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Many celebrities know the best route to capitalizing on their fame, but running an actual brick-and-mortar business is a very different story. Nevertheless, there are a few celebrities who have successfully created and run small businesses while still maintaining their entertainment careers. Whether they’re actors, singers, or comedians, these eight business owners have traits familiar to every entrepreneur: they’ve followed their passions, stayed true to their roots, and kept their eyes on the details.

1. Sandra Bullock: The Academy Award-winning actress owns two businesses across the street from each other in her adopted town of Austin, Texas: upscale eatery Bess Bistro and Walton’s Fancy and Staple, a combined florist-deli-bakery. Bullock is involved in many of the details, from the décor to the dishes. She told People Magazine that her family recipes help inspire the menu at both businesses.
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2. Pharrell Williams: The seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-producer has numerous business ventures, including co-ownership of Brooklyn Machine Works bicycles. The company is a natural fit for the artist, drawing on his lifelong love of BMX bikes. As a marketing move, he rode a bike from his shop onto the red carpet before the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. Using Williams’ design for the unique bicycle, Brooklyn Bike Works created the frame, and master leather craftsman Bruno Domeau spent more than 100 hours upholstering the waterproof buffalo leather skin that covers it.
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3. Miranda Lambert: The country music star is also a spitfire when it comes to business. In 2012, she opened an eclectic boutique in Tishomingo, OK, called The Pink Pistol. The store did so well that it’s been credited with boosting the entire town’s economy. A year later, she opened a second Pink Pistol in her hometown of Lindale, TX. There was also a pop-up version of the boutique in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival this year. Her most recent venture is The Ladysmith, a bed-and-breakfast, in Tishomingo.
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4. Steve Carrell: The popular comedian has preserved a local landmark in his native Massachusetts by purchasing and restoring the Marshfield Hills General Store. Carrell acquired the store, which dates back to 1853, in 2009. He has stocked it with both 21st century needs and old-fashioned fare, including penny candy. His sister-in-law handles the day-to-day operations, but Carrell is often spotted there – he’s listed on the website as “Popcorn Maker + Coffee Brewer + Candyman + Stockboy + Cashier + Beloved Proprietor.”
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5. Sammy Hagar: Hagar, Van Halen’s former lead singer, has a long history as an entrepreneur. He told Inc. magazine that he began investing in real estate after earning some money with his first band. He then started his own travel agency once he began touring. In the 1980s, he parlayed his love of bikes into a successful business, purchasing a bike store in Corte Madera, Calif. He hired new mechanics, designed his own custom bike—the Red Rocker—and opened an even bigger store, the Sausalito Cyclery. It became one of the top independent bike stores in California and, by the time he sold it, was doing $4 million in annual sales. In 1990, he opened Cabo Wabo Cantina, which has gone on to spawn several other locations and a tequila under the same name.
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6. Armie Hammer: The star of “The Social Network” and “The Lone Ranger” owns a popular bakery with his wife, Elizabeth Chambers, in her hometown of San Antonio. Since opening in 2012, Bird Bakery has become a popular gathering spot. It features many recipes adapted from Chambers’ grandmother’s kitchen. They’re often themed in the spirit of his latest gig – they sold cookies in the shape of a Texas Ranger badge just before “The Lone Ranger” premiered last summer.
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7. Kevin Smith: Like many entrepreneurs, the Clerks director took something he loved and turned it into a successful small business. Fueled by an in-depth knowledge of comic books and a large base of fans, he bought a small comic book store, Comicology, in 1996 and renamed it Jay And Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. He soon moved to a bigger location in Red Bank, New Jersey. The shop became so popular that Smith was able to develop a reality show set at the store. The show, Comic Book Kings, is now heading into its fourth season on AMC.
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8. Lyle Waggoner: This star of The Carol Burnett Show saw a need in his industry, and he filled it. That industry was Hollywood, and the need was a one-stop shop for motorhomes to be used as dressing rooms on set. Waggoner was on the hit show Wonder Woman from 1975-1979. At the end of this stint, he purchased a motorhome to lease to the producers of the show. That led to the founding of his company, Star Waggons, which now has nearly 700 custom luxury trailers–from cast trailers to wardrobe– that it leases to the entertainment industry. Waggoner, now 79, has retired, and the business is being run by his sons.

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