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3 weeks ago | 
cnbc.com | Kamaron McNair |Mickey Todiwala
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. Growing up near Lake Michigan meant swimming was expected, Fares Ksebati says. The Detroit native learned to swim when he was 5 years old, though his parents — who immigrated from Syria — didn't know how themselves.
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2 months ago | 
nbcdfw.com | Megan Sauer |Mickey Todiwala
For Swetha and Venkat Raju, selling dosas at their daughter’s lemonade stand turned into a lucrative pop-up restaurant side hustle, Brooklyn Curry Project.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Megan Sauer |Mickey Todiwala
Before Swetha and Venkat Raju launched their pop-up restaurant Brooklyn Curry Project, they helped their daughter set up a lemonade stand. In May 2021, their daughter Mahati — 6 years old, at the time — wanted to set up a cash register and chalkboard signs to sell drinks and dosas outside the Fort Greene Park Green Market in Brooklyn, New York. Swetha made masala dosas, a traditional South Indian crepe-like pancake made from fermented rice and lentils, for her daughter to sell.
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2 months ago | 
cnbc.com | Megan Sauer |Mickey Todiwala
Before Swetha and Venkat Raju launched their pop-up restaurant Brooklyn Curry Project, they helped their daughter set up a lemonade stand. In May 2021, their daughter Mahati — 6 years old, at the time — wanted to set up a cash register and chalkboard signs to sell drinks and dosas outside the Fort Greene Park Green Market in Brooklyn, New York. Swetha made masala dosas, a traditional South Indian crepe-like pancake made from fermented rice and lentils, for her daughter to sell.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Megan Sauer |Mickey Todiwala
21 hours agoThe Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival has announced its musical lineup for summer 2025. Headliners include Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat and Future, with Chance the Rapper also performing Sunday night. Summer Smash will be June 20-22 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview. Tickets go on sale at …
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2 months ago | 
cnbc.com | Mickey Todiwala |Megan Sauer
Husband-and-wife team Swetha and Venkat Raju started a South Indian dosa pop-up stand in Brooklyn, New York, while juggling full-time jobs and parenting two children. They started out cooking for their neighbors, closed their stand when the crowds became too large for the area and moved to a commercial kitchen in downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn Curry Project brought in more than $8,100 in median monthly revenue, excluding cash payments, in 2024, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
cnbc.com | Kamaron McNair |Mickey Todiwala
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. When he moved to Paris in 2017, Jay Swanson "was in dire straits," he says. The now 39-year-old was drowning in around $86,500 of debt from projects like publishing novels and investing in a tech startup.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
cnbc.com | Mickey Todiwala |Kamaron McNair
Jay Swanson, 39, faced mounting financial struggles that ultimately led him to declare bankruptcy in the U.S. Seeking a fresh start, he relocated to Paris, France, in 2017, embracing a new chapter in his life. 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.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
nbcdfw.com | Renée Onque |Mickey Todiwala
Courtesy of Jacob Harrell for CNBC Make It.After years at the helm of several businesses, Michael Acton Smith was burnt out. But even as his mental health suffered, he believed mindfulness and meditation were just "woo woo" buzz words. It wasn't until his close friend, Alex Tew, recommended meditation that Acton Smith actually gave it a chance. He learned then how truly impactful it could be. "I read a lot of books and looked at research papers, and I realized [mindfulness] is actually neuroscience.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cnbc.com | Renée Onque |Mickey Todiwala
After years at the helm of several businesses, Michael Acton Smith was burnt out. But even as his mental health suffered, he believed mindfulness and meditation were just "woo woo" buzz words. It wasn't until his close friend, Alex Tew, recommended meditation that Acton Smith actually gave it a chance. He learned then how truly impactful it could be. "I read a lot of books and looked at research papers, and I realized [mindfulness] is actually neuroscience.
