METRO EVENT PLANNERS, unique events planning īlaire Allison was always coming up with crazy ideas for the popular TV dating show "Change of Heart," where she worked as a casting director. "I'm a guy who rides a skateboard to half my meetings," he says. He embellished them with diverse designs, from jellyfish to patterned lace, and sold 27,000 his first year. "I cut one up, threw it on my wrist and made it into a bracelet," he says. In 2004, while he was studying fashion design at F.I.T., Patrick Chirico's classmates were creating bowls from recycled vinyl records. WRECORDS BY MONKEY, recycled record bracelets That's when I seriously felt I was onto something." She then launched Melodrama Publishing, an independent company for aspiring authors, and opened her shop, Melodrama Books & Things, in Far Rockaway. "When getting on the train, people were reading my book. "I used to fall asleep driving." Winslow printed 10,000 copies of her first book, "Life, Love & Loneliness," in 2002, and they sold well, surprising her distributors. "I worked two full-time jobs over two years, with three hours of sleep a day," she says. MELODRAMA PUBLISHING, author/publisher Ĭrystal Lacey Winslow almost killed herself publishing her first novel. There have been some really tough times, but now we're in a good place." "At one point, I had close to $165,000 on credit cards, including student loans. "There hadn't been any innovations in the baby-food category since the 1930s," says Visram, creator of HappyBaby organic baby food, sold frozen in colorful individual cubes. HAPPYBABY, organic baby food Īfter a friend confessed she was at wit's end trying to cook healthy baby food from scratch, Shazi Visram had that "light bulb" idea. I gave up everything to move to the city." Now he's got 22 regular clients who work out with him one to five times a week - allowing Torres to move to new digs. "For the first three months, I slept on the massage table. Our colors are black and blue." He began two years ago in the West Village studio that doubled as his gym. When asked where he studied for his business, Will Torres says, "The school of hard knocks. "There's a natural fit for it." Four years later, Insomnia Cookies has moved out of the dorm and into 12 stores near college campuses, including NYU. While a junior at U-Penn, Seth Berkowitz missed the takeout options that New Yorkers take for granted, so he began baking and delivering cookies to his friends. INSOMNIA COOKIES, milk & cookie delivery service As inspiration, we present 30 go-getters who managed to take a bite out of the Big Apple while still in their 20s. Need a little push to get those resolutions going? Last night, plenty of New Yorkers decided to kick that dead-end job and do something they truly love.
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