#lucrative sneaker-flipping business
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Chapter 49
Julianna Linders efficiently and speedily explained her condition, concluding with her own self-analysis and perscription. “All I really need are some sleeping pills to get me through the next few weeks and I’ll be fine. Obviously,” she shrugged wearily, “I’m a business major, not a doctor, so I can’t do it myself. I mean, we can go through all this again, if you insist.” Her gray eyes delivered this comment with the barest trace of boredom at the prospect. “But of course the real problem is that I’ve been studying my butt off and I need to get caught up on my sleep.”
Doctor Dent essentially agreed with the college senior’s assessment. Like everything else about her, it was to the point and unarguable. She was a pale short-cropped brunette with a flipped up nose and slightly clenched smile that was more business than pleasure. Her body was unremarkable, if tall and thin, and her figure was more angles than feminine curves. He suspected she was underweight by a few pounds. Not much of a dresser either in her Columbia sweatshirt, baggy khakis and sneakers. There was the barest trace of gloss on her thin lips and just a dash of blush on her high wan cheeks. And she wore absolutely no jewelry whatsoever. She certainly hadn’t dressed to impress the good doctor.
Hmmmm, pondered Dent. That wasn’t very respectful now, was it Julianna?
“So, tell me about this stress of yours Ms. Linders? May I call you Julie?”
Her response was immediate and in the negative. “No—you may not. I hate the way people automatically assume they can shorten your name. It’s Julianna—really, I must insist Doctor Dent.”
Dent waved his arms in apology. “Naturally. I’m sorry. Julianna. Please continue.”
She blinked as he entered her mind, then proceeded to answer the question, unconscious of the expedition he was conducting into her real thoughts and feelings. The blather wasn’t worth listening to, but it kept her busy and gave her the comfortable illusion that she was in control. She wasn’t, of course. He was in control now.
“And so with my finals coming up, I need to nail down a 4.0 in Anthropology in order to even be considered for Phi Beta Kappa—”
Dent ignored the no-nonsense, confident voice recite her various little worries and opened up her mind for his inspection. She was an amazing young woman—a scholarship student with a straight A average than was hell-bent on a successful and very lucrative career in financial management—an investment banker, stock broker or international merger & acquisitions expert were some of the options she had set her sights on. It all sprang from an unhappy childhood—some kind of sexual abuse by an uncle at an early age had forged an utterly self-reliant young woman. Her parents were dead, no siblings.
“There is a concern that I might go summa instead of magna cum laude and that has me concerned as Harvard B School is notoriously picky—”
He poked about some more looking for males, but there wasn’t room in Julianna’s life for a mere male. That had to be a combination of the uncle again and sheer drive to succeed. There was a compulsion to succeed beyond all other needs or desires. It would manifest itself in obvious signs of money and social position, not a relationship. He saw faces of anxious male admirers, but nothing but mild interest in any of them. He found she owned a vibrator and that she used on a regular basis to relieve herself. Well, this would all change now.
“Well Juliana, well, well, well. Such a smart gal you think you are. Why don’t you keep your mouth shut now and listen to me, you little nitwit?” He savored the expression of shock on her face, then the immediate need to obey his command. Then the fear that floated in her gray eyes as his will mentally pinned her own down securely.
“Taking your GMAT soon, aren’t we? It’s,” he searched then found the answer among her thoughts, “tomorrow—right?”
Juliana Linders nodded silently, her delicate neck stiffening, then her head bobbing puppetlike. Resistance—what a spirited filly she was! It made it all that more enjoyable—even if it also forced him to exert more pressure. Lately it was getting a little, not a lot, difficult to overcome some of the patients when they resisted. It took an extra second, no more, but it was troubling. Like his worsening headaches.
“You’re not going to do well, dear. Not well at all. And you know it. You’ve always known that you’re not as smart as people think you are. You’ll be crazy with desperation by tomorrow morning. The only thing to do will be to bring a cheat sheet with you—cheating is the ONLY way you could do well on your GMATs, isn’t it?”
Again the stiff neck and the nod. Quicker this time. That was fine. He’d alert the proctor anonymously that Juliana Linders would be cheating on the test so she’d be discovered publicly. Dent regretted not being able to watch the humiliating scene that would unfold tomorrow about eleven o’clock—it would be delicious. And it would explain the subsequent turn in Juliana’s life for anyone even vaguely interested in her.
“If you don’t do well or something should happen tomorrow, you won’t be able to attend graduate school will you?”
Glazed gray eyes dilated. “N-n-no, Doctor.”
No indeed. And with the ensuing scandal, her scholarship would be automatically be withdrawn in keeping with the school’s strict honor code guidelines. What a shame. Columbia would be so embarrassed because of the incident, he doubted she’d be allowed to finish up her current semester. The word would spread, other schools informed and her name added to a black list. In other words, there would be no final Spring semester in Julianna’s senior year, no graduation, no grad school and no hope of being accepted at another school. What a tragedy.
“If things don’t work out for you, I mean if your little dreams of being a high powered career gal didn’t work out, you’d have to do something else, wouldn’t you?”
She had never considered anything other than a high powered career in finance, concerned with the management of large amounts of money and other human beings. Dent’s suggestion yawned ominously before her. Dark spots flashed over her future now. Things wouldn’t work out…she would have to do something else. Julianna’s subconscious mind was a top wound up by Dent. He would continued to spin it ever faster tomorrow afternoon.
“When I tap my desk, you’ll forget we had this discussion, Julianna. But before then, let’s get a few things straight. Tell me, will you pass the GMATs tomorrow?”
Her wan cheeks were drawn tight, teeth clenching. “N-no,” the realization spread over her, “I won’t pass it.” There was anger, but it was self-directed, like someone who has finally understood that she has been her own dupe.
“And why is that?”
Eyes blinked. “I’m just not smart enough. I don’t,” Dent noted with pleasure she added this on her own, “really have any business taking it to begin with.” She raised her small hand to her forehead, as if checking herself for a temperature. “What was I thinking?” she asked of herself in frustration.
The Doctor nodded solemnly. “What will you do?”
Her eyes narrowed. He wasn’t in the room anymore—she was thinking aloud. “I can write some of the basics on a small piece of paper, maybe slip it in my sleeve and pull it out. That should give me some of the answers anyway. The rest I’ll just have to guess—maybe just go with a random order. I read somewhere that even a random order gives you some percentage of right answers. Yeah, " her gray eyes were crafty now, thin lips curled in a foxy smirk as she reasoned her way through the impossible problem, “it might just work!”
Dent nodded doubtfully. “Give it a shot, Julianna. On your way out, make an appointment with my secretary for tomorrow—right after your GMATs are over.” He tapped his desk, and her face cleared.
“Are we through Doctor? I have other things to get done today.” Her tone was insistent, her mind already on the day’s next chore.
He rose. “Yes—for today. Make an appointment for tomorrow and we’ll get to the bottom of all this stress you’re dealing with—all right?”
She shrugged, unconvinced. “Yeah, fine. I’ll see you tomorrow.” She rose to leave and bent down to recover her backpack. Dent appraised the lift of her backside, pert and boyishly rounded even underneath her baggy khaki pants. It was so pattable, so spankable. He waited for her to make it to the elevator, then buzzed the intercom.
“Betsy, get me the number for the Dean of Students at Columbia University.”
The redness around her eyes gave Julianna Linders a desperate, hunted look. Despite some attempt to put herself back together, it was obvious she had been crying fiercely before coming to see Dent.
“Long day, Ms. Linders?”
She was silent for a minute and refused to meet Dent’s gaze. Slowly her face acquired a crimson luster the Doctor found familiar and very appealing. The blush of shame.
“I had some p-problems today, Doctor.”
Dent sat back into his chair. “Go on.”
She toyed with the edging on her sweatshirt and mumbled. When Dent insisted she repeat what she had said, Julianna raised her wretchedly. “I was caught cheating while taking my GMATs this morning. I’ve been…expelled. The Dean of Students wants me out by the end of the week. I won’t even be able to graduate next semester—because the university has put me on some kind of black list with the other schools. Not only that, but I also have to pay back all the scholarship money that Columbia gave me!” She sunk back into a moody daze.
Dent suppressed a smile. “My, is that a lot of money?”
Without looking up, she nodded. “I was on a hundred percent scholarship,” she informed him bitterly. “It will take me…years to pay it all back. And I don’t even have a degree to get a decent job to pay it all back. What was I thinking?” She looked up at Dent squarely. “What’s wrong with me, Doctor? I’ve never cheated on anything in my life!”
Dent allowed himself a sneer. “I think you’re suffering from a certain psychological syndrome. It is known as the Cinderella Complex. It manifests itself with young women who assume that they have natural gifts and abilities that they do not actually posses—in your case, intelligence. In such cases, the young woman’s ambition drives them to do things that they are otherwise incapable of doing, for example attending college, taking difficult courses and pursuing demanding careers. For a time, the ambition and drive carry these young women to perform well—on the surface. However, even then, these women are known to cheat and lie in order to succeed—though they do this on a subconscious level, without even being aware of what they are doing.”
Julianna shook her head. “You mean this isn’t the first time I’ve cheated?”
Dent shrugged. “You’ve probably been cheating since you were in junior high school Julianna. If we were to test your natural intelligence, I doubt you’d crack 110—not bad, but not college-level, my dear.”
The young woman drank this new knowledge in with a white-faced fit of coughing. Dent rose to get her a cup of water, which she accepted gratefully.
Dent continued relentlessly. “Like Cinderella, you finally hit the magic deadline and your coach has turned into a pumpkin, Julianna. I feel the pain you must be going through—but I also think this is a healthy development. You finally realize I hope that college wasn’t a place you should have ever been in the first place—don’t you?”
The pale, frightened woman nodded vaguely. Dent gently nudged her conviction level over a bit and her nod took on more acceptance. “Yes, I do now, Doctor.”
“Well, perhaps we can start to look at some new opportunities for you. Can you type Julianna?”
“Yes, Doctor,” her thin, dry lips answered. The question had relevance to her new set of life options.
“How many words a minute?”
Her gray eyes widened in surprise. “I—I don’t know. Not,” she added truthfully, “a lot I guess.”
Dent shrugged. “Well I guess an executive-level secretarial job is out, isn’t it? Those jobs require real skill, real experience. But a drop-out who can’t type very fast?” Dent’s doubtful expression closed that avenue. “Perhaps a junior level secretary job is possible, don’t you think?”
He loved the way her thin dark brows bunched up in anxiety, her eyes pleading for him to stop. “Secretary?” She forced the word out.
“Well, despite your office skills deficiencies and lack of experience, you might make some business executive a nice little helper. Naturally such jobs are very scarce—every high school girl in the city is trying to get them. They certainly beat waitressing. So you’ll have lots of competition.” He paused and tightened his hold on the expelled college girl. “Are you starting to understand just how silly it was for you to think you could really succeed as a big-time businesswoman—when you aren’t even cut out to make it as a junior secretary?”
Big tears began forming in Julianna Linders’ gray eyes, her lips puckering in a sad, angry pout. Her mind thrummed with the struggle that raged within. He was so wr- wr—, wr—… But she couldn’t even say it mentally, because…why? Because he was…RIGHT. A secretary. Shuddering sighs wracked through her chest, her small breasts heaving.
“I doubt you’d be of much interest to a REAL businesswoman since you don’t possess any marketable skills. But a businessMAN, well, that’s different altogether. You might offer a boss certain…assets he might find pleasing. Pleasurable. Enticing.”
Pleasing. Pleasurable. Enticing. Julianna registered the adjectives numbly.
Dent focused his attention in obvious inspection of Julianna’s body. “You are young and enthusiastic—eager to get and keep a job appropriate to you. Too bad you have had dreams that far exceeded your abilities. Time for that to change, Julianna. Time for the career gal she wants to be to become the office girl she is, Julianna.”
Instinct made her start to shake her head wildly, but a deeper pull turned it into a tamed nod.
“Good girl. Here,” he passed a business card to her, which she accepted obediently, “I have a contact here that might be able to help you—get you started with the next phase of your life.”
Julianna brushed the tears from her eyes and took the card as ordered.
PRETTY PETS SECRETARIAL PLACEMENT-
A selection of sexy assistants for the discriminating executive
Dent picked up his phone, dialed and had a brief conversation while Julianna sat, staring at the card mutely.
“I’ve made an appointment for you after you leave here, Julianna. They say they might have something available, but their selection process is rather intensive and…personal. I suggest you do as they say,” here he embedded a root command for her to do so, despite all the unpleasantness it would entail for her, “and return here by the end of the day.”
Julianna rose shakily. Holding the card, she left the office and hailed a cab. The address on the card was situated in a prestigious financial district skyscraper. The doorman gave her a leer when she asked for Pretty Pets, which was not listed on the office directory, then a suite number and a lewd wink. A hesitant knock brought her into a small office across the desk from a severe worldly-looking auburn haired woman in her mid forties, a Ms. Steele.
“You’ll need to fill this out.” She pushed an application across the desk. “It is basic information our clients need in evaluating whether or not they will take you on. Fill it out completely. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
Julianna focused on the form.
Pretty Pets Secretarial Placement Agreement
I the undersigned agree to accept agency placement without reservation, that my paycheck will be paid directly to the agency, which is entitled to a fifty percent placement fee for the duration of my employment, and that if my employment should be terminated FOR ANY REASON by the employer I am placed with within a period of ten years from date of start, that I shall be held responsible for making whole my entire employment income through that ten year period, fifty percent refund to my employer for the time of employment and fifty percent to Pretty Pets Secretarial Placement for the entirety of the ten years.
Please state the follow: age, height and weight; measurements: bust, waist, hips; brassiere cup size; hair color: shade and length; color of eyes.
State the age at which you lost your virginity
State the number of male sexual partners you have had since that time
State the number of female sexual partners you have had
Indicate number of sexual encounters you have had in the following areas: missionary, doggy style, fellatio, cunnilingus, anal
Indicate the sexual acts which you have to this point refused to allow
Indicate number of times you masturbate per week
Describe any sexual aids which you currently own or have utilized in the past
Describe your most intense sexual encounter
Describe your most intense sexual fantasy
Describe the sexual act or fantasy for you which you have the most aversion to
Describe your ten most intimate articles of lingerie
PLEASE NOTE COMPLETE DISCLOSURE IS MANDATORY. FAILURE TO ANSWER ALL THE ABOVE QUESTIONS COMPLETELY DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM ANY EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION.
YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE VERIFIED THROUGH LIE DETECTION APPARATUS!
Julianna’s eyes were filled with tears, shaking her head in disbelief. This is the description of her that potential employers would review? It was insane. There had to be another way. True she had cheated on the test—why she still didn’t know. But she still had a brain and she had more to offer that what the application seemed to imply for her. Although she was beginning to realize she wasn’t as smart as she had assumed she was. A lot of the assumptions she had were beginning to fall apart. But this? Was this to be her future? No. She dropped the pen to the desktop and began to rise.
Then she picked it up again and with tears streaming down her cheeks began to fill out the application as completely as she was able. An hour later Ms. Steele returned, ignoring Julianna’s ashen expression.
“Well, I see you’ve completed the application.” The older woman’s eyes flashed over the answers, a pleased curl on her lips indicating her approval. “Very good—very…explicit. Our customers will appreciate your forthrightness. And some of the things you’ve shared here will make you a very, very marketable candidate. Smart of you to be so brutally honest—as I’m sure you’re aware, there is a great deal of competition for assistant positions.” Ms. Steel snapped her fingers. “Ready video please in room seven!” she spoke into an intercom, then looked up at the surprised Julianna.
“We videotape the interviews for a couple of reasons. First we use them for verification of your answers, so we’ll start with those. And of course we want to let our customers know what the secretarial candidates look like. Shall we begin?”
She didn’t look up at Julianna or wait for a response. If Dent had sent her, she would do as she was told. Steele didn’t know how the doctor discovered the desperate young women he referred to Pretty Pets and she didn’t care. He was well-compensated for sending the traffic her way. She and her partners were clearing $100,000 a month by supplying pretty young things to lecherous business-types who called them secretaries and used them like whores. It was a brilliant vicious circle they had created at Pretty Pets—the girls the doctor sent were on the edge and willing to do anything they were told—even accept the absurd terms of the contract. Then Pretty Pets negotiated the girl’s “salary”—never allowing for more than starvation levels wages—while demanding a huge “finder’s fee” on the side, which the girl never knew about. Because of the strict terms of the contract, the new employer held the whiphand. He—or she—was basically the girl’s owner on whom the young secretary was totally dependent financially.
Steele smiled. The “candidate” sitting in front of her today had a body language that was too confident, too self-possessed. It was a body language that was needful of training, begging for the whiphand of a new boss.
She began running down the list of questions. “State your age, height and weight, dear.”
“I’m twenty, 5′ 9″ and 110 lbs.”
“Look up dear so the customers can get a look at you. Now your measurements.”
Julianna straightened herself, tip her head up and looked up at the interviewer. “32-28-34.”
Steele grinned. “Cup size dear. Not that I can’t guess—you’re a little thing up top, aren’t you?”
After a moment’s blush, she responded. “I’m a B.”
Steel shook her head. “You verge on an A, though. Now tell me when you lost your virginity.”
It was getting worse. But she had to answer. “Seventeen.”
“State the number of male sexual partners you have had since that time.”
Julianna swallowed. “None.”
Steele’s red lips curled. She was flat chested but very fresh. “Repeat that for the video.”
Julianna cleared her throat. “I, uh, haven’t had a sexual encounter since I lost my virginity three years ago.”
Interesting, thought Steele. “Are you a lesbian dear?”
The auburn-haired darling shook her head violently. “N-no! No way!”
Maybe that would change depending on the boss’es whims. “Fine, fine. Calm down dear. Your first—and only time—it was just straight missionary sex, yes?”
The expelled coed nodded earnestly.
“What wouldn’t you do if you were asked?” The customers always loved this part. “Stop looking in your lap and address the video!”
Shaken, Julianna Linders jerked her head up, mouth agape. “I, well, wouldn’t do like…anything weird.”
“Specifically, Julianna. Specifically!” Steel was losing patience with the blushing little prude.
“Like oral sex—I wouldn’t like that.”
‘You wouldn’t like to perform oral sex for a man?” Julianna nodded vigorously. There was no point in proceeded with that line of questioning. If the little priss was put off by giving a blow job, everything else was probably off-limits too. Not for very much longer though.
“Do you masturbate dear? If so, how often? And with what?”
This was the worst. She wouldn’t answer. This was wrong. She didn’t belong here.
YOU BELONG HERE
The thought filled her brain with absolute certainty.
“I masturbate with a vibrator three times a week, Ms. Steele.”
How orderly and efficient. But a new boss would have different ideas about masturbation, about turning it from a right into a privilege. “Describe your most intense sexual fantasy dear. Whatever you think about while playing with yourself. Be explicit.”
Explicit. No, no, no, no,
TELL HER EVERYTHING
Julianna obeyed the insistent internal voice. Her lips betrayed her effortlessly, spilling out the sacred fantasy. “I am a princess and my father and mother are the king and queen of the land. I imagine myself under a waterfall bathing myself, attended by my ladies in waiting who watch me from the banks of the fall, ready to attend me. Then suddenly a band of brigands rides up and surrounds us. They are a hard group of men—dangerous men—and we are just a bevy of pretty girls. My ladies cower in fear, petrified of what they will do with us. But I am a princess and won’t be frightened by a common pack of thieves.”
Steele couldn’t contain a chuckle, but Julianna continued, swept up by her fantasy. “I throw a coverlet around me and demand who the leader is. The brigands are taken aback by my courage. Then a tall, handsome brigand captain comes before me. I bravely tell him who I am and demand he release my ladies and I. He just laughs, then throws me over his shoulder, taking me behind a copse. There he ravishes me. But as he does, he realizes that he is in love with me and the rape turns to love. Then he asks me to be his lady. And I become queen of the bandits.” Julianna looked away from the video now. Sharing the fantasy had felt like rape.
Steele’s eyes glazed over. This repressed little bitch had some kind of pathetic imagination. This was like a bad Harlequin romance. Queen of the bandits? Some customer would get a kick out of that one. They loved getting inside the head of their new office toy and the fantasy question had been a good way of letting them in. Poor little thing—maybe her new boss would play the fantasy out with her just for kicks. Probably not, though. The girl’s fantasy was never terribly important in the end—just the new master’s.
“Fine dear. You’re doing very well. Now let’s get to the sexual act or fantasy which is a turn-off, shall we? Again, remember that our specialist check the tapes for signs of not telling the truth—so be detailed and honest.”
DO IT. TELL HER EVERYTHING the horrible voice commanded. Cold electricity on her tongue as she answered helplessly…
“I saw a movie one time that really bothered me. It was about a young schoolteacher who taught in an inner city school. The leader of a gang, a big black boy, gets a crush on her and decides he wants to, uh, make love to her. She says no and the boy has his gang trap her in her classroom and then he, he, rapes her.” A shiver. “It was awful because then he lets the other boys in the gang rape her too. But that was really a turn-off. I don’t go for black guys and rape is awful. I thought about that movie for a long time. In the end, she kills them all though.” A relieved smile then a visible question on her forehead.
“Is there more? Go on then.”
TELL HER ABOUT LORI
How did the voice know about Lori?
“When I was sixteen, my cousin Lori came to stay with us for the summer. She was in college already and very sophisticated. She was sort of like an older sister I guess and she was very pretty—everyone told her she looked like Priscilla Presley. She had lots of boyfriends calling all the time, but she never really went out with any of them. I wondered why till one night when my parents were out, she asked me if I wanted to share a bottle of wine with her. I wanted to be cool so I said sure. After a while we were both pretty out of control and laughing and all. Then she pulled me close to her and began kissing me—like a boy would, though. I pushed her away and told her I wasn’t interested. We never talked about it but I kept my distance the rest of the summer. I’ve never told anyone about it before,” Juliana concluded in wonderment. It was the deepest secret of her life and she had just shared it with this strange, hard women and an invisible audience of potential employers. But the Voice was pleased.
“Very candid dear. So this tryst with your cousin put you off to girls, I take it?”
“It wasn’t a ‘tryst’! She came on to me and I’m NOT a lesbian, o.k. lady?” Juliana breathed hotly.
Not yet, dear. Not yet. “Yes, of course. Now as I look at the last question, I see you haven’t done a very good job filling out the information as requested, I afraid. You were asked to describe your ten most intimate articles of lingerie—”
“But I did!” Juliana protested. “I did! I listed—”
“You listed,” Steel cut in, “as the sexiest lingerie you own, ten pairs of matching Jockeys For Her bras and panties in different colors. Come now—that’s not very sexy, is it?”
“One pair is black and I thought…” the coed stumbled and stopped.
“No teddies, garter belts or baby dolls you slip into to feel a bit more…uninhibited?”
Juliana shook her head. Lingerie was something some women wasted a lot of money on. Not her. She didn’t dress up that way—like a slut—for anybody. Especially a men.
Steele knit her eyebrows in consternation. “Not a single thong panty to turn a frat boy on after a wonderful date?”
No answer—just a creeping, frustration with these insane questions—and her inability to just get up and leave.
“Not even a push-up bra for those bumps you call breasts?”
Fury coursed through her thin frame and Juliana’s hands clenched into fists. Who did this woman think she was, commenting on her breasts this way? True they were small but she had no right—
SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT
Her hands unclenched. The rage drained out of her immediately, leaving only a residue of shame.
“Answer me, girl!” Ms. Steele demanded.
“N-no, I, uh, don’t have one,” she answered in a small voice.
That would change, if she was a betting woman, contemplated Steele. But with Dent’s referrals, there was no need to bet. Everything was a sure thing. God- he had such a knack for conditioning these honnies to accept even the most humiliating comments and acts! What a genius! Oh well, time to finish up and get this one out in the market.
“Well, that’s the last question. We’re almost through,” she promised as she slipped the application into a manila folder.
Juliana nodded numbly. It would take all her strength to get out of the chair, but once she did, she was fairly certain she would break a land-speed record getting the hell out of the building. Obviously she wasn’t in control of herself. It had been a long day. This was a mistake and a good night’s sleep would help her clear her head. Maybe she was delerious—
“Stand up, girl.”
OBEY HER
Juliana shot up from the seat, brain throbbing with a headache.
“Video check again please. Now dear, take off your blouse.”
Juliana didn’t respond at once. But the Voice was silent. That was a good sign. She felt courage well up within her. With concentration, she looked squarely at the older woman, smirked, then asked in a deliberately sarcastic tone, “Are you out of your fucking mind?”
This was odd, but it was admittedly an odd business, so Steele let the remark pass. “We have to let the customers see what the merchandise looks like dear. If you want a placement, you’ll have to strip down and do a bit of posing. We take the tape, splice it into what we call the “audition” tape to potential bosses. Then based on the tape and the application, they decide who they want to see in person. But for the tape, imagine I’m the employer and you’re interviewing for me personally. And I want to inspect your lingerie—to make sure you’re pretty for me underneath your business clothes. Do a cute little striptease for me to let me know how much you really want the job. Go ahead—I don’t have all day, girl.”
The Voice had left now—it had definitely left! She could feel the space behind her forehead, cooler now. This was over then. The temporary madness had passed—which meant she could say what needed to be said. “Fuck you—girl.”
Steele was hung up for a moment and Juliana loved it. “I don’t know what I’m doing here—Dr. Dent clearly has the wrong idea of what goes at this office. But your sick little operation is about to go out of business, Ms. Steele. I’m going to tell the cops about this place and I don’t think you’ll be ‘placing’ any girls any time soon!” With a superior knowing smile, she turned to leave.
STOP
She froze, a statue except for the wash of fear that made her blink twice.
APOLOGIZE
Mechanically her lips separated. “I’m sorry, Ms. Steele. I…apologize.”
The older woman had been surprised, but she knew there was no need to fear now. She felt a pang of guilt that she had doubted, even for a second, that the Doctor had let her down. She sat back, tapping the table impatiently. “I said, take off your blouse. Then your pants. We’ll go from there. But if I have to repeat myself—” She let the threat hang, then held up the application. “I own your contract honey. If I want, I’ll place you with a leather freak who’ll beat the shit out of you every day for the rest of your life. Keep that in mind before you consider another outburst like that!”
DO WHAT SHE TELLS YOU. DO EVERYTHING SHE TELLS YOU TO DO.
Juliana’s fingers leapt to the hem of her sweatshirt and began pulling it up, exposing her pale pink soft-cup Hanes for Her bra. Trembling, she kicked off her sneakers, then with a sigh, she slipped out of her khaki pants to display her matching pale pink cotton panties. She stood before the older businesswoman in her underwear, eyes averted shyly.
This was better. She was girlishly built—no supermodel, but there was a certain schoolgirl charm in her modesty, in the way she nervously rocked on her toes clad only in her boring undies. Rough and in need of training, but promising. Very promising. She placed an object on the table and reveled in the expelled student’s shocked expression.
“Now imagine the boss calls you into his office. He’s had a very stressful day and wants a little diversion. He orders you to strip down, then kindly gives you this little gift. Go on—you know what to do.”
Julianna looked at the bright red vibrator, bit her lower lip. Tears were rolling down her cheeks. She blinked them away and looked into Steele’s eyes, searching for any shred of mercy. There was none to be found. The middle-aged businesswoman waited impassively, tapping her fingers. Cool air enveloped the near naked college girl now and she shivered.
For a moment, time stopped and the unreality of the situation allowed Julianna to step away from it. Everything told her that she would soon be the office bimbo for some businessman, a boss who from the very first day on the job would know her body intimately. Her dreams and fantasies and fears would belong to him as much as to her. She would be an executive perk, an office plaything, nothing more. Her intelligence was no longer an asset. Instead of working out international acquisitions on a six figure salary, she would be fetching coffee for a boss making $8 an hour. Instead of indulging herself with expensive sports cars, exotic vacations or tasteful jewelry, she would be investing her meager dollars in lingerie and cosmetics for her boss’es pleasure. It would be a very small space to live in, but then she would be a very small person in the world now anyway. Briefly she wondered about the little world she would soon inhabit—a cheap apartment, the office where everyone would know what her real qualifications were, the highway hotels, the space under her boss’es desk… She knew all this, knew it would be this way from now on. She hated it too.
She squeezed her eyes shut and prayed to the Voice. Please! Don’t do this to me! I don’t understand what I did, but I’m sorry! Please give me another chance! I’ll be good! I won’t cheat! I BEG YOU! DON’T TURN ME INTO A SLUT!
The Voice answered at last. YOU ARE A SLUT. OBEY THIS WOMAN—NOWWWW!
In a trance, Julianna gingerly picked up the vibrator and turned the dial at its base. It thrummed to life in her hands and Ms. Steele’s dour expression brightened.
“Face the camera dear and remember—do a good job. You’re performing for an audience of potential employers! Your new boss is watching out there somewhere—isn’t that exciting?”
Her new boss…. Juliana licked her lips, smiled weakly and began to lower her panties.
An hour and a half later she stood in front of Doctor Dent’s desk. He hadn’t invited her to sit down and she was surprised to see a cassette sitting on his desk. She could guess what it was a videotape of.
“It arrived ten minutes ago. I fast forwarded it so I could see the highlights, but I’ll review it at more length at another time.” His eyes gleamed at her and she looked away. “From what I could see, you have the makings of a fine little piece of office tail. I’m sure it won’t be long till you’re offered an interesting…,” he indulged himself in a terrible pun, “position, let us say, of some kind.”
Juliana looked at her doctor in incredulity. Insane thoughts twisted like snakes inside her ravished brain. “I came in here yesterday with a full scholarship, a 4.0 average and on the verge of entering a top notch business school. All I asked for was a sleeping pill. Now I’ve been expelled, no chance at even getting my undergraduate degree and no prospects other than getting a job as a virtual prostitute in a corporate office somewhere—and it all happened because I came to see you!” She jabbed her finger in righteous accusation.
Dent sat back. “Oh really? How did I manage all that?”
The gray eyes lost their fire. “I…don’t know. Somehow. But I don’t care. This is beyond me. I’ll go to the police and let them figure it out. It may sound crazy, but I’m sure they’ll be interested in your association with that Steele woman.” She would go now, without thinking or hesitating. If she didn’t go now she would be lost forever.
STOP
She stood still. It was the Voice. Julianna shuddered in anticipation of what humiliation it would command her to engage in. The Voice but different. Of course, it was spoken aloud—not just in her head! Dent’s Voice? Yes!
“Finally figured it out, did you? What a bright office girl you’ll make some boss! Now, back to your simple threats. Let’s deal with those first. Come sit on my lap.”
With no choice, her body obeyed. She settled into the man’s lap with lips pursed firmly shut. She winced as his hands gripped her small breasts, then kneading them with an arrogant casualness. Her own hands remained latched to her thighs.
Sensing her thoughts, he tightened his grip. “You are frustrated because you don’t control your body, right? Get used to it. Your body doesn’t belong to you anymore. It belongs to your superiors—the bosses who you will serve. You will keep it fit and trim because without your body, you have NOTHING to offer a potential employer. Darling, it is time you came to terms with your new identity. The mind you are so proud of is empty of any real thoughts. Nothing you have to say is of the slightest interest to anyone. Your intellectual life as you knew it—reading books, watching foreign films, enjoying classical music—such subtleties are now far, far beyond you.”
What was he talking about? She would stop reading books, listening to her beloved Chopin? It couldn’t happen—
YES, IT CAN AND IT WILL—IMMEDIATELY. SHUT UP AND LISTEN CAREFULLY.
Dent continued verbally. “There was once a young woman who’s name was Juliana Linders—you may have known her. She was bright, studious, and ambitious—she was going to be a leader in corporate America, a high profile specialist in international mergers and acquisitions. Through a combination of talent, verve and style, she became very successful and very wealthy. Eventually she settled on a husband—a world-class surgeon. The two went on to enjoy a very comfortable life, and Juliana was fulfilled in every way as a woman, a wife, a professional and a lover. But Juliana Linders is gone as of this moment. She no longer exists. In her place there is a new person. Julee Linders.”
She was crying softly and Dent allowed it—the only act of mercy he permitted her.
“Julee is a loser—a down and out drop-out that no one cares about. She has low self-esteem and rightly so. There isn’t a lot to her. She isn’t very bright—she had been fooling everyone for years by cheating till she got caught and expelled. For awhile she thought she was really something special—reading deep books, listening to classical music and watching foreign movies. Very superior she was about it all.
But she no longer has the luxury of such illusions. Now she needs a job—badly. Julee’s signed a contract that she’s obligated to meet. She’s very excited at the prospect of becoming a secretary and earning a little money. She knows she will never earn very much—just enough to pay rent on a tiny apartment, buy cosmetics and cheap clothes—but it is still better than the only other occupation she thinks she is skilled enough to perform—streetwalking. So she’s ready and willing to become a constantly felt-up, bent over and made to kneel office toy—it is better than anything else she could look forward to.
Julee’s body is very important. She knows she isn’t gorgeous—and hates her flat chest—but knows it is the only reason she gets to keep her job. So Julee works out constantly—keeping her weight down and using every spare minute doing aerobics. She knows she has to show off her little bod too- so every spare dime goes into make-up, hair spray, cheap jewelry, perfume. She’s a little clothes horse too, with quantity more important than quality. So her clothes are brightly colored, revealing, cheap and tight. She treats herself by buying discount lingerie on payday.
Julee doesn’t worry about books—she reads fashion magazines. She likes music—disco or top 40 ear candy. TV is important—a fantasy world she can escape into. So she watches Melrose Place or nighttime soaps like it, imagining herself as one of the characters. Sexy movies are o.k. too, but so expensive she rarely goes to see any. Not very deep, is she?”
Juliana shook her head truthfully. Julee Linders was an airhead—the perfect plaything. She listened dumbly as Doctor Dent put the finishing touches on his new creation.
“In a day or so, Julee will get a call from Ms. Steele about a special opportunity to become a Pretty Pets girl. She will interview behind closed doors with somebody—a black man? Maybe a closet bull-dyke. Maybe a middle-aged married man who wants a young mistress on the side. Who ever it is, Julee will try very hard to prove herself to the interviewer. Getting the job will be important—failure is not permitted. If Julee gets the job, she will perform any act she is told to She knows full well that she will have to perform sexually for her various employers or she will not keep her low level secretarial job. Everyone in the office will know just what she is and why she has been hired—to be a fucktoy for her boss of the moment. Pleasing her superior will be Julee’s only mission in life. She will forget she ever had any other dreams or aspirations.”
He pulled on her nipples, now hard, and whispered into her ear.
“And when you are being bent over a desk and fucked Julee, only then will you remember who you were before yesterday. And whenever you cum, you’ll remember that you could have been so much more than just a glorified office whore.”
He pushed her off his lap. “Now get out and forget we ever met. Go begin your new life—Julee.”
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The Unfortunate Missteps of 2 Generations
This week, when Bloomberg Magazine arrived at my doorstep, the photo of the gold-chain-laced red and white Nike’s immediately caught my attention as the cover stated, “This is Not a Shoe, It’s an Asset Class.” I flipped through it while sipping my coffee, and glanced at the photos of a facially-blurred out teenager casually sitting amongst thousands of sneaker boxes in multiple settings, including what looked like the outdoor deck of his home, and also a warehouse overflowing with boxes of shoes. All of this he’d apparently shared on the Instagram feed of his self-made company, West Coast Streetwear. I shook my head at the braggadocios look-what-i-have style of Gen Z’s influencer class, but also shrugged with a bit of respect that a 19 year-old had the hustle and strategic foresight to use “specialized computer programs such as Cybersole, Kodai, and GaneshBof” to build an empire of sneakers for lucrative, and legal reselling.
Hours later, a friend of mine who is a true sneakerhead, sent me a link to Bloomberg online, I thought, to read the same article I’d flipped through earlier. Instead I was directed to an update with a new headline: “Nike Executive Leaves Following Report about Son’s Business.”
It turned out, Joshua Hunt’s interview with the proud (cocky?) 19 year-old, wanting to prove his success to a journalist who needs documentation for journalistic integrity, unveiled a severe conflict of interest, and essentially, insider trading between mom and son. Credit card receipts and phone numbers for West Coast Streetwear were registered not to the Founder and CEO, Joe Hebert, but to his mom, Ann, a Nike employee of 25+ years. When questioned, this discovery pulled the string of confidence right out of the 19 year-old who immediately stopped responding to the reporter, and unraveled the career of a woman who spent her life climbing the corporate ladder at one of the most well-known brands in the world.
As this story continues to permeate newsfeeds, I couldn’t help but think about how the lives of these two people, more importantly, that of Ann Hebert, had been essentially exposed (and Ann’s, destroyed), through the hubris of a 19 year-old. While her son had decided that thanks to his inside connection, he was raking in way more money as a sneaker reseller than a would-be college student, Ann had finished college in the 1990′s and within 2 years, started in ‘various sales rep roles’ at Nike, eventually climbing up the corporate, and once very male ladder at Nike, to Vice President, General Manager of Nike in North America. That is a significant mountain to climb. And while, according to Nike, she reported her son’s ‘side hustle’ back in 2018, it’s likely that the extent to which his business had grown, and that she was so deeply involved, definitely precluded her from any protection Nike would or could provide to a 25+ year loyalist employee.
Imagine. Giving 25 years and 10 months to a company. Working for them for so long you knew all of the inner workings of it and the industry itself, and your son, who shared your mind for business, came up with his own company, that would allow him to live the same, or a more comfortable life that you yourself, worked so hard to provide. I can see the naiveté. Or maybe the ease of culpability. Ann Hebert is clearly implicated and involved, but that doesn’t make her downfall any less palatable to me. Maybe she would’ve been exposed, or maybe her son Joe could have continued to make his millions without implicating mom. Reselling of shoes is a gray area that I don’t claim to fully comprehend, and with software that allows you to automate bidding on rare shoes, its an industry and “asset class” that is clearly a corporate model that is already in existence.
But, like many Gen Z’ers before him, it was Joe Hebert, and his naive desire to overshare, that caused his side hustle to crush his mom’s corporate climb of a career. There’s no outrunning this one, no matter how fly the shoes are.
#joe hebert#ann hebert#sneakerheads#nike#bloomberg#joshua hunt#joehebert#annhebert#socialmedia#social media#journalism#arielle charnas#somethingnavy#something navy#ariellecharnas#influencers#influencerstrategy
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American multi-brand footwear retailer Foot Locker has announced a $100 million in GOAT Group, one of the most prominent players in the fast-growing $6 billion global sneaker reselling market.
The investment brings GOAT’s total raised investment to $197.6 million since its launch in 2015. The move marks the largest investment to date by a retailer into the secondary sneaker market, as well as Foot Locker’s biggest investment ever. (Foot Locker recently invested a total of $20 million in women’s luxury activewear brand Carbon38, children’s lifestyle brand Super Heroic and footwear design academy Pensole, all of which are digital-first businesses).
“At Foot Locker we’re constantly looking at new ways to elevate our customer experience and bring sneaker and youth culture to people around the world,” Richard Johnson, Foot Locker, Inc.’s chairman and CEO says in a statement provided to Highsnobiety. “We’re excited to leverage GOAT Group’s technology to further innovate the sneaker buying experience and utilize their best-in-class online marketplace to help meet the ever-growing global demand for the latest product.”
“In 2015, we pioneered the ship-to-verify model with a mission to bring a seamless and safe customer experience to the secondary sneaker market,” adds Eddy Lu, co-founder and CEO of GOAT Group, who says that having Foot Locker’s global reach will enable GOAT’s business to scale its operations both domestically and internationally.
“With over 3,000 retail locations [in 27 countries] Foot Locker will support our primarily digital presence with physical access points worldwide, bringing more value to our community of buyers and sellers,” he says.
“The sneaker resale market has been disruptive to the primary market. Foot Locker is investing in that disruption and believes that the resale market will continue to grow and its wants a piece of that growth,” Matt Powell, senior sports industry advisor at The NPD Group tells Highsnobiety.
And it’s not the only one. The deal follows a slew of recent investments in the sneaker resale space.
In February 2018, Stadium Goods sold a minority stake to LVMH Luxury Ventures for an undisclosed sum. That same month, GOAT acquired sneaker consignment store Flight Club while also raising a $60 million investment round led by venture capital firm Index Ventures. Then in June, Grailed, the peer-to-peer streetwear marketplace co-founded in 2013 by Jake Metzger, Arun Gupta, and Julian Connor, also closed a $15 million Series A investment round with Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Simon Ventures.
Three months later, StockX, the self-proclaimed “stock market of things,” secured $44 million in its second funding round. The company, which has more than 80,000 products listed on its website and in the fourth quarter of 2018 passed a $1 billion GMV run rate — up roughly seven times on 2017 — now boasts a roster of celebrity investors, including Eminem, Mark Wahlberg, Don C, Steve Aoki, Karlie Kloss, and Scooter Braun.
The biggest milestone to date, however, was reached in December 2018 when London-based fashion marketplace Farfetch acquired Stadium Goods for an impressive $250 million, in a deal that will allow the reseller to leverage Farfetch’s rich tech expertise, cross-border logistical experience, and giant customer base. Overall, bringing the business to the next level.
For GOAT, the deal makes sense given the company’s inventory currently exists out of 25 percent general release sneakers offered at or below retail price. “We do see retail and resell merging,” GOAT’s Eddy Lu told Highsnobiety last month. “It’s not just about flipping shoes anymore. People are coming to us now to buy sneakers, period.” As a result it wouldn’t be surprising to see Foot Locker and GOAT working more closely together, inventory-wise, going forward.
GOAT currently has more than 11 million users, up from 2.5 million a year ago. GOAT’s supply has also grown from 200,000 sneaker listings to 750,000 in the same time frame while its revenue has grown 500 percent as a result. GOAT says that its most lucrative sellers have sold more than $10 million in sneakers each, up from $2 million in 2017.
The numbers are reason enough to justify Foot Locker’s investment of this size into GOAT. But there are also other benefits in investing in a fast-growing sneaker reselling platform like GOAT.
With the sneaker resell market as a whole becoming more accepted by consumers and more authoritative in the sneaker space at large, in the past two years, players in the secondary market like GOAT have become direct competition of traditional wholesalers such as Foot Locker. Given the way the market, and consumers, are shopping today, the investment is not just strategic, it’s necessary for Foot Locker’s relevance among young shoppers and ultimately its long-term survival.
#goat#footlocker#adidas sneakers#sneakerheads#sneaker investing#investments#sneaker reselling#footwear blog#womens footwear#mens footwear#kicks#chicksnkicks#farfetch
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Everyone wants to earn extra money, but is it possible to earn $1,000 per month on the side? After interviewing several people who did it, it’s safe to say that many people can. With the right combination of skill, marketing, and elbow grease, you can land a $1,000-per-month side gig.
In this article, we outline 11 side hustles that allow real people to earn at least $1,000 per month.
Based on interviews with real people with side gigs, we also suggest side gigs where you can earn at least $25 per hour, which makes $1,000 per month achievable in many cases.
If you're looking for more ideas, check out our 80 Ways To Make Money At Home.
High-Paying Side Gigs
Flip for a Profit
Sell Your Great Credit History
Freelance Writing
Photography
Book Gigs as a Musician
Dog-Sitting
Hustle for Charity
Event Marketing
Digital Marketing
Providing Virtual Assistant Services
A Few Other Self-Employment Options
Don't Be Afraid to Work for Someone Else
How Will You Earn $1,000 Per Month on the Side?
Flip for a Profit
The key to earning a profit? Buy low and sell high. But is that maxim easy to put into practice? And can you earn a $1,000 per month just by buying high and selling low?
Even people with no particular expertise can scour big-box stores for items on clearance that they can sell for a profit on Amazon. This guide actually gives great detailed instructions on how you can do this. The amount of money you actually earn from retail flipping will depend a lot on how good you are at finding deals, the amount of money you have to put into your inventory, and your ability to sell items quickly.
People with expert knowledge in specific areas may actually have a leg up when working to flip items for a profit. Many mechanics will buy broken-down cars, and then sell the parts for a profit and the rest of the car for scrap pricing.
Another surprisingly lucrative field for experts is sneaker flipping. Omar of Raleigh, North Carolina is an avid sneaker collector, and rarely lets a pair go. However, he has made up to $200 per pair of sneakers that he resells, and suspects he could earn up to $1,000 per month if he didn’t love his collection so much.
The easiest way to flip for a profit? Get your materials for free. Robert A. of Raleigh, North Carolina does landscaping work as a primary job. If he sees a pile of metal or appliances out on the curb, he’ll load up his truck and takes the metal to the recycling center to get scrap value for it. A full truck bed usually brings $75 to $100 (or more if he has a lot of copper in the load). In a good month, he can earn up to $1,000 per month just from scrapping, though his usual take is lower.
Whether you’re flipping garbage, used clothing, sneakers, cars, or houses, buying low and selling high is a great way to earn money on the side. To flip for a profit, you will need to know prices well, and you need to be able to take advantage of deals as they come to you. Generally, you’ll also need a vehicle to make flipping profitable.
However, with enough expertise, becoming a flipper can yield $1,000 per month on the side.
Sell Your Great Credit History
Do you have a credit card with a perfect credit history, and less than a 15% utilization ratio? Then you could sell authorized user positions on your credit card to people looking to establish or improve their credit history. This is called selling tradelines, and it’s one of the most lucrative side hustles available for cash-strapped people.
So how do you go about selling tradelines? Well, you could go around door-knocking and trying to find people willing to buy, but you might have better luck signing up as a credit partner with an established tradeline sales company like Tradeline Supply.
Right now, you can earn $50 to $300 in commission for every authorized user position that you sell through Tradeline Supply. Each credit card may allow you to add between 5 and 20 users.
If you’ve never heard of selling tradelines you might be a bit skeptical about this. I know that I certainly was. Here are a few answers to questions you might have:
Authorized users stay on your account for two months, but your entire credit card history goes on their account.
Authorized users never get access to your account. You’ll know the name of the person buying the tradeline, but they won’t know your name. Tradeline Supply does screening to make sure that the person buying your tradeline is legitimate.
Authorized users never know the account number for the tradeline you’re selling. Even when the tradeline shows up on their credit report, the account number is a digital code produced by your bank.
Selling tradelines is completely legal. Congress, the CFPB, banks, and credit bureaus all know about the practice. They don’t like it, but it is squarely legal.
Interested in selling your credit history? Sign up with Tradeline Supply to get started or read our Tradeline Supply review.
Freelance Writing
Whether you read articles about finance, weightlifting, cooking, or art history, someone had to write the article. Some online writers write as a hobby, and don’t earn much (or anything) from their writing. However, plenty of sites hire freelance writers to produce compelling written content for their audiences.
As a freelance writer, you might also write newsletters, magazine or newspaper articles, technical manuals (for software or machinery), white papers, or even “website copy” which is just the words on a company’s website.
Freelance writers build up their client base in a variety of ways, but the most important factor for writers is to have a portfolio of articles in a specific niche. Valerie Rind, a corporate lawyer by day and a freelance writer on the side explains, “You can’t get a writing gig without experience, and you can’t get experience without an established portfolio. I knew an editor at a reputable publication and we agreed that I would write an article for free. Once I had an article with a byline, it gave me a small amount of credibility. After that, I never wrote for exposure.”
A common method for building up a portfolio is to start a blog, and then reach out to other (slightly larger) bloggers to request a guest post on their site. Another method that people commonly use is creating a free portfolio on a site like Contently.
Once you have established some credibility, you have to start pitching your services. Rind recommends, “Sell yourself with confidence, even if your experience is a bit thin.”
When you find someone who is interested in your writing, you’ll need to talk rates. Rates for articles vary widely by niche, and by the budget of the company hiring you.
A blog site will generally pay anywhere from $30 to $200 per article (depending on the niche and your experience). Other sites, including media sites or large company sites can often afford to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per article. Finding clients (especially higher-paying clients) is the key to earning $1,000 or more each month.
We break down 14 ways that you can get paid to write here. Or, jump into this online course about how you can earn more money writing >>
Photography
If you own a great camera, and you’ve developed your photography skills, you may be able to earn $1,000 or more each month while working on the side.
Dana Haynes of Raleigh, North Carolina started her first foray into paid photography by shooting friends’ weddings in college. Though she only earned $500 per wedding at first, she recommends wedding photography as a great niche for budding photographers, especially those with young and broke friends.
“Weddings are the one time your peers are willing to spend a significant amount of money for photography,” Haynes told The College Investor. She also added that most young people probably have a built-in network of friends getting married.
Years after shooting weddings, Haynes revived her photography practice after watching hours of free online courses, and photographing friends and family for free. People would share her pictures on Facebook, and she slowly got her name out. These days, Haynes works primarily in birth photography, but as a hustler, she also photographs families, bands, marketing, headshots, and weddings on the side.
Although Haynes and many other photographers will get their start by shooting for friends or family, Haynes recommends keeping your business as professional and well-managed as possible. “You're photographing these incredibly meaningful moments in folks' lives. You want to make sure you're making contracts, managing dates/times, and keeping up with communication. You can’t compromise on the business end if you want to serve people well,” Haynes said.
Book Gigs as a Musician
Making it in the music industry is a notoriously difficult career choice, but Beau Humphreys and his band Saturday Night Superstars have turned their musical passion into a lucrative side gig. Since playing music on the side means giving up weekends, the band opted to become a wedding band which allows them to command higher paydays.
Every member of Saturday Night Superstars has over a decade of performing experience under their belt, so comparing their income to your early-stage income might not be completely fair. That said, the band members can easily clear $1,000 each when they perform at least two gigs in one night.
As a keyboard player, Beau actually has the opportunity to book side gigs with his side gig. He’ll often play keyboard during the wedding ceremony, cocktails, a dinner, and of course perform with the band that night. When clients book the whole range, Humphreys may be able to earn $1,000 or more in a single night.
As with many of the other side jobs in this article, booking the first paying gig can be the most challenging for musicians looking to earn extra coin. The Saturday Night Superstars band’s first paying gig was a Christmas party at a golf course. The owner of the golf course heard the band’s showcase a few weeks earlier, and took a chance on booking them. Humphreys recommends that musicians should always promote their services to their existing networks. A great website with quality audio and video goes a long way in making you easy to book, but word-of-mouth marketing is the most important way to market your services as a band.
Dog-Sitting
If you have more love than your pet can handle, being a dog-walker or a pet-sitter can actually bring in decent money. Kristin Larsen, founder of Believe in a Budget, side hustles as a pet-sitter in her local area. She simply signed up with a local pet-sitting company and found plenty of work. Generally, she makes $20 for a 20-minute walk (she walks dogs during her lunch breaks), and up to $60 per night when she takes care of animals overnight.
Depending on the locations of your clients, pet-sitting may allow you to serve several clients every hour. However, that’s not guaranteed to be the case. To maximize your earnings, you need to be careful to work for a company that won’t send you all over the globe to serve clients.
A flexible schedule is ideal for this side hustle (plenty of people want dog-walkers while they are away at work), but it can work with a variety of schedules as long you can meet your clients’ needs.
If you can’t find high-paying employment with a local pet-sitting company, you could try finding clients through Rover.com. You could also start your own business. Crystal Stemberger, founder of Crystal’s Cozy Care Pet Sitting, started with a few simple posts on her HOA’s website and a few free ads on Craigslist. Over time, her business grew to become one of her primary sources of income.
Check out Rover, a new app that allows you to become a dog sitter online. Get started with Rover here.
Hustle for Charity
Dan Batcha, an independent insurance agent based out of Blaine, Minnesota, has put his side hustle times towards making the lives of military veterans a little better. Back in 2015, Batcha and his then-girlfriend decided to give gifts to people in need rather than exchanging gifts with each other.
With a little boost from social media, they managed to collect and give nearly $7,000 worth of gifts to five military families. Since then, they’ve managed to serve as many as 10 families with $11,000 worth of gifts in a single season, through an organization called Civilian Santas.
Throughout the year, Batcha spends around five hours per month speaking to local churches and schools and organizing the back end of the non-profit. Closer to Christmas he’ll spend up to 15 hours per week coordinating wishlists, meeting families in need, collecting gifts and donations from others, and of course delivering gifts to the families.
Growing Civilian Santas hasn’t been easy, but Batcha has big dreams for the organization. In the next year, he’d like to serve a Thanksgiving meal for veterans and their families, and host a Christmas in July 5K run to raise awareness and funds for the cause.
Event Marketing
Lillian Karabaic, a financial educator (who often dresses as David Bowie), and founder of Oh My Dollar! is no stranger to high-paying side hustles. One of the higher-paying options is event marketing or becoming a “promo girl.” This side job involves setting up events, talking to people, and handing out samples. If you’ve ever seen a Bud Light girl or girls driving around the Red Bull vehicle and handing out drinks, you’ve seen a promo girl.
Karabaic says that vendors from yoga studios to alcohol brands hire people to promote their products. It can be a lot of fun, and very lucrative for an outgoing person, but the hours tend to be late nights (for alcohol) or weekends for other vendors.
If you know someone who is already an event promoter, you might want to ask them to put you in touch with their primary contact. Otherwise, you can find your first few events through Craigslist gigs, Facebook (search your city and brand ambassador) or event staffing agencies (search for event staffing in your city).
Once you have an established relationship with certain brands or with certain staffing agencies, you’re likely to get called on again.
Digital Marketing
When someone says they are a digital marketer, it could mean that they post ads on their personal Facebook page. It could also mean that they are a skilled web designer who optimizes web pages. However, most people who make money on the side as digital marketers help small business owners enhance their digital presence.
If you’re interested in becoming a digital marketer, you can pick up a lot of the skills by starting your own blog, and learning through trial and error. However, if you’re more interested in expediting the process, we recommend taking a digital marketing course. Based on feedback from happy customers, we recommend the following courses:
Facebook Side Hustle Course (specifically designed for beginners)
Market Motive’s Digital Marketing Certification Training Course (Note: You do not need a certification to be a digital marketer, but this is a comprehensive course.)
Providing Virtual Assistant Services
A close cousin to digital marketing is providing virtual assistant services. Virtual assistants provide digital support (including web support, digital marketing services, and more) to bloggers and other business owners. A virtual assistant can be a jack-of-all-trades or extremely specialized. Their job is to make the lives of other business owners easier and better.
Many virtual assistants work with just a few clients, so their time commitment is relatively small. One virtual assistant that I interviewed responds to customer inquiries and complaints for a small retailer that lists products on Amazon. In general, she works no more than four hours per week.
Many other VAs eventually find that being a VA is more lucrative than their day job, and quit to take their VA activities full-time.
If you’ve ever run your own website, you probably have some of the skills necessary to become a virtual assistant, and with the help of Google, you can probably figure out the rest. That said, some courses that expedite your learning process include:
$10K VA
Become a Pinterest VA TODAY!
A Few Other Self-Employment Options
When seeking sources for this article, we found several people who earned high hourly wages from their side gigs, but didn’t earn $1,000 per month. Most of these people reported that they didn’t want to take on more clients, but they felt that they could if they put in the effort.
Based on these reports, we determined it’s reasonable for someone to earn $1,000 per month on the side if a person were willing to put in the time to build up and maintain their client base.
Here are some ideas:
Tutoring (especially for LSAT and other test preparation options - even online tutoring options)
Teaching music lessons
Hairstyling (surprisingly, cosmetology work including hair-braiding may require a license in your state; however, those that did this work privately reported earning between $25 to $30 per hour after costs)
Catering or baking for private events (depending on the laws of your state, you may have to do all catering from an industrial kitchen or have a business permit)
Car washing or detailing
Voiceover acting (consider this quick-start guide if you’re interested)
Don't Be Afraid to Work for Someone Else
As a general rule, the most lucrative side gigs require self-employment, self-marketing, and maybe even entrepreneurship. That said, it is possible to earn a wage from a side job while working for someone else.
Most people we interviewed averaged just four to five hours per week at their side job, so they didn’t always earn $1,000 per month. However, several people came close to $1,000 and they all earned at least $25 per hour. They also had to report that it seemed likely that they could work more if they needed the money.
Here are some ideas:
Officiating sports (high school level or higher)
Tending bar
Waiting tables (especially on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights)
Teaching group fitness (especially bootcamp classes, though this may require a personal training license in your state)
Tax preparer (February through April only)
Interpreting for hospitals (especially sign language and Chinese though the necessary languages could vary by region)
Providing courier or delivery services (like DoorDash)
Driving as a partner for Uber or Lyft (driving during peak times can probably boost your effective hourly rate)
Nursing (working just a few shifts each month allows you to keep your license active in many states)
How Will You Earn $1,000 Per Month on the Side?
The $1,000-per-month side gig is likely within your reach, if you’re willing to put in some time and effort on the front end. In general, you’ll have to be willing to promote yourself, pitch prospective clients, and develop valuable skills to get started. However, once you have an established side gig, it becomes easier to keep the revenue coming in without excessive effort (aside from actually doing your job).
Side gigs require you to give up your most valuable asset (your time), so it makes sense to try to maximize your earnings from the gig.
That said, a lot of people report that their side hustle isn’t just about making extra money. Some people are building skills that are necessary for a promotion in their primary career. Stay-at-home parents report that they love getting out of the house and using a different part of their brain. Others report that they enjoy having a paying artistic outlet, even if they earn more or have a steadier income through their day jobs. Honestly, things like free alcohol, free bagels, and free t-shirts enticed many people to start side hustles.
No matter your motivation, starting a side gig is a great way to get ahead financially. Just be smart about starting it, so you don’t waste your time earning less than minimum wage.
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Everyone wants to earn extra money, but is it possible to earn $1,000 per month on the side? After interviewing several people who did it, it’s safe to say that many people can. With the right combination of skill, marketing, and elbow grease, you can land a $1,000-per-month side gig.
In this article, we outline 11 side hustles that allow real people to earn at least $1,000 per month.
Based on interviews with real people with side gigs, we also suggest side gigs where you can earn at least $25 per hour, which makes $1,000 per month achievable in many cases.
If you're looking for more ideas, check out our 80 Ways To Make Money At Home.
High-Paying Side Gigs
Flip for a Profit
Sell Your Great Credit History
Freelance Writing
Photography
Book Gigs as a Musician
Dog-Sitting
Hustle for Charity
Event Marketing
Digital Marketing
Providing Virtual Assistant Services
A Few Other Self-Employment Options
Don't Be Afraid to Work for Someone Else
How Will You Earn $1,000 Per Month on the Side?
Flip for a Profit
The key to earning a profit? Buy low and sell high. But is that maxim easy to put into practice? And can you earn a $1,000 per month just by buying high and selling low?
Even people with no particular expertise can scour big-box stores for items on clearance that they can sell for a profit on Amazon. This guide actually gives great detailed instructions on how you can do this. The amount of money you actually earn from retail flipping will depend a lot on how good you are at finding deals, the amount of money you have to put into your inventory, and your ability to sell items quickly.
People with expert knowledge in specific areas may actually have a leg up when working to flip items for a profit. Many mechanics will buy broken-down cars, and then sell the parts for a profit and the rest of the car for scrap pricing.
Another surprisingly lucrative field for experts is sneaker flipping. Omar of Raleigh, North Carolina is an avid sneaker collector, and rarely lets a pair go. However, he has made up to $200 per pair of sneakers that he resells, and suspects he could earn up to $1,000 per month if he didn’t love his collection so much.
The easiest way to flip for a profit? Get your materials for free. Robert A. of Raleigh, North Carolina does landscaping work as a primary job. If he sees a pile of metal or appliances out on the curb, he’ll load up his truck and takes the metal to the recycling center to get scrap value for it. A full truck bed usually brings $75 to $100 (or more if he has a lot of copper in the load). In a good month, he can earn up to $1,000 per month just from scrapping, though his usual take is lower.
Whether you’re flipping garbage, used clothing, sneakers, cars, or houses, buying low and selling high is a great way to earn money on the side. To flip for a profit, you will need to know prices well, and you need to be able to take advantage of deals as they come to you. Generally, you’ll also need a vehicle to make flipping profitable.
However, with enough expertise, becoming a flipper can yield $1,000 per month on the side.
Sell Your Great Credit History
Do you have a credit card with a perfect credit history, and less than a 15% utilization ratio? Then you could sell authorized user positions on your credit card to people looking to establish or improve their credit history. This is called selling tradelines, and it’s one of the most lucrative side hustles available for cash-strapped people.
So how do you go about selling tradelines? Well, you could go around door-knocking and trying to find people willing to buy, but you might have better luck signing up as a credit partner with an established tradeline sales company like Tradeline Supply.
Right now, you can earn $50 to $300 in commission for every authorized user position that you sell through Tradeline Supply. Each credit card may allow you to add between 5 and 20 users.
If you’ve never heard of selling tradelines you might be a bit skeptical about this. I know that I certainly was. Here are a few answers to questions you might have:
Authorized users stay on your account for two months, but your entire credit card history goes on their account.
Authorized users never get access to your account. You’ll know the name of the person buying the tradeline, but they won’t know your name. Tradeline Supply does screening to make sure that the person buying your tradeline is legitimate.
Authorized users never know the account number for the tradeline you’re selling. Even when the tradeline shows up on their credit report, the account number is a digital code produced by your bank.
Selling tradelines is completely legal. Congress, the CFPB, banks, and credit bureaus all know about the practice. They don’t like it, but it is squarely legal.
Interested in selling your credit history? Sign up with Tradeline Supply to get started or read our Tradeline Supply review.
Freelance Writing
Whether you read articles about finance, weightlifting, cooking, or art history, someone had to write the article. Some online writers write as a hobby, and don’t earn much (or anything) from their writing. However, plenty of sites hire freelance writers to produce compelling written content for their audiences.
As a freelance writer, you might also write newsletters, magazine or newspaper articles, technical manuals (for software or machinery), white papers, or even “website copy” which is just the words on a company’s website.
Freelance writers build up their client base in a variety of ways, but the most important factor for writers is to have a portfolio of articles in a specific niche. Valerie Rind, a corporate lawyer by day and a freelance writer on the side explains, “You can’t get a writing gig without experience, and you can’t get experience without an established portfolio. I knew an editor at a reputable publication and we agreed that I would write an article for free. Once I had an article with a byline, it gave me a small amount of credibility. After that, I never wrote for exposure.”
A common method for building up a portfolio is to start a blog, and then reach out to other (slightly larger) bloggers to request a guest post on their site. Another method that people commonly use is creating a free portfolio on a site like Contently.
Once you have established some credibility, you have to start pitching your services. Rind recommends, “Sell yourself with confidence, even if your experience is a bit thin.”
When you find someone who is interested in your writing, you’ll need to talk rates. Rates for articles vary widely by niche, and by the budget of the company hiring you.
A blog site will generally pay anywhere from $30 to $200 per article (depending on the niche and your experience). Other sites, including media sites or large company sites can often afford to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per article. Finding clients (especially higher-paying clients) is the key to earning $1,000 or more each month.
We break down 14 ways that you can get paid to write here. Or, jump into this online course about how you can earn more money writing >>
Photography
If you own a great camera, and you’ve developed your photography skills, you may be able to earn $1,000 or more each month while working on the side.
Dana Haynes of Raleigh, North Carolina started her first foray into paid photography by shooting friends’ weddings in college. Though she only earned $500 per wedding at first, she recommends wedding photography as a great niche for budding photographers, especially those with young and broke friends.
“Weddings are the one time your peers are willing to spend a significant amount of money for photography,” Haynes told The College Investor. She also added that most young people probably have a built-in network of friends getting married.
Years after shooting weddings, Haynes revived her photography practice after watching hours of free online courses, and photographing friends and family for free. People would share her pictures on Facebook, and she slowly got her name out. These days, Haynes works primarily in birth photography, but as a hustler, she also photographs families, bands, marketing, headshots, and weddings on the side.
Although Haynes and many other photographers will get their start by shooting for friends or family, Haynes recommends keeping your business as professional and well-managed as possible. “You're photographing these incredibly meaningful moments in folks' lives. You want to make sure you're making contracts, managing dates/times, and keeping up with communication. You can’t compromise on the business end if you want to serve people well,” Haynes said.
Book Gigs as a Musician
Making it in the music industry is a notoriously difficult career choice, but Beau Humphreys and his band Saturday Night Superstars have turned their musical passion into a lucrative side gig. Since playing music on the side means giving up weekends, the band opted to become a wedding band which allows them to command higher paydays.
Every member of Saturday Night Superstars has over a decade of performing experience under their belt, so comparing their income to your early-stage income might not be completely fair. That said, the band members can easily clear $1,000 each when they perform at least two gigs in one night.
As a keyboard player, Beau actually has the opportunity to book side gigs with his side gig. He’ll often play keyboard during the wedding ceremony, cocktails, a dinner, and of course perform with the band that night. When clients book the whole range, Humphreys may be able to earn $1,000 or more in a single night.
As with many of the other side jobs in this article, booking the first paying gig can be the most challenging for musicians looking to earn extra coin. The Saturday Night Superstars band’s first paying gig was a Christmas party at a golf course. The owner of the golf course heard the band’s showcase a few weeks earlier, and took a chance on booking them. Humphreys recommends that musicians should always promote their services to their existing networks. A great website with quality audio and video goes a long way in making you easy to book, but word-of-mouth marketing is the most important way to market your services as a band.
Dog-Sitting
If you have more love than your pet can handle, being a dog-walker or a pet-sitter can actually bring in decent money. Kristin Larsen, founder of Believe in a Budget, side hustles as a pet-sitter in her local area. She simply signed up with a local pet-sitting company and found plenty of work. Generally, she makes $20 for a 20-minute walk (she walks dogs during her lunch breaks), and up to $60 per night when she takes care of animals overnight.
Depending on the locations of your clients, pet-sitting may allow you to serve several clients every hour. However, that’s not guaranteed to be the case. To maximize your earnings, you need to be careful to work for a company that won’t send you all over the globe to serve clients.
A flexible schedule is ideal for this side hustle (plenty of people want dog-walkers while they are away at work), but it can work with a variety of schedules as long you can meet your clients’ needs.
If you can’t find high-paying employment with a local pet-sitting company, you could try finding clients through Rover.com. You could also start your own business. Crystal Stemberger, founder of Crystal’s Cozy Care Pet Sitting, started with a few simple posts on her HOA’s website and a few free ads on Craigslist. Over time, her business grew to become one of her primary sources of income.
Check out Rover, a new app that allows you to become a dog sitter online. Get started with Rover here.
Hustle for Charity
Dan Batcha, an independent insurance agent based out of Blaine, Minnesota, has put his side hustle times towards making the lives of military veterans a little better. Back in 2015, Batcha and his then-girlfriend decided to give gifts to people in need rather than exchanging gifts with each other.
With a little boost from social media, they managed to collect and give nearly $7,000 worth of gifts to five military families. Since then, they’ve managed to serve as many as 10 families with $11,000 worth of gifts in a single season, through an organization called Civilian Santas.
Throughout the year, Batcha spends around five hours per month speaking to local churches and schools and organizing the back end of the non-profit. Closer to Christmas he’ll spend up to 15 hours per week coordinating wishlists, meeting families in need, collecting gifts and donations from others, and of course delivering gifts to the families.
Growing Civilian Santas hasn’t been easy, but Batcha has big dreams for the organization. In the next year, he’d like to serve a Thanksgiving meal for veterans and their families, and host a Christmas in July 5K run to raise awareness and funds for the cause.
Event Marketing
Lillian Karabaic, a financial educator (who often dresses as David Bowie), and founder of Oh My Dollar! is no stranger to high-paying side hustles. One of the higher-paying options is event marketing or becoming a “promo girl.” This side job involves setting up events, talking to people, and handing out samples. If you’ve ever seen a Bud Light girl or girls driving around the Red Bull vehicle and handing out drinks, you’ve seen a promo girl.
Karabaic says that vendors from yoga studios to alcohol brands hire people to promote their products. It can be a lot of fun, and very lucrative for an outgoing person, but the hours tend to be late nights (for alcohol) or weekends for other vendors.
If you know someone who is already an event promoter, you might want to ask them to put you in touch with their primary contact. Otherwise, you can find your first few events through Craigslist gigs, Facebook (search your city and brand ambassador) or event staffing agencies (search for event staffing in your city).
Once you have an established relationship with certain brands or with certain staffing agencies, you’re likely to get called on again.
Digital Marketing
When someone says they are a digital marketer, it could mean that they post ads on their personal Facebook page. It could also mean that they are a skilled web designer who optimizes web pages. However, most people who make money on the side as digital marketers help small business owners enhance their digital presence.
If you’re interested in becoming a digital marketer, you can pick up a lot of the skills by starting your own blog, and learning through trial and error. However, if you’re more interested in expediting the process, we recommend taking a digital marketing course. Based on feedback from happy customers, we recommend the following courses:
Facebook Side Hustle Course (specifically designed for beginners)
Market Motive’s Digital Marketing Certification Training Course (Note: You do not need a certification to be a digital marketer, but this is a comprehensive course.)
Providing Virtual Assistant Services
A close cousin to digital marketing is providing virtual assistant services. Virtual assistants provide digital support (including web support, digital marketing services, and more) to bloggers and other business owners. A virtual assistant can be a jack-of-all-trades or extremely specialized. Their job is to make the lives of other business owners easier and better.
Many virtual assistants work with just a few clients, so their time commitment is relatively small. One virtual assistant that I interviewed responds to customer inquiries and complaints for a small retailer that lists products on Amazon. In general, she works no more than four hours per week.
Many other VAs eventually find that being a VA is more lucrative than their day job, and quit to take their VA activities full-time.
If you’ve ever run your own website, you probably have some of the skills necessary to become a virtual assistant, and with the help of Google, you can probably figure out the rest. That said, some courses that expedite your learning process include:
$10K VA
Become a Pinterest VA TODAY!
A Few Other Self-Employment Options
When seeking sources for this article, we found several people who earned high hourly wages from their side gigs, but didn’t earn $1,000 per month. Most of these people reported that they didn’t want to take on more clients, but they felt that they could if they put in the effort.
Based on these reports, we determined it’s reasonable for someone to earn $1,000 per month on the side if a person were willing to put in the time to build up and maintain their client base.
Here are some ideas:
Tutoring (especially for LSAT and other test preparation options - even online tutoring options)
Teaching music lessons
Hairstyling (surprisingly, cosmetology work including hair-braiding may require a license in your state; however, those that did this work privately reported earning between $25 to $30 per hour after costs)
Catering or baking for private events (depending on the laws of your state, you may have to do all catering from an industrial kitchen or have a business permit)
Car washing or detailing
Voiceover acting (consider this quick-start guide if you’re interested)
Don't Be Afraid to Work for Someone Else
As a general rule, the most lucrative side gigs require self-employment, self-marketing, and maybe even entrepreneurship. That said, it is possible to earn a wage from a side job while working for someone else.
Most people we interviewed averaged just four to five hours per week at their side job, so they didn’t always earn $1,000 per month. However, several people came close to $1,000 and they all earned at least $25 per hour. They also had to report that it seemed likely that they could work more if they needed the money.
Here are some ideas:
Officiating sports (high school level or higher)
Tending bar
Waiting tables (especially on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights)
Teaching group fitness (especially bootcamp classes, though this may require a personal training license in your state)
Tax preparer (February through April only)
Interpreting for hospitals (especially sign language and Chinese though the necessary languages could vary by region)
Providing courier or delivery services (like DoorDash)
Driving as a partner for Uber or Lyft (driving during peak times can probably boost your effective hourly rate)
Nursing (working just a few shifts each month allows you to keep your license active in many states)
How Will You Earn $1,000 Per Month on the Side?
The $1,000-per-month side gig is likely within your reach, if you’re willing to put in some time and effort on the front end. In general, you’ll have to be willing to promote yourself, pitch prospective clients, and develop valuable skills to get started. However, once you have an established side gig, it becomes easier to keep the revenue coming in without excessive effort (aside from actually doing your job).
Side gigs require you to give up your most valuable asset (your time), so it makes sense to try to maximize your earnings from the gig.
That said, a lot of people report that their side hustle isn’t just about making extra money. Some people are building skills that are necessary for a promotion in their primary career. Stay-at-home parents report that they love getting out of the house and using a different part of their brain. Others report that they enjoy having a paying artistic outlet, even if they earn more or have a steadier income through their day jobs. Honestly, things like free alcohol, free bagels, and free t-shirts enticed many people to start side hustles.
No matter your motivation, starting a side gig is a great way to get ahead financially. Just be smart about starting it, so you don’t waste your time earning less than minimum wage.
The post High-Paying Side Gigs That Earn $1,000 or More Per Month appeared first on The College Investor.
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Kobe Bryant’s Path To Billionaire Status Was Going To Be Paved In The Investment World + Nike Explains Why They 'Pulled' Kobe's Merchandise
Life after basketball was looking good for NBA icon Kobe Bryant. The inspirational details on how he was headed down the path of billionaire status, plus Nike explains why Kobe’s products were yanked inside…
Kobe Bryant was a beast on and off the court creating a lasting legacy as one of the best to ever do it during his 20-year career as a Los Angeles Laker.
Before retiring from the game he loved, his on-court earnings ranked second-most of all-time. And he also bagged tons of endorsement deals – representing more than 20 brands since he entered the NBA, including Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz and Hublot. Outside of basketball, he invested his coins where he also found wide-ranging business success.
There's a reason Dwyane Wade and more looked at him as a business mentor in addition to a friend. Kobe's mission was to inspire people to be amazing themselves, and studying his blueprint can do just that for many of us.
According to Forbes, he invested his NBA money in several business ventures, including the emerging sports drink BodyArmor and small startups like Art of Sport and HouseCanary.
Not long after he officially retired from basketball in 2016, he shared his $100 million venture-capital fund, in a partnership with entrepreneur Jeff Stibel, to invest in media, technology and data businesses.
Not only that, he published his own young adult books and even made history as the first pro athlete to win an Oscar for his animated short film, Dear Basketball. By the time he was 41, he had an estimated fortune of $600 million and was headed to billionaire status! And he was going to make it happen with the lucrative investment deals he had in place.
Forbes reports:
Bryant built his first fortune on the back of two decades of rich playing contracts and endorsement deals. His path to becoming a billionaire was going to be paved in the investment world, and his first big score, BodyArmor, represented roughly one-third of his net worth.
His VC portfolio included eco-friendly consumer products firm The Honest Company, media website The Players’ Tribune, video game designer Scopely and legal-services company LegalZoom.
In addition to building Bryant Stibel, Kobe was focused on storytelling in different mediums during his post-NBA career. In 2016, he founded a media company, Granity Studios, that published a series of books for young adults. He wrote and narrated the animated short film Dear Basketball, which won an Oscar in 2018.
Not only was he a smart business man, he was also multilingual and could speak Italian fluently. He could also speak Spanish and Chinese. Proving he could be the best at whatever he set his mind to, he also had his pilot license. As you can see, the worldwide icon was much more than just a basketball player and he was just getting started.
Open Court Discussion
Kobe had one of the most versatile shoes ever made. Best thing to happen to him was the fallout with Adidas, leaning him towards the Nike Brand and also accelerating his personal brand of the Black Mamba. @Nike and Kobe was a match made in heaven. pic.twitter.com/SHNy9qSlxp
— The Fast Break (@TheFastBreak3) January 28, 2020
ESPN released a report that Nike (along with some resellers) had suspended sales of Kobe Bryant merchandise after Kobe lost his life in a horrific helicopter crash that also took his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant's life along with seven other people.. The reason? Reportedly, to limit secondary resellers’ ability to stock up on his merchandise and then flip the products at higher price in the wake of the basketball star’s tragic death. However, that may not be the case since there are conflicting reports.
A Nike spokesperson told Forbes in an emailed statement that the company had actually sold out of all Kobe products instead of them pulling them, contradicting ESPN’s report.
A new colorway of the NBA star's Kobe 5 Protro sneaker was scheduled to launch February 7, 2020, but now Nike is reevaluating whether to proceed with the release or hold off. Fans will have to wait and see.
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Christina Hovland’s MILE HIGH MATCHED Series is out on Audible now! Check out today’s release day blitz and be sure to grab your copy today!
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That's a lie. Sure, she's got the lucrative job. She's got the posh apartment. But her sister nabbed Velma's Mr. Right. There has to be a man out there for Velma. Hopefully, one who's hunky, wears pressed suits, and has a diversified financial portfolio. He'll be exactly like, well... her sister's new fiancé.
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“Catching what?” Heather replied.
Poster in hand, he moved to the front window and pressed it against the glass, smoothing it before turning back to her. “Catching the little buzz we have going on between us.”
“A little… the thing is…” C’mon Heather, be strong. You are the cookie lady now. You don’t date. You are all you need. That’s what the podcast she’d been listening to said to her over and over again. Mantra in hand, she slapped on her I’m-in-charge-here-buddy mask. “It would never work between us.”
The edges of his lips ticked up ever so slightly. “You can’t know that.”
Oh, she knew.
He sauntered toward her.
Unwilling to back down, she stepped toward him. Expression firm, she said, “I can already see exactly how this whole thing would play out if we let it. You’d start with a horrible pick up line.”
“Guilty.” His hands fell to the belt loops of his jeans.
Her palm itched to press against the front of his tee, but she refrained. “Then I’d counter with a witty response. This time my reply would be even better. Funny, intelligent…everything.”
“Now, that I’d like to hear.” Nothing but a foot of crackling air sizzled between them.
“Trust me, if I had said it, it would have been epic. You can’t repeat something like that. It has to happen in the moment.” She shook her head, the sleek ponytail she’d carefully arranged earlier brushing against the collar of her jacket.
“That right there is why we wouldn’t have worked out. I mean you couldn’t even come up with a snappier reply.” He crossed his arms, the little veins of his muscled forearms flexing with the motion.
“Oh, I would’ve. It would’ve been the best response in the history of pick-up line replies.”
“I don’t believe you.” The glimmer in his eyes lit up his entire face.
He was clearly enjoying this exchange entirely too much.
Control. She needed the power back. “Trust would’ve always been one of your issues in our relationship.”
“Maybe you just couldn’t be honest with me about how you felt. That’s probably why we would have always argued.” He raised his eyebrows in a clear ultimatum.
Challenge accepted.
She stepped the tiniest bit closer to him. “Let’s say you threw out that awful line again. The one about taking me out.”
“I’m with you so far.” He glanced down to the floor in clear acknowledgment of her movement forward, but he held his ground.
“We’d banter for a good bit—”
His face sparked with humor. “Sounds about right.”
“Both of us would get that tingly feeling of attraction. You know the one.” So maybe she made her voice a little breathier than usual. Sue her.
His mouth parted, the exaggerated fullness of his lower lip apparent. “You have a tingly feeling?”
She shook her head and raised a hand. Not touching his chest like she desperately wanted to but getting within millimeters. “That’s not the important part. Eventually you would convince me to go on a date.”
“I’d take you to this great taco stand. I love tacos.”
“Despite that, I’d probably let you take me out again. And again,” she said, not willing to acknowledge the way she wanted to nip at his lip with her teeth.
He nodded. “I’m digging this relationship so far.”
“Eventually, you’d ask me to move in. I’d say no. You’d pressure me, even though I wouldn’t be ready.”
“What can I say? I wouldn’t want to spend a night away from you. No use paying for two apartments.” She shrugged, dropping her hand.
“I’d cave, and we’d finally move in together—”
“Do we get to hook up first? Don’t skip that part.” This time he moved forward. Not a lot, just a smidge.
She stayed put. She refused to back up first. “Of course. It would be awful. Sorry Speed Racer, but I need more than three minutes of go-time.”
“That’s not what you’d say after you screamed my name.” He leaned forward, the whisper of his words brushing against her ear.
God, there wasn’t but a breath of space between them. She was all turned-on Heather, ready to throw her why-have-a-man-when-you-can-have-cookies resolve away.
His breath smelled of cinnamon candy and coffee, turning her knees effectively to melted butter.
No, she stopped herself. Back to the break-up at hand.
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