Do You Know Anyone Who Has Turned A Hobby Into A Successful Business

What hobby have you ended up turning into a job?

Yes. In the 70’s i was fascinated by these new fangled ‘computers’ so bought an early model to teach myself and learn on while becoming an engineer doing a 4 year apprenticeship. although i loved engineering, it had its limitations because of the unions who stifled personal achievement, so gradually drifted more towards computing. after about 3 years self teaching, i enrolled on a computer course, then applied for jobs, eventually starting my own business after 10 years as a wage slave, and 40 years since i first bought my first PC here i still am, having had a better career and earned more money than i ever dreamed of as a youth

How does one develop a hobby into a business?

I don’t know if this applies for all hobbies, but following is how a friend of mine turned a hobby into a business. His hobby was magic. He was good at it. He spent a lot of time working at it. He joined several magic clubs and participated in contests. He did magic shows for small groups. He got to know other "professional” magicians. He got more, and better paid bookings. After a good number of years he wrote his first magic book. This got him more bookings, etc. Over the years he has written a number of books, and gained widespread fame in the magic community.Hope that helps. Best of luck to you in your endeavor.

If I turned a hobby into a business, would I regret it?

Having turned my hobby into a business I would say no if you do it right, but at some point during the process, you might rethink if it is worth it. When things in life get hard and you are about to quit, you know you are close to an exponential breakthrough.If you love making furniture there are many ways you could turn your hobby into a business, but execution is key…Here are a few possible ways that come to mind:You create a product for the mass market — If you want to be hands on with furniture making, this probably won’t make you happy unless you enjoy drawing more then making. This is extremely hard and will test you to the ultimate limit. If you enjoy furniture making, I would not suggest this route.You could target a particular niche you are interested in, for example restaurants and build custom furniture for them. If you don’t target a franchise you will always have to find new businesses, which means less time actually performing your hobby. If you do nail a franchise contract you will have plenty of work that might keep you busy for years.You could open a furniture store and create furniture you want, as well as custom furniture for clients. This requires you to consistently advertise to generate new customers, which might take time away from performing your hobby. If this is a brick and mortar store, you’ll need someone available during business hours, and if this is you — you won’t have much time to create furniture… Although I think it would be pretty cool to walk into a furniture store and see the wood maker on the floor doing what he does best.From my perspective, you can turn any business into a hobby, but the execution and the way you structure your business is extremely important.Hope this helps!

I cannot think of any decent business ideas, how do I fix this problem?

NICE QUESTIONIt is always up to you. There is no perfect business and business idea that everyone can manage and be successful. First, ask yourself a few of questions-What are you good at?What fields are always in demand?What budget do you have?Can you base your business on local products?Also, decide on a small business type you want to start-IDEA COMES FROM-1. In solving problemsOne of the easiest way to come up with business ideas is to solve problems you and other people have. They can be big or small.2. In solving things before they become problemsCan you think of things which will become problems later on? Try to solve them now.3. By adapting to evolving needsWhile physiological needs like the need for food, shelter, and water and emotional needs such as envy, greed, pride, etc. stay the same, the products and services used to fulfill them don’t.Typewriters were doing a mighty good job but something thought computers would do them better.4. By saving people moneyEnergy-saving light bulbs save people money, buying books on Amazon instead of at real-life bookstores saves people a lot of money.5. By making people’s lives easierWe have legs to move around but a car makes that activity easier; gadgets make our lives easier; anything which makes life easier is good business6. By making chores lightI winced when my mother told me in her youthful days they used to grind cereals on stone or pound them in mortars to reduce them to flour for use. Today mills do it and the stone chore had disappeared.7. By turning a hobby or a passion into a businessIf you’ve been doing something on a regular basis and find yourself good at it, you could turn it into a business.8. Fulfill a needTake the products and services created to meet human needs. Then, build on them.9. Appeal to a base emotionAccording to author and renowned copywriter, Andy Maslen, humans often make decisions based on one of these seven emotions:PrideEnvyLustGreedGluttonySlothAnger (wrath)Can you think of daily products and services that are exploiting those needs? Then you can have a business.10. Experience moreYou can find new business ideas by doing more. Doing things and reading things outside your profession gives you more interesting ideas to turn into businesses.11. Steal others’ ideas“Oh!” I can hear you scream. But know that there’s nothing new under the sun. everything new is based on something old. And that old something was somebody’s idea.WARM REGARDS-GOOD LUCKread for business idea

How do I turn my hobbies into a career?

To turn Hobbies into a business is one of the great things to do. You work at that which you love and can be your own boss.But to do so you do need a business license, advertising , MAYBE some additional help, you need to know how to sell and send your product to people if that is part of it all. Then there is the part of where do you produce your product, at home or in a rental facility.Like any business you need to research your local business laws and regulations and cope with the IRS eventually. Business takes money to make money.The main thing of all is you need to be an EXPERT when you decide to make a hobby a business. Many try and fail because they thought they knew all there was to their hobby and they did not.Do some on line research on Local laws, etc, read some articles on Entrepreneurship, know what you’re getting into.Good luck

How do you turn a hobby into a career?

Find someone to sell your hobby to. Make a list of 10 ways places to monetize your hobbies a fuck it I'll do the work for you:10 places to monetize your hobby:1) Craigslist2) Cold call companies for sponsorship like so:3) Ask your viewers to donate4) Eyeballs = money. Get a website/blog about your hobby and monetize with google.5) Start a company based on your hobby by researching similar ones.6) Write an ebook about the hobby.7) Throw events for people that are also interested in your hobby space and charge them.8) Build an audience for your first 1000 true fans The Technium: 1,000 True Fans they will ultimately support you.9) Make youtube videos about it. 10) Contact top influencers in that hobbies field and pitch them things they can do to improve etc. Go for a meeting, take them out to eat, then intern then get a job. James Altucher talks about how to turn a passion into money here: THE ULTIMATE CHEAT SHEET FOR REINVENTING YOURSELF - Altucher Confidential