Interview with Marco Smit, owner of PentaCO
The topic of this podcast is addiction. My guest, Marco Smit is the owner of PentaCO, a company that offers help with gambling addiction. He indicates that addiction is taboo among entrepreneurs. People are used to sharing their successes, but when things aren't going well, that's often not said. The moment you break this taboo, you notice how much help you can receive from the people around you. Marco indicates that he himself has been addicted to gambling for 30 years. That stopped about 3 years ago and his recovery has given him so much energy and confidence that he allows other people to do the same.
An addiction starts very small and you need more and more to get the same reward feeling, says Marco. You also know that things are not going well and there are times when you want to share it, but then you have to recognize other things and you don't want that. That keeps you in a vicious circle. By acknowledging it, you can start working on your recovery.
Because Marco has expressed his problem, he has found his passion: helping others with their gambling addiction. If you show your vulnerability, something beautiful can come out of it and you can get help. Entrepreneurs who need help can go through www.pentaco.nl contact Marco. An intake interview then follows, in which he looks at how the person can be helped. Sometimes he gets entrepreneurs on call who are operationally successful, but due to an addiction, mopping with the tap is open and the survival of that company is at stake. Then it is important that an entrepreneur intervenes and starts working on the problem. The duration of a process varies, sometimes three sessions are sufficient and sometimes more. It depends on what is going on and what you are working on.
Do you want to know more about PentaCO? Then look up www.pentaco.nl