Entrepreneurial people in their 20s and 30s are setting up stands at farmers markets and festivals to pay their bills — and can make serious money.
by Amber Ferguson
Washington Post
There was no ice at Giant. There was no ice at CVS. And Malia Blake was getting anxious.
Her new side hustle, intended to help her climb out of debt, was inspired by a woman she saw on TikTok do this to pay for pharmacy school. It depended on four ingredients: ice, water, sweetener and lemons.
With her SUV filled with tables, bags of lemons she got from Costco and flavored syrups she bought off Amazon, Blake pulled into a 7-Eleven parking lot in Southeast Washington and ran inside. Tucked in the back of the store was a freezer.
“Yay, they have it!” Blake takes a deep exhale. “I think I’ll get five or six bags. That would have been a disaster if they didn’t have it.”