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Kevin Levu, 24, earns $112,000 a year as a travel nurse working in Pelican Bay State Prison. Levu, who studied nursing while serving in the U.S. Army, took his first travel nursing job in 2023 after learning how much money he could make. Here's how he manages his money.

Two decades ago, Seth Berkowitz was a college student with a late-night craving for a warm cookie. Here’s how he built that impulse into Insomnia Cookies, an international chain with more than 260 locations that brought in $200 million in revenue last year, according to the company.

In 2018, Tessa “Tezza” Barton and Cole Herrmann launched a photo editing app called Tezza to simplify photo editing for social media users. Instead of startup funds, the husband-and-wife duo relied on Barton’s photography expertise and Herrmann’s software engineering skills to create the app — starting with premade filters and expanding into more complex editing tools. Tezza brought in $26.5 million in 2023, and boasts 2.5 million monthly users today.

Noah Kagan, 41, CEO and Co-founder of Appsumo.com, earns approximately $3.3 million a year. Before starting Appsumo.com, he held positions at tech companies such as Intel, Mint.com and Facebook. Currently, Noah divides his time between his homes in Austin, Texas, and Barcelona, Spain.

Over the past four years, the Stanley Quencher has become one of the most popular water bottles in the world.

Here’s how Olipop’s founders turned a $100,000 investment — and the internet’s obsession with gut health — into a multimillion-dollar business.

Over the past 15 years, Van Leeuwen has grown from a single ice cream truck to a nationwide chain of scoop shops.

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Aspeyn Langhals, 22, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and earns about $32,000 a year as a veterinary physical rehabilitation assistant. Langhals helps dogs and cats rebuild strength and minimize stress on their joints due to age or surgeries. She’s balancing her job while training to become a certified can…

Recession fears are scaring a lot of Americans about their financial futures. This fear may lead some to avoid investing altogether or to panic and sell current stocks. Lauren Simmons is a 28-year-old former stock trader turned entrepreneur who went from making $12,000 a year to about $650,000 a yea…

Double-digit prices hikes have reached the fashion industry. Luxury handbag collector Alyssa Lenore, 31, purchased a Chanel classic flap bag in May 2020 for $5,800. Later that month, the price jumped to around $6,300. Similar bags have jumped nearly 63% since 2019, but demand for these items continu…