When Michelle Hensley, now founder and CEO of luxury gift basket and wrapping company Nifty Package Co., lost her husband, a pastor, to cancer in 2014, she was 50 years old and “had a complete identity crisis,” she says. Image Credit: Courtesy of Nifty Package Co. Hensley’s husband had handled their finances while she ran...
Irene Chen and Matthew Grenby, co-founders of functional luxury handbag and accessories brand Parker Thatch, are no strangers to well-timed pivots — having used them to build a business that’s been profitable since day one and will hit eight figures in revenue this year. Image Credit: Courtesy of Parker Thatch Drawing inspiration from Chen’s background...
In 2024, for the first time since Gallup polling in 2001, the majority of Americans (57%) said they would feel better if they got more sleep. Science backs up the claim: Getting enough rest can impact your weight, emotional well-being, blood pressure, mental and physical performance, and more, according to UC Davis Health. If you...
Although one in five U.S. adults ages 50 or older has no retirement savings, those who have accumulated a comfortable nest egg — which the majority of American workers believe to be at least $1.8 million — have some flexibility when it comes to where they spend their golden years. More than 338,000 U.S. residents...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Ryan Close, founder and CEO of Bartesian, a company that produces cocktail-making machines for home bars. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Bartesian. Ryan Close. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started Bartesian?I grew up, went to college and...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Carlos Ugalde, 52, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Ugalde is the founder of print-on-demand apparel brand House of Chingasos. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of House of Chingasos What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?I was a...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Justin Soleimani, 34, and Zach Dannett, 35. The duo met as classmates at Emory University and then went on to co-found Tumble. Their Los Angeles-based company sells machine-washable, spill-proof rugs and scaled from zero to $20 million in revenue within 2.5 years. Today, Tumble boasts a team of 10...
Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of Kind Snacks with a personal net worth of $2.3 billion, admits that his morning routine used to be exhausting. “I used to have horrible habits,” he said in an interview with Entrepreneur. Lubetzky founded Kind Snacks in 2004 and sold it for $5 billion in 2020; he is now the...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Aaron Luo, co-founder with Carmen Chen Wu of Caraa, a New York City-based handbag and accessory company founded in 2015 that’s seen more than $50 million in total sales, and Mercado Famous, an artisanal Spanish charcuterie business founded in 2022, which surpassed $1 million in sales in its first...
Michael Morell, former deputy director and two-time acting director of the CIA, is no stranger to high-stakes situations. Image Credit: Courtesy of MasterClass. Michael Morell. Over the course of his decades-long career with the agency, Morell had to lead under pressure on numerous occasions, from briefing President George W. Bush during the 9/11 attacks to...