Side hustle entrepreneurs chase dreams — with little downtime

For a handful of enterprising, aspirational business owners, the phrase leave work at work is blurry: they are constantly on.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 21, 2020
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Courtesy. Tom Grier and his business partner Matt McFarren founded eel Down Gear, a fishing-themed apparel business, in 2011.
Courtesy. Tom Grier and his business partner Matt McFarren founded eel Down Gear, a fishing-themed apparel business, in 2011.
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With four years as a U.S. Marine on his resume, Tom Grier has never had a problem hustling for work. Now overseeing an 11-person department in Bradenton for Entech, a $6.5 million, Fort Myers-based IT services firm, he bounces around all day from client meetings to employee conferences.

Then, after work and on weekends, Grier has another gig: his side hustle.

 

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