Amanda Breen

New York

Senior Features Writer at Entrepreneur

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Articles

How His 'Hustle' Became a Business on Track for $300 Million

4 days ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

After six years of working in a finance role that didn't excite him, Mike Adair decided life was too short not to be passionate about his day-to-day. "I just wanted to do something that I [loved]," Adair tells Entrepreneur. "Never in a million years did I think that would lead me to burritos."Image Credit: Courtesy of Red's. Mike Adair.
How a Firefighter's 'Hidden' Side Hustle Led to $22M in Revenue

1 week ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Jeremy Barker, 50, of Ogden, Utah. Barker was working as a firefighter and paramedic when he started his company, Murphy Door, which sells "hidden" home furnishings, including bookcase doors and Murphy beds. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Murphy Door. Jeremy Barker. Want to read more stories like this? Subscribe to Money Makers, our free newsletter packed with creative side hustle ideas and successful strategies.
Best and Worst States for Retirement? Here's the Ranking

1 week ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

One in five Americans aged 50 and over has no retirement savings, and more than half worry that they won't have enough money to last once they leave the workforce, according to an AARP survey. However, where U.S. workers live can have a significant impact on their retirement readiness.
Grandma's Recipe Started Business With $2B+ Annual Revenue

1 week ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

Mildred Reser started selling potato salad to pay the bills back in 1950. The recipe she perfected in a rural Cornelius, Oregon, farmhouse helped her launch a seasonal business, Mrs. Reser's Salads, which supplied local meat markets before it moved to its first small factory and landed distribution in Safeway. Image Credit: Courtesy of Reser's Fine Foods. Grandma Mildred with her family. Mildred's son, Al, stepped in as president in 1960, and the company became Reser's Fine Foods.
My Small Business Started on Facebook and Makes $500k a Year

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Amanda Breen

This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Amber Starling, the founder and owner of Good Witch Cleaning. The piece has been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Good Witch Cleaning. Amber Starling. When I arrived in the “Little Apple,” or Manhattan, Kansas, I had five years of management experience, including as a frontline firefighter in the volunteer department. I had seven years of office experience and a high school diploma.
My Small Business Started on Facebook and Makes $500k a Year

2 weeks ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Amber Starling, the founder and owner of Good Witch Cleaning. The piece has been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Good Witch Cleaning. Amber Starling. When I arrived in the "Little Apple," or Manhattan, Kansas, I had five years of management experience, including as a frontline firefighter in the volunteer department. I had seven years of office experience and a high school diploma.
My Bootstrapped Business Led to $20M for Women Entrepreneurs

2 weeks ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Audrey McLoghlin, founder and CEO of Frank & Eileen, a women's apparel company committed to providing resources to educational institutions to support women entrepreneurs. Before I started Frank & Eileen, I had already become a serial entrepreneur. My background was in engineering, so it's a wild mystery as to how I got into the apparel business. But I already had four multi-brand retail stores and another brand focused on knit T-shirts.
35-Year-Old's Side Hustle Makes Over $50k a Month: 'Magnetic'

2 weeks ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Alyssa O'Toole, 35, of Boston, Massachusetts. O'Toole is the founder of Musicians Playground, a Boston-based music studio and community built like a gym for musicians, offering adult hobbyists group classes in piano, voice and guitar, along with music-based team-building events. She's also the co-founder of Seven, a consulting company helping brick-and-mortar, service-based business owners scale to the $1 million revenue mark.
How He Started a Business With Over $1 Billion in Sales

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Amanda Breen

Steve Magami grew up in a “wellness-oriented” family, and early on, he experienced the frustration shared by fruit consumers across the U.S.: the pervasive game of “berry roulette,” where there’s no guarantee that the carton of berries pulled from a grocery store shelf will actually taste good. Image Credit: Courtesy of Fruitist. Steve Magami.
How He Started a Business With Over $1 Billion in Sales

2 weeks ago | entrepreneur.com | Amanda Breen

Steve Magami grew up in a "wellness-oriented" family, and early on, he experienced the frustration shared by fruit consumers across the U.S.: the pervasive game of "berry roulette," where there's no guarantee that the carton of berries pulled from a grocery store shelf will actually taste good. Image Credit: Courtesy of Fruitist. Steve Magami.