He sold part of the business to get started!

Boston, Massachusetts: In this episode of the show we visit with Andy Wilson, founder of Boston Duck Tours. His business transformed the very nature of tourism in this olde towne of tradition. Andy combined little known history lessons with entertainment and views of city that only the insiders get to see... especially the ones from the middle of the Charles River. Learn about financing, tenacity, and vision from a person who focused on making his dream come true.

We first met Andy back in 1997 at a White House conference where he received an award from the President as the Massachusetts SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR.

So, how does one turn many passions into a single business? In this show we learn how Andy got that initial inspiration to quit his full-time job and start. We'll also learn how he went about raising over $1 million dollars to launch Boston Duck Tours in 1994.

Andy loves Boston, the Charles River, the history of this country's early struggles for religious toleration and freedoms, equality, and rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  The amazing thing is that Andy Wilson made a business that incorporated all of these passions and so much more.

The tour is 80-minutes and historically-narrated. You meet some of the founding fathers and mothers of the USA. On this sightseeing tour you ride in a Duck -- an authentic World War II amphibious landing craft -- first around the narrow streets of Boston and then into the Charles River.

When he was recognized in 1997, Boston Duck Tours did about $4 million in sales with about 50 employees. The business had become one of the hottest attractions in the Commonwealth. The last time we checked, annual sales were over $6 million.

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