5 Reasons Great Entrepreneurs Always Go to Reunions

ou go to your school, company, or family reunion? (The answer is yes.)

A few years ago, I set aside my shock at how fast time had flown and went to my 20th college reunion at Fairfield University.

The trip changed my life because I reconnected with my college girlfriend, Karen. We hadn't seen each other in more than a decade, but things just clicked, and we got married less than a year later.

Now, I can't promise you'll rekindle an old flame, but I can tell you that truly great entrepreneurs will always find a way to attend their reunions.

Even if going makes you feel a little old, you'll always find something new to get excited about in that atmosphere. That's because reunions are full of opportunities for entrepreneurs. Here are a few of them.

1. New business ideas.

You'll have a conversation and suddenly you recognize new opportunity. That's what entrepreneurship is all about.

Jeremy Merrin graduated from Bronx High School of Science in New York City in 1976, and he ran into an old friend at his 25th reunion in 2001. They got to talking about food, and ev…