Pat Flynn

Pat is a family man who learned about online business because he had to. Like so many other people who have faced hardships in their jobs, he was forced to adapt—and quickly—to support myself and my family. Today, he is well into my Plan B career.

He graduated from college with an architecture degree and went to work for an amazing architectural firm as a Job Captain. He was thriving in my career and had no plans to leave it—but there are some parts of life we can’t control.

The economic collapse of 2008 hit his industry hard. He watched with deep sadness as many of my colleagues lost their jobs. He survived for a while, so I began to think he might make it. He was wrong. With just a few months to go before his wedding, I was laid off too.

This began Pat's online entrepreneurial journey. He is the founder of smartptassiveincome.com, which exists to provide a trusted learning and development ecosystem for online entrepreneurs.