This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Ross Friedman, 26, of Boston, Massachusetts. Friedman is the founder of Slacker Media Group, a live events company curating experiences at the intersection of music, lifestyle and entertainment. See how he grew the venture from side hustle to successful full-time business, here. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Slacker Media Group. Ross Friedman. Want to read more stories like this? Subscribe to Money Makers, our free newsletter packed with creative side hustle ideas and successful strategies. Sign up here.What was your day job or primary occupation when you…
Tesla did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment on this article.For Nagley, it’s too early to talk about Tesla failing to survive, “but the question is, can they thrive? One of the iron rules about the car industry is that there are model life cycles. People get bored of…
Not all Google security warnings concern a surge in attacks requiring you to update your Gmail password, or vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, or even an invisible hacking threat that can erase your Android phone data. Some, as was the case of the three security warnings that dropped in my…
Twenty years ago, I launched my company with a head full of optimism and a thin playbook. The market was smaller, capital was scarcer, and the word “scale” usually referred to manufacturing, not software.Let me save you twenty years. Through three recessions, a pandemic and a Russian hack I’ll never…
Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way for investors to bet that President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs will be struck down in court. Traders at the firm’s investment banking subsidiary, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., say they have…
What is happiness, really? Positive psychology pioneer Martin Seligman asked this very question and discovered that lasting wellbeing isn’t about chasing fleeting pleasures. It’s about building a life that feels whole and deeply lived. So, he developed the PERMA Model — a framework that offers a grounded, research-backed path to…
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Charles Eide, 40, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based founder and CEO of corporate events company EideCom. As a teenager, Eide side-hustled as a DJ, then began to produce major events at the University of St. Thomas. Read more about his journey here. Responses have been edited…
Brand collaborations are everywhere today, but unless they actually improve the product experience, they can easily become misguided. And most fail quietly, because partnerships built on visibility alone collapse under the weight of delivery.The branded residences sector, which has grown 180% globally with hotspots in Dubai, Miami and Asia-Pacific, offers…
Retirement used to be seen as the end of the hustle, a time to slow down and relax. However, retirees are abandoning that old playbook. Most retirees want to have the time to do the extra things they could not in their lifelong careers.Due to better health, economic uncertainty and…
A recent, hours-long fire at a data center used by Elon Musk’s X may have begun after an electrical or mechanical issue in a power system, according to an official fire investigation.WIRED was the first to report on the blaze, which occurred on May 22 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Data center…
Tim Berg is a simple guy. He likes eating fresh foods and spending time outdoors. Ice Cream for Bears is Berg’s experiment to prove that nature’s bare gifts are beyond plentiful to satisfy our cravings. After two years in the wilderness, Ice Cream for Bears is entering thousands of stores,…
We all know how social media provides an endless stream of opinions, confident recommendations and even downright wrong information. Long before we were exposed to social media, we got all of that same type of chatter from an even more familiar source — our own brains. It comes in the…
Barbie just had a billion-dollar year. DeLorean is back in production — but in truth, it never really left, with decades of cultural presence, strong collectible car sales and ongoing IP licensing deals. Vintage Levi’s now sell for more than new pairs. Yet, nearly 88% of Fortune 500 companies from…
When I first started my business, I approached budgeting with the optimism of someone who hadn’t yet been burned. I treated it like a tidy math problem: Plug in a few cost estimates, apply a sensible cushion, and the numbers would hold. At least, they did in the spreadsheet.What I…
For crypto firms, the vibe shift is a blessing. Although they have comparatively few problems accessing overseas bank accounts—often in the Cayman Islands or Switzerland—in lieu of a US bank account, they are often unable to earn yield on deposits or transact seamlessly with US-based counterparties, and sometimes they incur…
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