Tag: Earning Money

Why Chick-Fil-A Employees Never Say ‘You’re Welcome’

By Gene Marks The success of fast food chain Chick-fil-A never ceases to amaze me. Do you ever notice the lines? I certainly do. It seems like there’s always one at the drive-thru, right? I travel a lot, and whenever I go to the food court at the Philadelphia airport, there’s always a line for the…


Kick-Start Your Online Clothing Resale Gig

With the recent rise of resale apps like Depop and Poshmark, the idea of selling old clothes online is becoming more fashionable. Many people have turned clothing resale into a lucrative side gig or even a full-time job, gaining thousands of followers, and making dozens of sales per week. The secondhand-clothing market is projected to…


8 Things Ridiculously Successful People Do Before 8 A.M.

By Travis Bradberry Starbucks continues to grow relentlessly, with CEO Howard Schultz planned to design “next Starbucks—an evolution of our company deep with purpose.” While many factors contribute to Starbucks’ immunity to economic trends, most are driven by Schultz. Starbucks’ massive size hasn’t stopped him from realizing his vision of creating a company that’s about…


4 Sketchy Side Hustles You Should Run From

Have you been looking for a side hustle that will make you extra money? If so, you aren’t alone. Approximately one in four people work a side hustle. Some people who have part-time jobs on the side do so to gain extra spending money for luxury items. However, as you would expect, many also use…


How Did an 8-Year-Old Sell 32,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies?

By Gene Marks Meet Lilly Bumpus. Lilly is eight years old. And she’s sold more than 32,000 boxes of Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Do-si-dos, and S’mores in one year. No, this is not a joke. Lilly holds the single season record for selling Girl Scout cookies. Did I forget to mention she’s eight years old? “She…


32 Proven Ways to Make Money Fast

By R.L. Adams In a bind? Need some fast cash? We’re talking here about small bursts of capital, not millions of dollars—enough to satisfy your monthly obligations or get that nagging creditor to stop calling you. None of the 32 strategies listed here to get some money quickly will break the proverbial bank. Some are…


3 Strategies Creates 13 Streams of Income

By Maurice Pennington In 10 years of running businesses alongside my wife, we know how appealing it is to increase top-line growth. The question we’ve actively asked is: How do you make more without adding more work, more hours, and more effort into what’s already taking your full attention? Before we jump into how to…


She Created the Tinder for Clothing. Then a $30 Million Competitor Came Along

By Jason Feifer When Madison Semarjian was a college freshman, she had an idea for an app: It would be like Tinder, but for clothing. She imagined the app could use AI to learn her personal style and then pull together outfits from a wide range of retailers. If she liked what she saw, she…


The Secret to Trader Joe’s Success? Embracing This Japanese Business Strategy

By Aytekin Tank “The starting point for improvement is to recognize the need. This comes from recognition of a problem. If no problem is recognized, there is no recognition of the need for improvement. Complacency is the archenemy of kaizen.”—Masaaki Imai, Kaizen: The Key To Japan’s Competitive Success The philosophy of kaizen—or continuous improvement—is a…


In Unearthed Interview, X-men Creator Stan Lee Reveals How Being Lazy Led to a $6 Billion Idea

By Dan Bova In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, comic book icon Stan Lee (who was 91 at the time) gave a long-ranging interview about the birth and evolution of Marvel Comics. He elucidated the incredible burst of creativity he had in the 1960s alongside artists like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, leading to…