When I started my side hustle, I didn't have a mentor, a big social media following, or any startup capital. I just had a drive to help people find great careers, and advice from some of my favorite books. 

In 2022, I quit my six-figure recruiting job at Amazon to grow my YouTube channel and launch my business, PayBump. I make videos about remote work and unique income streams, and create kits to help people make their resumes and cover letters shine.

Today, my business brings in $143,000 a mon...

Emma Grede didn't grow up near Silicon Valley tech founders or Manhattan financiers.

Raised by a single mom in East London, Grede didn't know "anyone that owned their own business," she recently told Jay Shetty, a former monk turned life coach and author, on his podcast "On Purpose."

Today, Grede is the CEO an...

Bitcoin began sliding amid hawkish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday, which also brought down traditional markets

Bitcoin fell below $35,000 on Sunday morning after declining almost 4% over the past 24 hours and nearly 9% over the last seven days. The market cap of the largest cryptocurrency tumbled to $658 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data. On March 28, that figure stood at more than $900 billion.

The downward pressure began after the Federal Reserve announced it would...

Iconic fashion brand Gucci will begin accepting cryptocurrency in some of its U.S. locations later this month, with plans to roll out the program to other North American stores this summer.

According to Vogue Business, in-store payments will be made using a QR code that customers can scan with their crypto wallet, sent by Gucci via email. The stores will accept various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu.

The first locations to accept...

SHIB, an Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)-based project, was created anonymously by a person or persons who call themselves Ryoshi. The coin came to the fore in August 2020 and was listed by a number of major cryptocurrency exchanges in the following year.

On May 10, 2021, SHIB was listed by Binance. On the same day, FTX f...

We’ve all heard the stories about Black millionaires making their dreams come true through impossible odds. But Jherrod Thomas of the Tomco Service Group has a very different story.

The 32-year-old engineer from Mississippi is a walking testament that success can be achieved through hard work, dedication, and a 9-to-5 job.

Yes, you read that correctly: a 9-to-5 job. That’s not something the Instagram hustling crowd necessarily wants you to hear or see, but it still is quite relevant — and...

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allas Cowboys NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman is ready to take on Big Beer names such as Budweiser and MolsonCoors with the same intensity as he did long-time rivals the New York Giants on a Sunday primetime matchup. 

Well sort of, but you get the point. 

Aikman, 55, revealed Tuesday he will be launching EIGHT beer after two years of developing the product along with award-winning brewmaster and beer industry veteran Phil Leinhart. Billed as suds for the modern beer drinker — in thi...

Hackers have stolen some $600m (£433m) in what appears to be one the largest cryptocurrency heists ever.

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Blockchain site Poly Network said hackers had exploited a vulnerability in its system and taken thousands of digital tokens such as Ether.

In a letter posted on Twitter, it urged the thieves to "establish communication and return the hacked assets".

In scale, the hack on par with huge recent breaches at exchanges such as Coincheck and Mt Gox.