The Business Addiction

To me, the most important thing I got from Jeff Goodwin was that the entrepreneur lifestyle has a very concrete structure, but at the same time it is very dynamic. There are many paths that one can take, but they all seem to end in similar ways. Even as a young business with pressure washers, there seems to be a path of success that one can trace. It seems very difficult to exit the entrepreneur lifestyle as there is some kind of urge to continue, even after you have been acquired and had a successful business. In the case of Jeff Goodwin who didn’t initially think about being acquired, it would be strange to think that he would go into another business. It seems to be an addiction to be an entrepreneur.

I think it may be the ability to build on passion that causes it. Instead of building a product company like Jeff did before, he decided to be a service company and I think that is a nice way to mix up a business while still doing something that is driven by passion. Another thing I liked was some of the resources that he presented like 99 designs. It was nice to see some of the innovative ways that Jeff Goodwin took when he wanted to build his second business. This is something I want to try to integrate with my own business.