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Get Paid for Having Fun How to never work a day in your life

By Amy Rauch Neilson

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(YoungBiz.com) - Making money. There's no wayaround it. If you want to buy that first car, pay college tuitionor just go to the movies, you gotta have some income. Wouldn'tit be great if you could find a job you'd do even if youweren't getting paid?

It's not as far-fetched as it may seem. Lots of teenagershave turned their favorite hobbies into businesses--and made bigbucks doing it. Here are some of their stories.

Don't Let it BugYou
Insects may bug you, but they equal money to 19-year-old RandyMeissen of Salisbury, Missouri. A collector since he was veryyoung, Randy sells insects to schools and other collectors--andmakes a tidy profit doing it.