Being a college student is difficult when managing schoolwork, friends, social clubs, sporting activities and many other things. Some students have gone beyond solely these responsibilities and turned their talents and hobbies into business ventures.<\/p>\n
Senior advertising major Sarah Webb knows what it\u2019s like to run a business while balancing schoolwork. Webb started hobby photography while she was studying abroad her sophomore year. Eventually, people started asking her to take their portraits, which turned into people asking her to take their engagement pictures.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never thought my hobby of photography would be more than that,\u201d Webb said. \u201cAfter I was asked to shoot my first engagement session in the fall of 2016, I made an Instagram and Facebook business page for my work. I hope to eventually go full-time with photography \u2014 hopefully within the next three years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Webb also said that the best thing about having a photography business in college is that she is her own boss. She makes her schedule, and works when she wants to.<\/p>\n
Sophomore psychology major Saraya Dodd tweezes eyebrows and decided to start a business called \u201cBrow Chicka Wowz\u201d during her sophomore year of college.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started tweezing and shaping people\u2019s eyebrows with my mom, and I went with her to her cosmetology classes to learn there,\u201d Dodd said. \u201cI decided to make it a business the first semester of my sophomore year. I was getting 10 (appointments) a day and it was taking a lot of time, so I decided to make it a business then. I hope to continue doing brows when I graduate because I love it, but it would need to be a side job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dodd said it is difficult to balance a regular job, school, and doing brows. Dodd said she spends about 30 minutes per person, a large time commitment for someone already juggling school. Dodd said she loves getting to meet new people, and this has been a great way for her to branch out of her usual friend group.<\/p>\n
Junior mechanical engineering major James Bowie decided he wanted to make a snowboard when he was younger, but his family lived in Texas, where there was not much demand, so he made a longboard instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s easier to do this on breaks when I\u2019m at home just because I don\u2019t have much time since I\u2019m on the track team and I have school,\u201d Bowie said. \u201cI didn\u2019t put a lot of time into marketing my longboards, but everyone I have made one for has liked it. I\u2019ll probably continue doing this after I graduate because I do enjoy it, but I would definitely do it as a side business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overall, side businesses can be stressful and time consuming while \u00a0in college, but it could be the start of a full-time or part-time job after graduation.<\/p>\n
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