Hobby Businesses

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.

Melissa Gallardo creates premium home fragrances in candle form, all inspired by her Latin heritage. As she continues to build and grow her business, these are the lessons she wants to share with other founders.

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?

By Cheryl Snapp Conner

Building a Business

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

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.