
Né(e): December 06, 1982 – New London, Connecticut, United States
Pat Flynn is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and author focused on online business, entrepreneurship, and audience building. He is best known for Will It Fly? and Super Fans, as well as Smart Passive Income, a platform and podcast whose resources and episodes have reached millions of aspiring creators and digital entrepreneurs.
Pat Flynn’s public career began far from online business. He studied architecture at UC Berkeley and expected a conventional professional life, but the recession broke that path. On June 17, 2008, he was laid off from what he has described as his dream job as an architect. In the months around that upheaval, he turned a study site he had created for the LEED exam into Green Exam Academy, then transformed his notes into paid study materials. The result was both financial and philosophical: within months, the project was generating meaningful revenue, and in less than a year it was earning more than his former salary. That early success taught him a pattern he would repeat for years: find a specific problem, serve a narrowly defined audience, and build from usefulness rather than image. ((https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/download/transcript-SPI001.pdf))

Pat Flynn
Test and validate your business idea with practical exercises and real-world case studies.

Pat Flynn
Learn how to cultivate devoted fans who will passionately support your brand, driving growth and success for your business.

Pat Flynn
Learn to master multiple skills, become a valuable generalist, and achieve success in various areas of life and work.

Pat Flynn
Test and validate your business idea with practical exercises and real-world case studies.

Pat Flynn
Learn how to cultivate devoted fans who will passionately support your brand, driving growth and success for your business.

Pat Flynn
Learn to master multiple skills, become a valuable generalist, and achieve success in various areas of life and work.
"Authenticity has a face, and it’s Pat Flynn"
— Entrepreneur
"I have seen the future of marketing. And it is Pat Flynn"
— Mark Schaefer
"Pat Flynn lays out actionable steps to help readers understand how and why nurturing relationships elevates both your purpose and your bottom line"
— Chalene Johnson
"Pat Flynn of The Smart Passive Income Blog has parlayed his everyday-guy persona into a six-figure income supported heavily by podcasting"
— Social Media Examiner
"Pat Flynn gives you powerful, actionable advice for how to attract the attention of your own greatest fans"
— Michael Hyatt
"If there’s anyone who knows how to attract and build a tribe of loyal, raving fans using the internet, it’s Pat Flynn!"
— Chris Ducker
"Today that same Pat Flynn is one of the most trusted voices in digital entrepreneurship"
— Forbes
"In Superfans, Pat Flynn sets you up to win big with your community"
— Amy Schmittauer Landino
Cree par des anciens de Columbia University a San Francisco
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"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
Cree par des anciens de Columbia University a San Francisco
