How I Afford Living In NYC Making $17,000 A Year

From CNBC Make It. Max Gallo, 28, lives in New York City and earns around $17,000 a year. He splits a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with a roommate. Max’s income comes from acting gigs, working at an exotic car dealership, unemployment benefits and a grant from the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio…

We Spent $0 To Launch A Business From Our Tiny Apartment – Now It Brings In $26.5 Million A Year

From CNBC Make It. 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…

This 31-year-old earns $220K and lives with his parents

From CNBC Make It. Sal Khan, 31, moved from California to Texas to live with his parents during the 2020 pandemic. They insisted on not charging him rent. He saw this as an opportunity to build a stronger relationship with his parents, save money, and potentially purchase some properties for his future. Watch his story…

Use this tool to help find your dream job

From CNBC Make It. Don’t know what your dream job is? Career coach Jermaine Murray says this trick can help you figure it out. If you’re planning to apply for a new job this year, we’ve got you covered. Take CNBC’s new online course How to Ace Your Job Interview to learn what hiring managers…

Vita Coco: My Billion-Dollar Coconut Water Company

From CNBC Make It. After a chance encounter with two Brazilian women in a New York City bar in 2003 and hearing about the tasty coconut water they missed from back home, Michael Kirban and his friend Ira Liran wanted to introduce coconut water to the U.S. market. The two co-founded Vita Coco the following…

How Hinge Became A $400 Million Dating App

From CNBC Make It. In 2011, Justin McLeod was a Harvard grad student who wanted to solve his dating woes. He invested his own money to start Hinge, a dating platform the company says is "designed to be deleted." What started out as a small company that struggled to compete with now billion-dollar giants like…

I Was Fired From Facebook In My 20s—Now I Make $3.3 Million Running My Own Tech Company

From CNBC Make It. 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, TX, and Spain. Check out Noah’s book Million Dollar Weekend here: https://noahkagan.com/mdwbook/…

How to structure your resume #Shorts

From CNBC Make It. Looking for a new job? Here’s how career coach Jermaine Murray says you should structure your resume. CNBC Make It just launched its first-ever online course, which teaches you how to ace your next job interview. Sign up now and use the code EARLYBIRD to save 50% with a limited-time offer:…