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You can jump headfirst into some side hustles with absolutely no prerequisites at all. Interested in starting an online boutique? Go for it! Weekend bartending? Start pouring the drinks!

For other side hustles, though, you may need special skills or even need to be licensed by some governmental agency to certify that you are, indeed, qualified to do whatever that particular side hustle calls for.

For example, Shauna and Miranda have been friends since high school. Both are interested in doing infusions and other skilled medical treatments for people in their homes — a growing business in general, and one that is perfect for a side hustle.

Shauna graduated from nursing school and not only has ten years of experience as a hospital nurse, but also has all the up-to-date licenses required by the state where she lives.

Miranda? Well, she has a business degree and has been a sales rep for one of the big pharmaceutical companies for the past ten years. Miranda may be interested in providing home health-care services as a side hustle, and she may even turn out to be skilled at giving injections and similar treatments, but she doesn’t have the formal educational background or the licensing to legally be able to provide those services. Miranda’s story may be an extreme one, but you get the idea.

Many — maybe even most — side hustles have no formal licensing requirements of any kind. Others do, though. Just because you’re interested in health care, for example, doesn’t mean that you can just start a side hustle giving home infusions or providing similar services.

Even if you’re not thinking “health-care side hustle,” you still need to be aware of any licensing requirements. Suppose you want to make and sell homemade wine. Guess what? Most states in the United States require you to have a license for anything related to the manufacture and sale of alcohol.