Entrepreneur of 2014 Winner on How He Caught the Entrepreneurial Bug — entrepreneur.com

You can start a business anywhere. Even in Idaho. That’s where Dan Price got started. Price, who earned the distinction of our Entrepreneur of 2014, founded Gravity Payments, a credit-card processing company that brings in about $150 million in revenue a year. In a speech at Entrepreneur’s Growth Conference in February, he explained how he first got into business while playing in a band at a local coffee shop. While the shop owner had certain essentials for business success -- passion for her product and her community, for example -- she didn’t have the financial know-how that she needed. Price helped her manage her credit card fees and implement a customer loyalty program.

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