A friend of mine was an excellent chef turned failed restauranteur. A story (and a lesson): He loved cooking. Was excellent at it. Had friends over often and really enjoyed cooking for them. He would get told by everyone who tasted his food "You should open a restaurant." Eventually he did. Took out some loans. Quit his 9-5. Opened a restaurant. He ran it for about 3 years. Worked 60 hours a week. No vacations. No more cooking for friends. Every Thursday through Sunday night. The last one to leave at 1am. The only time he saw his friends they were in his restaurant and he'd stop by between stressful situations to say hi. He gave up a few weeks ago. Broke. In debt actually. And broken as a human. Reading the google reviews for the business it is a little sad... No raving fans like in those dinner parties in his home. Just customers complaining about cold food or slow service or undercooked steak. It turns out running a profitable restaurant has very little to do with your ability to cook. Running a profitable and successful business of any kind in any sector consists mostly of doing the same things: Recruiting, hiring, training, managing, selling and solving problems. He wasn't a manager. He didn't enjoy confrontation. He wasn't a people person. He spent very little time owning a restaurant actually cooking. Almost none of it actually. The lesson: Don't start a business for selfish reasons. It isn't about you. It isn't about doing what you want or love to do. If any business becomes successful the owner will quickly graduate from doing that fun thing... And they'll find themselves recruiting, hiring, training, managing, selling and solving problems. Might as well start something that gives you the best odds of making great money while doing those not-fun things.