Hobby to Small Business

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

First Office

Your home is the logical place to set up a part-time business—but first, find out if your community is zoned for home-based businesses.

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Many communities restrict or prohibit:

💢 Creating nuisances (noise, odors, waste)

💢 Doing business outside

💢 Modifying a home’s structure or adding signage

💢 Creating traffic

💢 Taking up excessive street parking with delivery, customer and employee vehicles, or commercial vehicles

Stay in your neighbors’ good graces by keeping your business as unobtrusive as possible.

Find Your Space

Take the time to create a home office space that fits your needs.

💫 Do you need to meet with clients at home? You’ll want a separate office (such as a converted garage or guest house) or a room with an outside entrance.

💫 Do you need to make products or package items for shipping? You’ll need plenty of space to spread out, or you may want to consider having your shipping services outsourced to a shipping expert if your product category or volume requires it.

💫 Do you need inventory or materials? Make sure you have a secure space to store them.

If you don’t have a spare room, create a separate workspace by curtaining off a corner of the bedroom, screening off a spot in the dining area or buying a desk armoire for your business.

Separating business and personal space helps you and your family see your startup as a real business, not just a hobby.

Business Equipment and Services

You probably have some of the equipment you’ll need to run your business, such as a computer, printer and smartphone. It’s best to have a computer just for your business so you don’t risk your kids accidentally deleting key client files. An all-in-one printer that scans, copies and faxes is an affordable printing solution. Or, save on startup costs by handling printing, faxing and copying at a business service center.

If your business requires shipping products to customers, using a business service center such as The UPS Store to professionally package, weigh, ship and track your shipments ensures your shipments arrive on time and in good condition.

MEET AND GREET

If you need to meet with clients, but don’t have space for a separate office at home, search online for executive suites or co-working spaces where you can rent conference rooms on as as-needed basis.

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Monday, December 29, 2025

Your First Customers

You’re raring to go—all you need are customers.

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How to find them? Try the following tactics:

💟 Get a business website:

Keep it simple with all-inone website packages that include a domain name, hosting services and design templates. Popular options include GoDaddy, Web.com and Yahoo Small Business. If you’re starting an ecommerce business, look for a website builder specializing in ecommerce, such as Shopify, Volusion or 3DCart.

💟 Use word-of-mouth: Start your search for customers by asking friends, family members and acquaintances for leads. You never know who might introduce you to your first customer.

💟 Publicize it: Tapping into existing networks of bloggers who speak to your target audience, making connections, and offering content or services such as writing guest blog posts can align you with your target audience.

💟 Get social: Use social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest to get your target market’s attention. Create a social account for your business, and post useful content providing information, advice or entertainment.

Interact with followers regularly, and link posts to your business website so followers can learn more about your business.

Advertise: If your business targets local customers, use print ads in community newspapers, local directories or local magazines to reach them. You can also get customers by advertising on websites your target market frequents. For instance, a children’s tutoring service can advertise on websites targeting moms of school-aged children, limiting the ads to moms in nearby ZIP codes.

💟 The direct approach: Try a direct mail campaign to reach your neighbors. The UPS Store offers a service called Every Door Direct Mail. Simply choose an area in which you want to advertise, and The UPS Store will handle the logistics of having your direct mail advertising piece delivered to every address in that neighborhood. It’s an affordable option to reach people in your area.

Collect customer data: Save time and market more effectively by maintaining data about prospects and customers. Customer relationship management (CRM) tools like Really Simple Systems, ZohoCRM and ContactMe let you track every interaction, set reminders and schedule follow-up contacts.

Market with email: Ask prospects and customers to sign up for email messages from your business. (Be sure to comply with the FTC’s CAN-SPAM laws.) Email marketing service providers such as Campaigner, Constant Contact and iContact let you create and send professional-looking emails.

💥 Offer deals: Offering discounts for your first customers can build a foundation for attracting more. This works especially well for businesses that provide recurring services. For example, a lawn-care service could offer six months’ services for the price of three.

💥 Become an expert: Get attention from prospects by building a reputation as an expert in your industry. Offer to speak to local groups your target customers belong to about topics relevant to your business.

💥 Buddy up: Form alliances with established small businesses to help each other get customers. For example, if you have a dog grooming business, you could partner with a local dog-sitter to refer clients to each other.

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Go for It!

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Starting a business while keeping your full-time job is challenging, but it’s also one of the best

ways to discover if you have what it takes to be a true entrepreneur. If you can handle the hard work and

long hours needed to juggle your business, your job and your personal life, you’ll be well prepared for the

demands of running a full-time business.

How do you know when it’s time to make that transition?

Before you take the leap to full-time entrepreneurship, ask yourself these questions:

Is my business ready? When you wrote your business plan, you set goals you wanted to achieve.

Common milestones you might use to determine your business’s readiness.

💢 You have developed a new product, produced it and successfully found a market for it.

💢 You have obtained outside financing to take your startup to the next level.

💢 You have more business than you can handle.

💢 You have expanded as far as you can working with freelancers and independent contractors, and need to hire employees.

💢 Your business has reached a certain level of sales.

Are my operations ready?

Before you quit your job, make sure that you have the following in place:

■ Systems and processes you can use to scale your business

■ Adequate equipment, software and other tools for full-time operation

■ A solid business credit rating and a good relationship with a business banker

■ Professional advisors such as an accountant, attorney and mentor

■ Adequate vendor and supplier relationships to meet the needs of a growing business

WHAT IF…?

■ If you need to devote more time to your business, but also need the income from your job…see if your current employer will hire you as a part-time independent contractor. You’ll still have income, plus the freedom to devote more time to your business.

■ If you need to devote more time to your business, but also need the benefits from your job…see if you can work part time at a level of hours that qualifies you to maintain your benefits.

Am I emotionally and mentally ready?

Take stock of how you and your family feel about your business so far. The challenges of running a full-time business are different than you’ve faced so far, but equally demanding—so don’t expect life to get easier.

Consider:

💥 Are your personal relationships suffering as a result of your business?

💥Do you have a strong support system of friends, family and mentors to encourage you in your transition?

💥Am I financially ready? Insufficient capital is the number-one reason startup businesses fail. Before leaving the security of your full-time job, make sure your new business is on firm financial footing.

💥Have you put enough money aside from your paychecks to support yourself until you can draw a full-time salary from your business?

💥If you have not yet reached breakeven, do you have enough working capital to keep the business going until you do?

💥Do you need to make any major personal financial moves, such as obtaining a home equity line of credit or refinancing your home?

Do so before you quit your job. It’s harder to do these things when you are self-employed, especially when your business doesn’t yet have a financial track record.

Say Goodbye...and Hello

When it’s time to say goodbye to your full-time job, be sure to leave on a positive note. Thank everyone you worked with and stay in touch with your former employer, co-workers and other colleagues.

These valuable contacts may be able to refer you to clients, become clients or serve as references to help you get new business.

Then say hello to your exciting new life as a full-time entrepreneur. You’re the one in control of your destiny now … and your business’s growth is limited only by your imagination, ambition and energy.