Patricia Bottero Saint-Jean is a French-American business coach, author, and Freedom Seeker. Her expertise focuses on early-stage research, vetting, and planning of small-to-mid-sized business creation and acquisition. She’s passionate about transforming lives and helping individuals transition from frustration as employees to fulfillment as purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Growing up in a European culture that prioritizes quality of life, Patricia believes that the pursuit of happiness is about creating our own definition of success for a meaningful existence.At 25, Patricia left France to start her first small business in Silicon Valley. This brick-and-mortar service and retail venture, which later incorporated e-commerce, grew into a multimillion-dollar business with a team of 40. After 20 successful years, Patricia shifted her focus to mentoring others create or buy a small business for a life with greater freedom. Just three years after launching OPEN FOR BUSINESS LAB, Patricia was recognized as a top 20 coach in Silicon Valley.Patricia excels in helping people discover their life purpose and align it with their perfect business. Her groundbreaking formula, Right Business Right Life, guides aspiring entrepreneurs from researching ideas up to the launch of their ideal and viable business based on the life they envision.Patricia especially values how a small business can let us prioritize who and what matters to each of us. It has given her the privilege to be a parent on her terms while still having time for hobbies, travel, and bucket-list milestones, including finishing an undergraduate degree, which she had dropped at 20 to travel the world, and subsequently earning an MBA while researching and launching her new business.With OPEN FOR BUSINESS LAB, Patricia provides a platform to those dreaming of creating or buying a business. Known for her approachable, results-driven, and unbiased coaching style, Patricia leverages her experience and education in business and personal development to guide others on their entrepreneurial journey.When she is not helping aspiring owners, you’ll find Patricia, an avid hiker, and swimmer, roaming local trails and exploring alpine lakes, mountains, and seas the world over.Read more about this authorRead less about this author