Grace Hawkins
Stories by Grace Hawkins
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X Original Content Rewards Needs 500K Views, Not 5M
X retired Creator Revenue Sharing on September 7 and opened applications for Original Content Rewards on September 8. The impression bar fell…
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MrBeast Google Gemini Deal Isn’t About AI Video
Google is not paying MrBeast to make AI videos. Beast Industries CEO Jeff Housenbold confirmed Gemini will not write, shoot, or edit…
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Flip App Shut Down and Paid Creators $2.91 on Average
Flip raised $236 million, hit a $1.05 billion valuation, then vanished overnight in August 2025. Here is the math on what creators…
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Four-Day Work Week Pilots Fail Without 8 Weeks of Prep
The largest controlled trial of the four-day week gave every company eight weeks to redesign workflows before cutting a day. Small businesses…
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UPDATE Energy Drink Review And What Kardashian Saw
Kim Kardashian went from paying customer to co-founder of a paraxanthine energy drink now in 4,000 Walmart stores. Here is the verdict…
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Side Stacking is Growing as Side Hustling Shrinks
Fewer Americans have a side hustle than at any point since 2022, but the ones who stayed are earning 2.6x more. Here…
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Micro-Retirement Before Starting a Business Needs One Budget
37% of Americans say they'll take a mini retirement. Payroll data says 0.141% actually do. The gap is a budgeting problem, and…
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8 low-cost franchises to open in 2026 and their real costs
Entry prices start under $2,000. But royalties average 7.1% of gross revenue, ad funds add another 2%, and roughly one in five…
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Inside “Ugly Talk”: NYC Founders Swap Polished Pitches for Raw Failure Stories
Startup events often follow a familiar, predictable formula: rehearsed pitches, pristine networking introductions, exchanging contact details, and conversations that invariably open with…
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What is an Acquihire and Who Actually Gets Paid
Big Tech has moved more than $20 billion through reverse acquihires since March 2024 without formally buying a single company. Here is…
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Online Tutoring Side Hustle Pay is Rising in 2026
AI killed the homework-answer business and repriced live tutoring upward. Here's what tutors actually charge, what the platforms take, and where the…
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Best Side Hustles for College Students, Ranked by Real Pay
What actually pays in 2026, what AI quietly killed, and the campus advantage almost nobody uses.
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Kai Cenat’s Streamer University business model explained
He turned down Netflix, Amazon, and Tubi, kept the IP, and let 16 brands pay for a school that costs students nothing.…
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How Does the Passes App Work? Inside Lucy Guo’s 10% Bet
Passes takes 10% where OnlyFans takes 20%. Here is how Lucy Guo's creator platform actually makes money, why Livvy Dunne and Shaquille…
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What Every Founder Should Learn From the Musk Altman Trial
The $134 billion lawsuit between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is the most expensive co-founder fight in history. It exposes exactly what…
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How Much Do Substack Writers Make After Fees
Most page-one guides answer with a range and skip the arithmetic. Here's the real fee stack, a subscriber-count-to-take-home table, and what it…
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How to sell Notion templates and reach your first $1K
Notion takes 10% plus 40 cents. Gumroad takes 10% plus 50 cents. Here's what the sellers clearing 0K a month actually build,…
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How Much Does X Pay Creators in 2026? Real Numbers
X pays about $8 to $12 per million verified impressions. Here's the real payout math, what it takes to qualify, and whether…
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How to Sell AI Prompts and Actually Earn in 2026
The single-prompt gold rush is over. Here's how niche prompt bundles priced $29 to $69 out-earn a $4.99 listing, which marketplaces keep…
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What the GPT-5.6 Restricted Release Means for Founders
OpenAI shipped its strongest models on June 26 to roughly 20 government-vetted partners, with no waitlist and no firm public date. Here's…