30-year-old quit her job to open a bake shop—now her 2 storefronts bring in 7 figures yearly: ‘I always knew I wanted to work for myself’

[ad_1] Five years before Abi Caswell opened her own bakery, she had never made a single cookie. Today, she owns and manages two bake shops that bring in seven figures in sales, she says. Caswell, 30, is the founder of Batter, a bakery with two storefronts in Hammond, Louisiana and in New Orleans. Her ultimate … Read more

32-year-old couldn’t get hired due to his criminal record—now his food truck brings in over $1 million a year

[ad_1] For Dawon Matthews, pursuing entrepreneurship has always been a “no brainer.” After he was charged with a felony at age 19, Matthews couldn’t find a job in the corporate world, so he decided to carve his own path, he says. “Once they see a felony behind a person they don’t even care about what … Read more

48-year-old quit her high-paying Wall Street job to start a business from her attic—now it brings in $70 million a year

[ad_1] Louisa Serene Schneider has never been short on business ideas. She once started a yoga-wear company (“long before Lululemon existed,” she says) and at another point tried to launch a language tutoring business. Neither of them stuck, but ideas kept coming. Then, in 2017, Schneider came up with an idea that she felt had … Read more

Couple took out $1M loan to save America’s oldest drive-in theater—now it brings in nearly $550K a year: ‘Who else was going to do it but us?’

[ad_1] When Matt McClanahan and Lauren McChesney found out that their local drive-in theater was in danger of being sold to developers, they knew they had to preserve the beloved neighborhood hub — and a crucial piece of film history. Opened by Wilson Shankweiler on April 15, 1934, Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre in Orefield, PA is … Read more