An Entrepreneur's Transition from an Overworked Operator to Passive Income Owner

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September 12, 2025

by a searcher from Baylor University in Fort Worth, TX, USA

In 2017, I was an entrepreneur with a dream of buying businesses. I had purchased smaller e-commerce sites and had them running well, but I was hungry to really get into the acquisitions game. Then I took the plunge. The industry term is “acquisition entrepreneurship.” At first, it started as a whirlwind. I was working 75+ hour weeks, and chugging caffeine like it was the elixir of life. After pulling off eight acquisitions and small business mergers, I decided to pause and reflect. The journey from###-###-#### taught me how to set up small businesses as passive income. Read more in the article linked below on my journey from an overworked operator to passive income owner. https://www.inc.com/joseph-drups/from-overworked-operator-to-passive-income-owner/###-###-####
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from Georgia Institute of Technology in Charleston, SC, USA
Great article. Any recommendations that describe in more detail how to create standard operating procedures across a wide variety of industries?
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from University of California, San Diego in Orange County, CA, USA
Thanks for the article!
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