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Patrick Luensman

Patrick Luensman

Director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Northern Iowa and co-owner of the Grid Lounge in Cedar Falls.

Sep 17, 2026

The Next Step: Leaping to Adulthood

The Next Step: Leaping to Adulthood

Episode 39: Entrepreneurial is Hard to Say, But Not as Hard to Do

Sep 17 · 28m

NikkiHOST
4:57
yeah,
Patrick Luensman
Patrick LuensmanGUEST
4:58
figure it out.
Patrick Luensman
Patrick LuensmanGUEST
5:00
Even though I probably afterwards was terrified.
Patrick Luensman
Patrick LuensmanGUEST
5:03
I was like, I have no idea what I'm doing.
Patrick Luensman
Patrick LuensmanGUEST
5:04
How am I going to do this? So Mike tells a story that he felt like he didn't have a choice to hire me.
Patrick Luensman
Patrick LuensmanGUEST
5:10
And Maureen would say that Mike wanted to hire me so bad, even though she didn't want to hire me.
Patrick Luensman
Patrick LuensmanGUEST
5:14
So they both liked to blame the other.

12 MINS LATER

NikkiHOST
17:21
So as you shepherd people through these processes, what are some resources that are out there that they could nap onto and take advantage of?

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