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Power Hours
Mark Cuban reads up to 1,000 emails a day on one of his three phones. He has a goal of keeping his unread messages under 20, he told us over email.
Crisia Nuñez used to work for ride-hailing apps making at the most $400 a week. On the laundry service app, she makes more than $1,000 a week.
Sam Madden completed a $10,000 sommelier training course in New York during the winter of 2019. She'll be a sommelier at Cru restaurant this summer.
Sam Madden started seasonal work at places like Cru on Nantucket and The Little Nell in Aspen in 2016. She says the biggest perk is the connections.
Alex and Elise Coleman saved 70% of their corporate paychecks for four years. By the time they decided to start a business, they were ready.
Carrie Orozco is a model cocktail waitress at Omnia inside Caesars Palace. She says her biggest pet peeve is when people are sloppy and disrespectful.
Travel 2021-11-16T15:18:46.000Z Jay Suggs, 30, takes trips with EF Ultimate Break and posts about them on her Instagram and YouTube, earning referral points along the way.
Media 2021-11-02T16:36:21.000Z "I take my side hustle very seriously because I'm young and I have energy," Natalie told Insider. "I work my 9-to-5 and then I work my 5-to-9."
Media 2021-10-22T21:30:09.000Z Lucien Charles works as a prop master for TV shows and movies. He says he's never experienced anything like what happened on the "Rust" movie set.
Andrea Laird is a virtual assistant to the CEO of a multimillion-dollar company, a freelancer, and the founder of a business-coaching company.
"I get handed $100 bills for doing practically nothing," Darby Pappas, 25, said about her job as a server in the most exclusive ski town in the US.
Travel 2021-07-12T13:50:01.000Z It took Jasmine Wilson, 28, two months to renovate her $25,000 cargo van. She has no regrets leaving her $1,500-a-month three-bedroom house.
Tech 2021-06-24T18:33:55.000Z Jasmine Wilson is a full-time employee at a homebuying-software company, a trucking-logistics company, and a wellness-marketing and loyalty company.
Tech 2021-06-03T18:23:06.000Z Grace Wells made fake commercials for objects like a book, a potato, a paperclip, cotton candy, and a face mask. Now she gets paid to make real ads.
Travel 2021-05-10T14:09:14.000Z IT professional Tita dropped her $3,200-a-month Manhattan rent to travel and work remotely in Florida, Colorado, and California with her boyfriend.
Danae Lyons, 25, works at a golf course in California. It's her favorite service job, but she says players often sexually objectify her.
In mid-February, Anna Binder started spending the majority of her time supporting her team, learning from competitors, and communicating daily.
After working odd jobs to make ends meet, Claire Coder entered the VC arena and raised $1.5 million over 86 meetings for her company Aunt Flow.
It all began with signs in the laundry room: "People started calling me from within the building and it just became a thing," said Dr. Ee Tay.
Here's how Kirsten Marriner keeps her company moving forward while managing high demand for its products during the crisis.