Could Your Hobby Be Your JobDo you spend a good portion of your workday waiting to get home so you can work at your hobby? Donald Sentner, president of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania-based Design Specialties, has successfully turned his hobby into a full-time job. Sentner's been interested in kit models since he was a child. "My high school guidance counselor suggested that I do this for a living," says Sentner. "I didn't know this was a possibility." He started working as a model-making apprentice and then spent a number of years working for others until venturing out on his own. Read the rest of the article: MCBrig From my limited experience I think this idea is a big cancer and one of the biggest reasons start up businesses fail. Alot of people think that because they like something, others will pay for it. That is the wrong way to look at things. A new business must fulfill a NEED. People will pay to get their need fulfilled and once you make money you will like what pays you. I am thinking of staring a business and in talking to people who have tried this is something I have been able to put together. Other please share your ideas. | |
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