Close-up of sign at entrance to Silicon Valley headquarters of outsourcing and freelancing company Upwork, Mountain View, California, May 3, 2019. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Activist investor Engine Capital has a roughly 4% stake in freelance marketplace Upwork and is pushing for a shakeup to the company’s board. In … Read more
More Americans are freelancing — and as demand for independent workers surges, so has the availability of high-paying freelance opportunities. The number of professionals freelancing in the U.S. hit an all-time high in 2023, increasing to 64 million people, or 38% of the U.S. workforce, from 60 million the year earlier according to recent research … Read more
Illustration by Elham Ataeiazar Daryn Carr is no stranger to side hustles. After his mom died from Covid in 2020, he used funds from her pension to pay off some bills and buy a car. With the remaining money, he invested in crypto and started an ATM business. One day in 2022, while scrolling through … Read more
