do you have any idea on how to make hobby become a lifetime business? let's say, got people like small animal, and etc. for me, i like audio things, speaker, amps, and etc. btw, i dont have sufficieint knowledge on this, so, what should i do? furtheremore, i scare not much people is willing to spend such money for a good audio set.....just like many audio shops in shopping malls... closing down one by one... really sad... so, should i take my hobby as my career or business? if yes, what should i do? if no, why? thx

if u have ur own modal and u can take the risk.
before that, should do more planning and survey first.
Besides that, u also need to improve the current skill of the particular business or u find partner who can trustworthy to share with.
this all just my own opinion. ;-)
so hope we can share more here..

its is possible for hobby to become a business, two possibilities, either you do it very well, or you kena goreng hutang keliling pinggang. do alot of research before doing it, hows the market, location, modal etc etc etc....

if ur interested in audio stuff but shudder at the thought of audio shops closing one by one, why not just offer ur audio services? i mean, like setting up PA systems, sound systems for event halls etc etc..

then once u build up ur reputation/capital, u can start retailing ur items online (like on lowyat.net).. or setup a small shop selling certain audio stuffs.. by this time, im sure ur main income source will be from the events, so maintaining the store shouldn't be a problem..

of coz, this may take a long time and u gotta know know the right clicks, but im pretty sure the sweet taste of success is worth it in the end..

im guessing about 5 years? good businesses dun start easy
im still noob, so flame me if u think necessary. i will take all critism about biz..

the thing is, i have very limited knowledge about audio at this moment... i like to play around with my speakers... and i foudn that i learn audio things very fast and easy... because i just wan to know more and more... i have a good pr skill also... and i like business.... i just came into a wrong course.... if i have a chance to choose again, i will take business instead of engineering...

u mustget someone who has a same hobby also what... not easy.... what they think is, it is impossible to make hobby a business..l.

on doing now, still no see the result yet....

why not work for a few years first? event house, or music clubs etc etc.. gain industrial knowledge and at the same time can build ur capital. its good that u know ur direction.

refering to my above response, get more experience first.. u can alwiz find investors if ur proposal can attract ppl.. my dad was my biggest investor..

but, i studied 4 yrs for my degree in engineering oh... will it be wasted if i work in audio line... do u think audio line can survive??

knowing a hobby inside out is one thing, but having the business skills is another. there are lots of things that you need to know and do before your customers starts handling over their money to you.

you got to think, how to sell, how to make customers to come visit you, how would you advertise, which method to advertise, how to make everything work with your limited budget etc. And you must also think of a Plan B if what your plan did not go as planned. But all in all, you will gain a lot of experience through all this activities and do make sure you survived to not make those same mistakes again.

heck, i have frens study biz in monash but end up as insurance agent.. wat matters (to me at least) is u make money or not..

i did hotel management, but never touched hotel line oso.. lol

wat kinda engineering u take? it might not be a total lost cause..

regarding audio line can survive or not, its very subjective... there is alwiz a certain market supporting audio industry..
its a matter of whether u can penetrate into that market or not i.e work for the right company, sell the right equipment, etc etc..

when i think of audio, things like concert, events, gatherings, conventions, shows, cinema and a whole bunch of stuff come to mind..

sorry if my post is messed up coz i havent had any shut-eye since yesterday.. lol

so faast give him pressure liao..

true tho.. should know what to expect.. u sound experienced.. any success stories to share?

Research, passion, research, passion, action action action, more passion, more research, more action, done, you are there.

sounds steamy..

say is easy la, but when wanna work it out, not very easy one...

pal, if you want to success, u need to sacrifice. if you keep thinking on the negative way. for sure there's no way for you to start your 1st step. coz you are alway doubt about your thoughts. try to start it from something simple like gain more knowledge on your hobby & how to do business. then slowly find a way to get you modal. this will slowly bring u to the road of success. pyramid is not build in a day or months, it's years.

just my 2 cents. no offenced

actually everything requires hard work. it means spending a lot of time and effort to get it going. sometimes have to dig in when you work so hard and end up hitting a wall. must not feel demotivated. have to remotivate yourself always. that's the part that separates the losser from the winners.

[quote=Evangalon,Jul 19 2006, 11:37 AM]

wat kinda engineering u take? it might not be a total lost cause..


i did EEE for my degree lo..how can it applicable for audio stuffs?

make amps, design dacs?

Hello , long time never post mesage liau.. anyway regarding hobby--> business

1. work at a company where it provide audio systems for people.

2. learn how to at least built a audio system. Then, take note of the company partners "(may be ur future partner)" that are involved. Get to know various kind of audio products from amplifiers to cable types. You can see theres the japanese stuff and the american/german/italy stuff.

3. from time to time, experience will come and together with ur interest, then only try to look out for partners to do this king of stuff. Now, at this stage, comes the business part, this has really nth to do with ur interest. The only thing interesting is the money that you can earn form ur work.

If you have an engineering degree in electronics like me, it can be an advantage because good sound system has good amplifiers. Amplifiers are a very common thing when you are studying electonics.

Hope this will help.