Hobby Businesses

Business News

How Does Your ‘Fun’ Spending Compare to Your Generation’s? Baby Boomers Splurge More on Hobbies Than Gen Z and Young Millennials.

Americans value their hobbies more than they did 20 years ago, research suggests.

By Amanda Breen

Building a Business

She Retired From Engineering at 58 and Turned Her Creative Hobby Into a Business. It’s Made Tens of Thousands of Dollars: ‘No Regrets.’

By Amanda Breen

Thought Leaders

She Turned Her Pandemic Hobby Into a Full-Time Business. Now Her Heritage-Inspired Candles Are Sold in Retailers Like Nordstrom and Barnes & Noble.

By Mita Mallick

Business Ideas

Your Favorite Hobby Should Not Always Turn Into Your Business. Use These 3 Tips to Find Your Next Idea Instead.

By David Busker

Side Hustle

Is Now the Time to Make Your Hobby Your Business?

Last year amid the pandemic, I decided to buy a home in my childhood home town and turn it into a vacation rental as a side hustle. Former account manager Justin Jones launched his handmade jewelry company. Here's why you should think about making your hobby into a business now.

By Cheryl Snapp Conner

Building a Business

Does Your Hobby Have Business Potential? Here’s How to Tell

Four things to think about before you turn your hobby into a business.

By Timothy Carter

Thought Leaders

4 Ways to Know If You’re Treating Your Company Like a Hobby or Like a Business

Do you simply have a hobby or are you truly running a business? Let's find out.

By Aimee Tariq

Building a Business

Keep Your Day Job but Everyone Needs a Side Project

An exciting, intriguing experiment brewing behind the scenes just might evolve into your life's work.

By Aytekin Tank

Building a Business

3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Turning Your Hobby into a Business

Aspiring hobby entrepreneurs must consider how much they're willing to sacrifice to make their passion a profession.

By Ben Warnick

Business Accounting

Is It a Hobby or a Business? 5 Things You Need to Know to Monetize Your Hobby.

Pay attention to this distinction because you can bet that the tax man is going to.

By Jeffrey Hayzlett

Building a Business

How to Turn Your Hobby into a Profitable Business Venture

Work on your hobby, learn about sales and marketing and dedicate yourself to steady improvement.

By Larry Alton

Building a Business

How 5 Hobbyists Turned Passions into Million-Dollar Businesses

Your passion can get you a paycheck, and this advice can help.

By Michelle Goodman

Building a Business

Don’t Wait to Turn a Hobby Into a ‘Jobbie’

You can turn a passion into a business, but you need a focused plan.

By Carol Roth

Entrepreneurs

Old-School Games Get New Life

Board games, role-playing games and other offline diversions are having a renaissance.

By Jason Ankeny

Building a Business

How to Turn a Hobby Into a Career — Without Regrets

Hobbies can run up a big bill and take up a lot of time. So why not turn your hobby into a profitable business? Plenty of reasons.

By Chris Morris

Building a Business

One Entrepreneur’s Gem of a Hobby (Infographic)

Perhaps not oddly, many entrepreneurs prefer a hobby they can profitably scale. One entrepreneur explains how to find the time and inspiration.

By Lauren Holliday

Building a Business

Accidental Entrepreneurs Create a Thriving Textile Business

When it comes to theatrical materials, one company is center stage.

By Margaret Littman

Building a Business

Why Mixing Business With Pleasure Is Your Recipe For Success

There's a way to do what you love and make a living at it. Here's one entrepreneur's success story.

By Matt Eldridge

Building a Business

Entrepreneurs Who Turned Hobbies into Million-Dollar Businesses

These business owners started with an enjoyable pastime and learned marketing, finance and other business skills to find success doing what they love.

By Jane Porter

Sustainability

Building a Home Decor Business on Recycled Bicycle Parts

A Texas designer uses her passion for sustainable living to strike out on her own.

By Michelle Juergen

Marketing

Savvy Marketing Turns a Hobby into a Successful Business

How the founders of the YOLO Board have glided to the front of the stand-up paddling crowd.

By Margaret Littman

Building a Business

Don’t Let the IRS Reclassify Your Business as a Hobby

Years of losses can leave some owners with nothing more than a hobby. Here's how to turn your fun venture into an enterprise.

By Bonnie Lee

Building a Business

Xtreme Entrepreneurs

Discover what it takes to turn your passion for Xtreme sports into a successful business.