Lauren Shamo

2 weeks ago | nbcboston.com | Sophie Caldwell |Lauren Shamo

When Kate Sullivan started making jewelry in her bedroom at age 19, she couldn't have imagined that her designs would one day be spotted on stars like Gigi Hadid and SZA. Today, Sullivan's online jewelry company, The Sage Vintage, brings in six figures a year, topping $570,000 in total sales in 2024. Stream NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Sullivan, now 26, started The Sage Vintage as a side hustle after she took a break from college in 2017.

2 weeks ago | cnbc.com | Sophie Caldwell |Lauren Shamo

When Kate Sullivan started making jewelry in her bedroom at age 19, she couldn't have imagined that her designs would one day be spotted on stars like Gigi Hadid and SZA. Today, Sullivan's online jewelry company, The Sage Vintage, brings in six figures a year, topping $570,000 in total sales in 2024. Sullivan, now 26, started The Sage Vintage as a side hustle after she took a break from college in 2017.

2 weeks ago | cnbc.com | Lauren Shamo

How I Made ItKate Sullivan, 26, is the founder of The Sage Vintage, a handmade jewelry company that creates pieces using vintage charms and chains. The company, which brought in over $500,000 in revenue in 2024, began as a side hustle after Sullivan dropped out of college. The chunky charm necklaces have been worn by SZA and Gigi Hadid, and are sold on Anthropologie's website. Here's how Sullivan's side hustle turned into a profitable jewelry company.

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Megan Sauer |Lauren Shamo

Charles Coristine used to revel in working at Morgan Stanley. He loved the pace, even waking up in the middle of the night to trade in the Tokyo and London stock markets. In 2011, after nearly two decades on Wall Street, Coristine burned out. He tried multiple remedies: switching to a vegetarian diet, meditating, enrolling in an MBA program. None of them worked. At a barbeque, Coristine met an owner of snack company LesserEvil, who talked about wanting to sell his "flatlining" business.

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | Mike Winters |Lauren Shamo

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. At 17, Nathanael Farrelly took his 16-year-old girlfriend's father to an Applebee's in Westerly, Rhode Island, and asked for his permission to marry her.