I Left My 6-Figure Tech Job — Now My Pizza Bagel Business Brings In $20K A Month

Jacob Cooper, 29, left his AI startup after facing burnout without any plans lined up. In his new spare time, he realized frozen pizza bagels didn’t live up to his childhood memories, so he got to work. Jacob has spent the past year scaling his new pizza bagel business. Pizzabagel.nyc and Littlebagel.nyc, both based in New York City, have brought in $91,783 so far in 2025, as of October.

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How My NYC Pizza Bagel Business Brings In $20K A Month