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What to do When the Technician in you Takes Over

Michael Gerber, author of numerous books on entrepreneurship ( http://www.e-myth.com) talks about the three roles the entrepreneur takes on in his or her business.

Entrepreneur – the idea guy, the creative driving force of the enterprise.

Manager – the one who pays the bills and does the day to day running of the business.

Technician – the person who does the work, makes the product of delivers the service.

For a lot of folks, myself included, it’s all too easy to get stuck in the role of technician.  When there is someting to be done and you’re basically “it”, the job falls into your balliwick.  But what happens to the other roles? Read the rest of this entry »