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The Good Entrepreneur

Less friction, more joy.

Every Friday, get a letter about building and leading a business that supports your life, not one that consumes it. Drawn from coaching conversations with founders, each letter helps you see one challenge more clearly and choose your next step.

Written by Virpi Tervonen, who has built four businesses over 20 years and coached founder-CEOs for more than a decade.

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A good business should support a good life.

The good entrepreneur is not a standard to measure yourself against. It is a belief about what entrepreneurship can be: the freedom to turn original ideas into value, take responsibility for the outcome, and build on your own terms.

I believe you can do that without compromising your health, wellbeing or relationships. That is who I write for: people building businesses that support a good life.

Virpi Tervonen

Who's writing?

I’m Virpi Tervonen. I left biomedical research in 2005, looking for more freedom in how I worked and more time with my daughter. Entrepreneurship gave me that freedom, but not always in the way I expected. Building a business taught me how easily the thing meant to support your life can begin to consume it.

Over the past 20 years, I have built four businesses spanning digital marketing, consulting, executive coaching, and custom business solutions. For more than a decade, I have coached founder-CEOs through the decisions where business and life cannot be separated.

I write about clearer thinking, calmer leadership, sustainable growth, and who you become while building. Come along. This path is more fun with company.