The Passion Economy

Fawn Weaver went to Lynchburg, Tennessee to write a book about the former slave who taught Jack Daniels how to make whiskey. It was that trip that inspired her to launch a wildly successful whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey.

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Lauren Danson had zero business experience, but she believed her passion for tea could be contagious. So she started Mizuba Tea Co., a brand that only sells the finest matcha green tea.

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Tyson Toussant dropped out of college, but that doesn't mean he stopped learning. Instead, he used the Internet to learn how to make strong wearable material out of ocean plastic, and with that knowledge he co-founded Bionic Yarn. 

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Shawn Buckley's passion is dogs. His business is cooking food for dogs at Just Food For Dogs. Seems niche, right? Wrong. 

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Ben Moir knows firsthand that it’s the wig that makes a drag queen shine. But he was frustrated that no one was making wigs perfectly tailored to the needs of drag queens. That frustration turned out to be a great business opportunity. 

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It's hard to make it in the world of professional bass fishing. But that hasn't stopped Jared Reynolds from turning his passion into his livelihood… as a Certified Financial Planner. 

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Kids hate getting shots, and that’s creating the potential for a huge public health crisis. Amy Baxter has a solution: her company, Pain Care Labs. 

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With a perfect combination of nostalgia and innovation, Nicholas Morgenstern turned a childhood comfort into a sophisticated business: Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream.

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Joe DiNorscia went from mushroom farming to running Skyland USA, the country’s leader in rooftop media production. How’d he do it? Partly, by never forgetting his roots. Or rather, his mycelium.   

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Damali Peterman has a passion for law, language, mediation, conflict resolution and... jujitsu. So she turned all of that into her dream job: Damali Law, where she works as a lawyer, mediator and educator.

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