Paul Maskill is blogger, podcaster, and business coach specializing in creating systems and structures to scale local service businesses. Paul has worked in the financial industry, ran his own successful businesses, and helped other business owners find freedom in their businesses. His podcast 'The Business Owner's Freedom Formula' is filled with amazing stories from business owners. In this episode we learn more about Paul's journey in finding his passions and chasing his dream.Topics covered in this episode: The importance of impact, Having gratification in what you do, Being and becoming an entrepreneur, What we can learn from franchises, Systems & Structures for success in business, How to find freedom in business ownership, Replicating yourself in your business, How to scale a business, Your business shouldn't need you to run, How to vet a new idea, How to start your idea/dream.Paul started his first real business at the age of 24, having had the great opportunity to learn from the best and pick up valuable skills along the way.In four years, he was able to scale his service-based business from $0 to almost $500k in annual revenue by putting the right systems and processes in place. Soon after, he brought on a team to utilize the systems and processes. With a team in place and the business running itself on a daily basis, he had achieved the freedom that I was looking for. He sold the business for 3x net profit and I was ready for the next opportunity.Today he runs a successful consulting business working with local and small service-based business to find freedom through systems and structures that allow the business to scale. This helps the business owner find true freedom in what they do.His Promise to You: To make sure you have all of the tools you need to make more, work less and build a valuable business. He has made a proven process that works...for any service-based business.Website: http://paulmaskill.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmaskill/Facebook Group: http://businessfreedomformula.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulMaskill