Has anyone here transitioned from retail or hospitality into entrepreneurship? I’m curious what was the starting point for you. I’ve been considering doing so for some time, but nervous about not succeeding. What was the catalyst for you? What was the entry point and what pointers would you give for a newbie?

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I'm kind of doing this right now. The starting point was honestly entirely unrelated to my day job. I love working out and built a small home gym years ago. I had a common problem with my equipment I noticed a lot of others talking about on this home gym forum I'm a part of, came up with a super cheap solution and posted about it in there. I had a ton of people ask if I was selling them, which I wasn't, but there was enough interest to justify producing a lot more to sell, so I did and created a small website to promote them. It doesn't make nearly enough to replace my full time income, but now that that's been running for two years, I've definitely got the entrepreneur bug and am trying to come up with more products to turn it into a legit business instead of a side hustle. Hoping to make that happen at some point this year or next!

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That is awesome! It’s cool that you were able to actually create a new product, market and sell it. Maybe I need to think about venturing outside of my industry 🤔

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