A 27-year-old who runs a 7-figure sneaker business made a costly mistake with fake Yeezys. It taught her an invaluable lesson about reselling.
Before Val Zapata built a seven-figure reselling business, she almost lost it all. “I got caught early in the game with like 50 pairs of fake Yeezys that I had to swallow,” the 27-year-old entrepreneur told B-17. Zapata, who worked as a life insurance broker before turning her sneaker-collecting hobby into a side hustle and,…
Read the pitch deck that personal-shopping startup The Floorr used to raise $1.7 million in funding
The Floorr is built for personal shoppers for the uber-wealthy — those who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more, each year. For rich shoppers — really rich people who really love to shop — shopping sprees are something different. They don’t buy a handful of pieces once or twice a year to…
How 3 friends without any hospitality experience started renting out over 400 tiny homes in remote locations around the world
Adrian Chia is one of the three cofounders of Big Tiny, a tiny-home startup. How nice would it be to leave everything behind, unplug from the world, and relax abroad? This thought lingered in Adrian Chia’s mind after a two-week family vacation exploring the Great Ocean Road in Melbourne, Australia, in 2016. Shortly after returning…
When I graduated college this summer, I feared I would always long for my college days. But post-grad life is just as fulfilling.
The author graduated college and feared post-grad life. I wore my University of Warwick hoodie around my house in the days following my college graduation. Although I had a graduate job lined up to start a few weeks later — a job I was thrilled to begin — I was upset. My college experience was…
The Notre Dame football team captain shared his daily routine during fall camp. He takes a 45-minute nap and listens to Adele to recharge.
Benjamin Morrison shared what one of his days looks like now that college football season is back. As college football season kicks off, fans are getting an unprecedented look at the lives of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team in a new docuseries “Here Come the Irish,” streaming on Peacock. Aside from living out…
Half of renters live somewhere they can’t afford
For decades, financial advisors and the federal government have recommended that Americans spend no more than 30% of their gross income on housing. But as home prices and rents have skyrocketed in recent years, that so-called 30% rule is increasingly challenging to follow. And for a whopping half of US renters, it’s become impossible. Almost…
I realized my spending was out of control and started a ‘no-spend era.’ Since June, I’ve saved over $5,000.
Stephanie Noble changed her spending habits when she realized she was buying too many products. For over a year, I had been slowly realizing that I needed to change my spending habits, but I wouldn’t do anything about it. I constantly saw new makeup products influencers were trying out on platforms like TikTok and heard…
A top-1% fund manager warns Warren Buffett is behaving like he did before the dot-com crash — and says the S&P 500 could see dismal returns for a decade
Warren Buffett Throughout his career as a fund manager, Bill Smead has kept a close eye on investing icons Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, implementing the duo’s long-term buy-and-hold strategy with undervalued stocks. “It’s way better to know who is smart than to be smart in our business,” Smead says. “Or, as Munger used to…
Gen Zers are swapping Botox and filler for ‘notox.’ A plastic surgeon shared 3 anti-aging tips that don’t involve injectables.
While Gen Zers have been driving up the Botox and filler demand for years, some are ditching injectables for a new trend: “Notox,” anti-aging routines that focus on topical treatments like serums and face-taping. The reasons range from the costs of treatments and side effects like filler migration and face freezing. Some also worry about…
