Why Being Passionate About What You Do Is Extremely Dangerous

As discussed in class, after reading the 2 articles about turning your passion into a business (links included below) you will write a 1-page paper (single or double spaced) that identifies and briefly describes (explains) something for which you have a passion, and how you might commercialize or operationalize your passion and turn it into a for-profit or not-for-profit business.

The complete assignment that you received in class is also in the attached PDF.

Here are the links to the articles.

Why Being Passionate About What You Do Is Extremely Dangerous

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/why-being-passionate-about-what-you-do-is-extremely-dangerous/

How I Turned My Passion Into A Business (This one makes you click through multiple pages so pay attention)

These papers are due in class on Tuesday, January 23rd.