Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

Entrepreneur magazine gives some ideas on weekend businesses to start. Working for yourself part time, while having the stability traditional employment provides, is a smart way to make some extra money, learn useful skills that will translate to any field or work situation, and find out whether you even enjoy being an entrepreneur.

I know many people for whom this has worked out very well. Some are at present dividing their time roughly equally between their business and another company. Some of them started off doing their own work part time, gradually reduced their employment for a company, then shifted to their own business full time.

If you’re considering trying this, I would suggest that you devote your extra time to your passion. Maybe you’re a graphic designer who dreams of being a professional photographer. Why not do a few baby or family portrait shoots for friends for free, then use these first projects to start your own portfolio? Or perhaps you could take a photography class and assemble some work from that. Use your portfolio to draw in clients. You never know where something like this might lead, and you have nothing to lose in trying.

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