Driven & Co.

In this episode, serial entrepreneur Pat Sullivan, CEO of Ryver and self-described paradox, talks with host Justin Gray about his eventual path to entrepreneurship and the traits he believes forms a great entrepreneur. Did you know you wanted to be an entrepreneur when you grew up? When I was growing up I could not spell entrepreneur, and it never occurred to me that I would be an entrepreneur. In fact, I thought about that question a lot. What do I want to be when I grow up? And I have no recollection of wanting to be anything.   What was your first job then? My first job was selling printing in Chicago, and I did that for about 10 years or so. What caused you to make a shift, and at that point create a software? After the job selling printing, I went to work for 3M, and that was my introduction into the technology world. Soon thereafter, I worked for a microcomputer dealer, and during that time I taught myself how to program because I became obsessed with the idea of automating everything I d