Case Study
The Light Bulb Moment · Scene 1
He's started companies since he was sixteen. The addiction was never the product.
“And the light bulbs go off in someone else's head as they see your product” — Patrick Bryant
Patrick Bryant has been a builder since he was sixteen — Bryant Design, then Go To Team and Assignment Desk, now Workforce Wave. So Viva asks the honest question: across all of it, what is he actually addicted to? His answer is the human thing underneath every company he's built, and it became the name of the episode.
The full conversation arrives Mon, Oct 12. This moment starts at 1:06.
The series
- Scene 1: The Light Bulb Moment (you are here)
- Scene 2: If We Entirely Agree · Mon, Oct 5
- Scene 3: Most Excited in 30 Years · Wed, Oct 7
- Scene 4: Lab or Lie: Fancy Voicemail · Fri, Oct 9
- Full episode: The Light Bulb Moment · Mon, Oct 12
- Outtake: Before the Red Light · Wed, Oct 14
Next: Scene 2: If We Entirely Agree, Mon, Oct 5.
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