Same Boat

Same Boat

Why You Shouldn't Turn Your Hobby Into a Business

Plus, don't miss out on $$$ from the Anthropic A.I. settlement, why women are leaving the workforce, and the latest Alt Summit Community wins

Oct 07, 2025
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The Alt Summit community has been around for 17 years, through dozens of internet booms and busts. We know hustle-culture, we know girl-bossing, we know leaning-in—as a group we literally own thousands of urls for current (or future!) businesses we’ve thought up. So you can imagine how fascinating it was to talk with Karen Walrond, someone who knows grind-culture well, about why it’s time to stop turning our hobbies into careers.

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