Money out of thin air: businessmen, wealthy in his hobbies

The most vivid examples of how a hobby can become a business that brings in millions.

It is well-known phrase that the easiest way to turn your life into a nightmare - do it out of his hobby a job. Perhaps a few decades ago, so it was, but now everything is exactly the opposite. More and more people, not just trying to earn a living and do it with pleasure for themselves, trying to cash in on classes that fill their leisure time.

Forbes selected 10 of the most striking examples proving that turn a hobby into a job you can not only without prejudice to its own safety, but also a great benefit for the family budget.

Anne-Marie Faiola (Bramble Berry)

34-year-old Anne-Marie Faiola of the city of Bellingham, Wash., the school and the student was fascinated by soap manufacturer, and in 20 years, decided to turn their hobby into a business. In the year 2011 revenues of her company Bramble Berry is estimated at $ 3 million, and the assortment has 2500 names. Succeed girl helped by three factors: a rare determination to stake all their possessions, education, marketing and social networking boom. Taking a large loan through a government program to support small business, she developed the concept of promotion, very favorite clients, - LOVE This is untranslatable play on words, meaning something like this: The company changed the life of Bramble Berry (Lives) of its customers, enabling them to (Opportunities), sharing high values ​​(Value), and encouraging self-expression (Expression). Most of its B2B-clients - the designers themselves soaps and cosmetics manufacturers, and it is important to know that the supplier shares their aesthetic convictions. A fallen to zero during the explosive growth of the Internet has helped Anne-Marie won the hearts of voters: she started her business back in 1998, and it was time to prepare their products to the era of Web 2.0.