At Angelina's Ristorante, an Italian eatery with waterfront views on the southern edge of New York City's Staten Island, five friends — all entrepreneurs and small business owners — gather around a table heaped with cold cuts, cheese and wine once a week to discuss ways to make extra money.
Among them — Dom Detore, Mike Palmer, Tony DeCicco, Adolfo LaCola and Ron Montana — they have decades of experience in business, from Wall Street to construction to the music industry.
Like more than 44 million other people in the U.S., they're in the business of side hustles, bringing in a bit of cash on top of their 9-to-5 jobs.