Mars Pet Care. In May 2022, his Etsy shop brought in nearly $20,000, and Melton left his full-time job. Last year, the four-person operation brought in more than $207,000 on Etsy, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.

Persons: they've, Rodney Melton, Melton, Carlos, Molly, Kristen, We've Organizations: CNBC, Mars, Melton Locations: AskMakeIt@cnbc.com, Alma , Arkansas, Ozark, —, Melton

☆ 55-year-old spent $15,000 on his side hustle, quit his 60-hour workweek job—now he brings in up to $23,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Rodney Melton's grandchildren holding one of the pet memorials that he makes and sells on Etsy. It was a good living, says Melton, 55, but it doesn't measure up his earnings today making and selling pet memorials. A few initial orders turned into a handful of positive reviews, which turned into more orders. The store brought in $207,000 in 2022 revenue, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. At first, he only could only fulfill 16 Etsy orders per month.

Persons: Rodney, Rodney Melton Rodney Melton, Molly, Melton, there's Organizations: CNBC, Melton, Facebook Locations: Melton, Alma, Arkansas, Ozark

☆ Mark Cuban wants to give you personalized advice for free now—here’s how to get it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban gives out plenty of public advice, from his musings on ABC's "Shark Tank" to his own TikTok account. It's primarily intended for entrepreneurs who want advice: Cuban initially created it just for his portfolio companies before realizing its broader appeal, he says. Cuban's advice network currently requires a free subscription to join. He hopes the advice network will introduce him to new ideas, too. Join the free CNBC Make It: Your Money virtual event on Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Falon Fatemi, It's, Cuban, TikToker Bobbi Althoff's, Ansley Carlisle, — Organizations: MCC, Cuban, CNBC, CompuServe, Yahoo, Forbes Locations: Dallas

☆ Top investor shares his No. 1 counterintuitive strategy for making tough decisions—it's something 'you haven't even considered'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sequoia Capital managing partner Roelof Botha has a strategy for making tough decisions. He cited Dorsey's own payments business Block, where Botha sits on the company's board, as an example. The company officially launched Square Cash, now known as Cash App, in October 2013. Block now has a market cap of $26.82 billion, as of Wednesday afternoon, and Cash App is responsible for half of its revenue, Botha said. Having a third option helped Block cut what wasn't working, and invest in projects that helped make the company profitable.

Persons: Roelof Botha, Botha, Jack Dorsey, Dorsey, it'd Organizations: Sequoia Capital, YouTube, Starbucks, PayPal, CNBC

☆ 31-year-old who brought in $101,000 in a month: I thought I'd 'make scraps' without a college degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In print-on-demand selling, people create designs on blank templates — T-shirts, mugs, tote bags — and wait for people to order them. And the print-on-demand store brought in more than $766,000 since 2020, according to documents by CNBC Make It. Johnson estimates a third of her store's revenue was profit, until she closed the shop earlier this month. A publicity-led influx of views lowered her store's sales conversion rate, jeopardizing her spot in Etsy's search algorithms, she says. She's already started a new print-on-demand store, she says.

Persons: Cassiy, Johnson, Etsy didn't, She's Organizations: YouTube, CNBC

☆ I took a 2-day vow of silence and stopped using my phone—here's the No. 1 thing it taught me about happiness
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

My generation was raised on the idea that happiness is a choice, so I get mad at myself for feeling other emotions. That's why, when I heard about the University of Pennsylvania's "monk class" last spring, I wanted to test drive its curriculum. The formally titled "Living Deliberately" course requires students to "observe a code of silence" and "abstain from using all electronic communications" for a month, according to the university's website. So at the end of August, I took a 48-hour vow of silence and no technology, ranging from a Sunday afternoon to a Tuesday afternoon. And I learned something that upended my sense of happiness, and how to achieve it: Less is often more.

Persons: Monks, Justin McDaniel, McDaniel, It's, I'm, Gilmore Organizations: University of Pennsylvania's, Ivy League

☆ I lived like a monk for 48 hours, and it helped me break 3 of my worst habits—here's how
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

I tried living like a monk for 48 hours. It's unusual for me to go 48 seconds without talking or checking my phone, let alone two days. I was inspired by the University of Pennsylvania's "monk class," actually called "Living Deliberately." I wanted to achieve that level of awareness, but my livelihood depends on my voice and three-pound work laptop. A seven-day break from Twitter and TikTok reduced levels of depression and anxiety in a small randomized trial, U.K.-based University of Bath researchers found last year.

Persons: Justin McDaniel, Monks, Ann Patchett's, Tom Lake, I've, —, McDaniel Organizations: University of Pennsylvania's, Ivy League, Twitter, of Bath, University of Pennsylvania

☆ 28-year-old's side hustle makes $180 an hour, more than doubling his income: How it 'snowballed' into a six-figure salary
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Carter Osborne's side hustle, advising high schoolers on their college application essays, has more than doubled his income over the last two years, he says. He never dreamed his side hustle, advising high school seniors on their college application essays, would give him a six-figure income. Coming from a family of educators, he'd actually enjoyed his own college application process. Applying to 10 schools — an ambitious but not uncommon number — means writing upwards of 25 essays, Osborne says. At first, the teen was hesitant to include the hobby in his college application, Osborne says.

Persons: Carter, Carter Osborne, Osborne, he'd, He'd, Here's, —, I've Organizations: University of Washington, Seattle, Stanford University, CNBC, National Football League

☆ 31-year-old mom left her job for a ‘simple and easy’ side hustle—she brings in up to $101,000 a month, works 30 minutes a day
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It was April 2020, and Johnson had been furloughed from her full-time job as a daycare salesperson, where she made $70,000 per year. Even better, she adds: She spent less than 30 minutes per day on the side hustle, running it entirely on her phone, she says. The following year, she made $90,000 off Etsy and decided to run the online store full-time, she says. Here's how Johnson developed her side hustle, giving herself more free time and turning it into three different income streams. Print-on-demand sellers buy photos of models wearing blank T-shirts, and photoshop their designs on top.

Persons: Cassiy Johnson, Johnson, JollyFamDesigns, Mary Colleen, —, Nonnie, Mimi, Gammy Organizations: CNBC, Walmart, Facebook Locations: Howell , Michigan

☆ Mosquitoes are annoying and some are deadly. Here’s why we can’t – and shouldn’t – simply kill them all
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ritu Prasad | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Some mosquitoes are actually helpfulThe first problem to tackle here is the word “all.” There are more than 3,000 recognized mosquito species worldwide. Healy, who is also president of the American Mosquito Control Association, offered Louisiana, which is home to many swamps where mosquitoes thrive, as an example. “Disease-transmitting mosquito species, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, are invasive species in many parts of the world. As for the Anopheles mosquitoes, which transmit malaria, things are a little different. … We are constantly educating mosquito control workers to follow these practices.

Persons: birdsong, We’ve, ”, Kristen Healy, Healy, we’d, Laura Harrington, Culex, Aedes, ” John Marshall, ” Marshall, ” Healy, Soumyabrata Roy, NurPhoto, it’s, Harrington, Wolbachia, ” Harrington, Stefan Sauer, “ We’ve Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, Entomology, Louisiana State University, American Mosquito Control Association, Cornell University, University of California, Getty Locations: –, West Nile, Louisiana, West, Berkeley

☆ 30-year-old found his lucrative photography side hustle after trying 2 other careers—now he makes $134,000 a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

From a wide lens, Sean Audet's career looks random: He was a biochemistry student, trained fine-dining chef and local college lecturer before picking up photography. Audet's background as a chef landed him a recipe research and development job at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada, in 2016. His freelance work is now the most lucrative job of his life, Audet says. Most of his business comes from Fiverr, a freelance platform where he finds most of his clients, he adds. Here's how Audet got his photography business off the ground, how he manages his freelance budget and what he plans to do next.

Persons: Sean Audet's, Audet Organizations: Red River College, CNBC Locations: Winnipeg, Canada, Fiverr

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Persons: Canada Sean Audet, Campbell's, Sean Locations: Canada, Winnipeg

☆ Airbnb CEO shares the No. 1 thing people get wrong about success: I thought 'everything in my life would be fixed'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Even as Airbnb's popularity and private valuation soared throughout the 2010s, Chesky didn't feel successful, he said — and he thought taking the company public would help. The Airbnb CEO originally moved to Silicon Valley and started his company in 2008 with co-founders Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk. In response, Chesky dedicated all his energy to making Airbnb more successful, hoping it'd fulfill him, he said. The ongoing research, which started in 1938, has found that career and financial success don't make participants feel more content. Six months later, the company launched its Airbnb Rooms service, which allows hosts to rent out individual bedrooms in their homes.

Persons: Brian Chesky, Dax Shepard's, Chesky, —, Joe Gebbia, Nathan Blecharczyk, it'd, Marc Schulz, Warren Buffett Organizations: Harvard University, Reuters, San Locations: Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Airbnb

☆ CEO spent his savings, 401(k) and paychecks to keep his cookware brand afloat—now it brings in over $170 million a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The timing was poor for bootstrapping: Winer and Mecray had just shuttered their first startup attempt, a juice presser company called Juicepresso. They maxed out credit cards, took out a small-business loan from American Express and packaged cookware sets in their backyards. It's grown steadily since, bringing in $170.7 million in revenue last year, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. At its height in 2015, we brought in somewhere between $5 million and $6 million in revenue. To be honest, though, as soon as I started working on the pan, I knew it wasn't going to fail.

Persons: Gordon Ramsay's, HexClad, Danny Winer, Cole Mecray, Winer, Mecray, we'd, Jason Panzer, Ramsay, Cole, you'd, I'd, Warren Buffett Organizations: CNBC, bootstrapping, presser, American Express, Costco, Foods, New Locations: New York City

☆ This is the No. 1 trait you need to be more successful than most—Mark Cuban learned it by age 12
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"I was a little short chubby kid [and] my parents didn't have a lot," Cuban recounted on the show. Learning the moves to show him he was competent, had rhythm and could quickly pick up new skills, Cuban said. "It really did [help with confidence]," Cuban tells CNBC Make It in an email. "It will be the person with high confidence and lower abilities who will get the job over the person with low confidence and higher abilities." "It was the best job ever," Cuban told sportscaster Jim Rome on a podcast in 2019.

Persons: Mark Cuban, NBC's, didn't, Cuban, We've, couldn't, Bonnie Low, Kramen, Jim Rome Organizations: Dallas Mavericks, CNBC, Staff, Solutions, Indiana University

☆ 28-year-old's side hustle makes up to $113,500 per year—and it only costs $50 to start
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It was 2017 and Osborne realized he could get paid to advise high school seniors on their college admissions essays. He went back to that mentor for help getting the side hustle off the ground. The upside: The side hustle costs almost nothing to start, he says. Here, Osborne details how he started and maintains his six-figure side hustle:CNBC Make It: Do you think your side hustle is replicable? How do you help students improve their essays without making it yours?

Persons: they've, Carter Osborne, Osborne, There's, you've, who's, I'm, I'd, Warren Buffett Organizations: CNBC, Stanford University Locations: Seattle , Washington

☆ 25-year-old tried 23 side hustles before launching a company that brings in $354,000 a month—his No. 1 piece of advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The platform, which Schwartz describes as "Etsy for software products," currently brings in roughly $354,000 per month, according to a CNBC Make It estimate. "You want to really orient yourself around a real problem that needs to be solved," Schwartz, 25, tells Make It. During high school, he and Zoub built sneaker bots, or pieces of software that nabbed limited-edition shoes faster than people who manually clicked "buy now." The company clearly solved a problem, but the co-founders didn't find the work creatively fulfilling. It solved a safety problem: Zoub patrolled online forums where people sold software, and found them rife with scammers and rip-off artists.

Persons: Steven Schwartz, Cameron Zoub, Schwartz, Jack Sharkey —, Mark Cuban, Cuban, Todd Wagner, Zoub, didn't, Whop, it's, Warren Buffett Organizations: Tesla, CNBC, Indiana University, Yahoo Locations: Whop

☆ Popular online side hustles can earn up to $9,750 a month—the No. 1 downside few people warn you about
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jim Battan, pictured with his wife, Lisa Battan, beside their backyard pool in West Linn, Oregon. Those earnings can significantly outpace the average U.S. side hustle's $810 per month, according to a May Bankrate survey. CNBC Make It spoke to a group of high-earners across multiple online platforms, some of whom bring in six figures per year from their side jobs. While it is true we have more pools being hosted on the platform, popular pools continue to see their pools booked out in well in advance." Kingsley OnyemaliIn the fall of 2022, he noticed a change: The site was organizing search results by lowest prices, instead of customer feedback.

Persons: Jim Battan, Lisa Battan, Jim Battan Battan, Battan, Swimply, Bunim Laskin, Kingsley Onyemali, Onyemali, it's, Tasker Organizations: CNBC, Facebook, TaskRabbit Locations: West Linn , Oregon, Etsy, Linn , Oregon, Austin , Texas, Tasker

☆ Mark Cuban says his kids see downsides to his wealth: 'It sets an expectation’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Take it from Mark Cuban — or, rather, his kids. "Sometimes I think [the money is] the part they don't like," Cuban, who has an estimated net worth of $5.1 billion, according to Forbes, said. "Not that they want to be poor, but it sets an expectation ... it's how other people see them." CNBC owns the exclusive off-network cable rights to "Shark Tank," which features Mark Cuban as a panelist. DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life?

Persons: Mark Cuban, TikToker Bobbi Althoff's, Forbes, NBC's, Mark Cuban's, I'm, Steve Harvey's, they'll, Cuban, Althoff, Kevin Hart's, Hart, Peacock, Warren Buffett Organizations: CompuServe, Yahoo, NBC, CNBC, NBCUniversal

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