Comments on: Michael Gerber at the AZ Entrepreneurship Conference http://brockblake.com/2006/11/27/michael-gerber-at-the-az-entrepreneurship-conference/ Brock Blake blogs... Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lawton Smith http://brockblake.com/2006/11/27/michael-gerber-at-the-az-entrepreneurship-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Lawton Smith Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:08:22 +0000 http://brockblake.com/2006/11/27/michael-gerber-at-the-az-entrepreneurship-conference/#comment-703 Michael Gerber came and spoke at the Utah Valley Tech Expo a few years ago. His concept of working ON the business and not IN the business has been a constant source of inspiration and difficulty for me ever since. As a young entrepreneur in a start-up environment it is virtually impossible to NOT work IN the business. The passion that brings one into and carries one through an entrepreneurial experience often stems from ones ability to work ON and IN simultaneously. As the business matures there comes a point of divergence between the technician/entrepreneur when the different roles vie for a pole position and it is at that point that Mr. Gerber's council is most beneficial.If one remains a technician forever, working IN and not ON, the possibility of progress is stifled and the growth horizon, energy, and vision of the one time entrepreneur is choked by the demands of the everyday. The point of divergence must be cautiously timed and carefully executed in order to foster a breaking point between starting up and stalling out. Michael Gerber came and spoke at the Utah Valley Tech Expo a few years ago. His concept of working ON the business and not IN the business has been a constant source of inspiration and difficulty for me ever since.

As a young entrepreneur in a start-up environment it is virtually impossible to NOT work IN the business. The passion that brings one into and carries one through an entrepreneurial experience often stems from ones ability to work ON and IN simultaneously. As the business matures there comes a point of divergence between the technician/entrepreneur when the different roles vie for a pole position and it is at that point that Mr. Gerber’s council is most beneficial.If one remains a technician forever, working IN and not ON, the possibility of progress is stifled and the growth horizon, energy, and vision of the one time entrepreneur is choked by the demands of the everyday. The point of divergence must be cautiously timed and carefully executed in order to foster a breaking point between starting up and stalling out.

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