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Andre Nader found himself in a financial hole after losing money trading options.He shifted his investment strategy and started buying low-cost index funds.He owns various Fidelity and Vanguard index funds, including VTI and VXUS.Andre Nader lost a good chunk of money in the stock market in his early 20s.”I used…
Aislyn and Ali Benjamin asked their wedding guests to gift money toward their first home.They used the money to build an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in the groom’s parents’ backyard.As buying a traditional home remains expensive, some Americans are turning to ADUs. Newlyweds Aislyn and Ali Benjamin felt they…
Avery Heilbron left his corporate job in 2024 to pursue real estate full-time.Heilbron, who built a 14-unit portfolio, got his start using a strategy called house hacking.He generates cash flow from short- and long-term rentals. His Airbnbs are more lucrative but time-intensive. When Business Insider spoke with Avery Heilbron in…
After having my son in 2015, with the encouragement of my husband, I decided to change my career. I’d been working as a print journalist up until that point and was ready for a new challenge. I enjoyed journalism, but it was poorly paid and often very stressful.I wanted a…
With over 40 startups, self-taught software developer and “indie hacker” Pieter Levels has said he’s been able to bring in millions in revenue right from his laptop while traveling the world.While that sounds glamorous, it wasn’t always that way. It started with him feeling like a loser in Asia.”I was…
Ali Mir and Hamed Nilforoshan believe job sites should be more focused on job seekers because both think they tend to optimize the experience for employers.Mir, previously an engineer at Meta, Rippling, and DoorDash, and Nilforoshan, a computer science Ph.D. student at Stanford University, created their own job board.First formed…
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Ratchel Pinlac, the CEO of a shapewear brand who lives in California, about building a vacation home in Tulum, Mexico. Business Insider verified the property financials with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My husband and I…
Emily Bonvicini, the 25-year-old founder of EB Denim, was at a New York Fashion Week after-party last September, drunk, at 4 a.m., when she got a tip from Taylor Swift’s stylist that the pop star was planning to wear one of her pieces.”Oh, that’s cool,” Bonvicini told Business Insider she…
Six years ago, Brennan Lee Mulligan was best known for being the CollegeHumor “Tide Pod Guy,” his role in a 2018 comedy sketch in which a beleaguered CEO tries to convince people not to eat laundry detergent.Things are different now. For one, CollegeHumor is no more. It’s rebranded to Dropout,…
Ukraine’s war effort may soon get a boost from a new hybrid tank that merges a Cold War-era tank chassis with an advanced air defense system. Rheinmetall, a German arms manufacturer, revealed in a media release on Monday that the new design consists of a Skyranger turret mounted on a…
