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How I Built a Career As a Video Podcast Producer for Influencers

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Devon Asher, a 28-year-old podcast producer in Los Angeles. Asher works on shows for influencers, including Tana Mongeau and Trisha Paytas. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I always wanted to be a music video director.I moved to Los…

Rejected Twice by Microsoft, He Built a Plan and Finally Got the Job

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Adit Sheth, a senior software engineer at Microsoft. Business Insider has verified his employment. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.While completing my master’s in computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016, I had an…

I Built an Annex for My Daughter and Her Family in My Backyard

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sacha Warren from Surrey, England. Warren’s financials have been verified by Business Insider. It has been edited for length and clarity.I bought my house in Epsom, a town outside London, in 2001. It has a huge garden, and I knew I’d…

I Built a Laundry Business Worth Millions; Founders Need These Skills

When most people think about entrepreneurship, they envision hoodie-clad coders building the next tech unicorn. My startup story? It began with dirty socks and a delivery van.My unusual passion began in my freshman year of college when I started running a laundry pickup and delivery service called Wake Wash. The…

10 People Explain Why They Built ADUs

My husband and I are in our second year of marriage and are finally starting to think seriously about homeownership.Between scanning Zillow, reading housing studies, and even scrolling through social media, one thing is clear: buying a new home has never felt so out of reach, even for two working…

A Busy Doctor Burned Fat, Built Muscle in 3 Months: Simple Routine

A 35-year-old man says he transformed his body in a few months by switching to full-body workouts and smaller portion sizes with a protein goal.Dr. Simon Doyle, a GP from London, had a consistent fitness routine until a shoulder injury left him out of the gym for more than a…

How Goldman Sachs Is Using AI: 5 Tools the Bank Has Built for Workers

Last summer, Goldman Sachs’ tech chief, Marco Argenti, shared a “completely not scientific” prediction with Business Insider that, in about three years, almost “100%” of Goldman’s global workforce would interact with artificial intelligence while doing their jobs.”It’s going to be just like email at the end of the day,” Argenti,…