Commentary
- 11.Jun
- Where do startup funds enter into your hobby business?
The right amount of money to invest in a hobbybiz shouldn’t dwarf your other entertainment budget items.
- 20.May
- Where does blogging fit in to the hobbypreneur lifestyle?
If you’re not motivated by ad dollars or incidental revenue, your writing style changes. You focus on longer pieces that update less frequently.
- 19.May
- What’s a hobbypreneur?
They’re folks who are so secure in their primary income stream that they can create fantastic output, free from corporate interference and free from the commercial demands of finding audiences that support them.
Resources
- 21.May
- The Slash Effect
As I see it, hobbypreneurs are a distinct subset of the “slash” professionals that Marci writes about.
- 20.May
- The Four-Hour Workweek
What if you could run an entire business in four hours every week?
How To
- 23.May
- How to Keep Your Day Job and Your Hobby Project Separate
You’ve only got one head, so you can only keep it in one cloud at a time, right?
News
- 23.May
- What does it mean to “make a living” on eBay?
Newsweek suggests the auction site attracts 50,000 full time sellers and 1.25 million hobbypreneurs.
- 23.May
- Travel Agent Jobs Ripe for Hobbypreneurs
Experts on popular destinations and styles of travel have discovered how to develop a second income, despite the advance of online travel planning tools.
Discussions
- 22.May
- Open Topic: What’s Your Hobbypreneur Site?
Leave us your links in the comments.
What?
Hobbypreneur is my made-up name for professionals who love their jobs but also enjoy making money from creative side projects. Free from the life-or-death risks that other entrepreneurs face, hobbypreneurs can be more daring in their pursuits. But they can also be more pedestrian. This site tracks my research into the lives and desires of folks -- like me -- that don't know how to just relax in their free time...
Who?
Joe Taylor Jr. first became a hobbypreneur when he traded his marketing consulting practice for a corporate gig at one of the world's most admired companies. As a freelance writer, he covers careers and work trends for sites like Yahoo! And, on the side, he still writes about the music business.
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