Tripping Into Business

posted by David Wolf on Mar 2, 2008 | Comments (1) | Permalink | Trackback URL

The first interview question I asked the business guru Michael Gerber some time ago on my old, weekend local radio show was…“what lead the the development of the E-Myth”?

To my surprise, he said, “it was a completely unpredictable series of accidents”. What? The guru of small business that built one of the most successful franchises for the education of entrepreneurs didn’t start with a business plan? Hmmm.

I’m sure he eventually wrote one, but he did not start there. Then I thought about my own experience and realized that we are NOT in control of the entrepreneurial universe to the extent we’d like to believe. Sorry, all you control freaks, but I now believe this is more often the trueth then not.

Take the founder of BNI International, Dr. Ivan Misner. When I asked him the same question, he replied, “Well, I’d like to be able to tell you I had some master plan to build out a multi-million dollar international networking company, but the reality is that I needed some referrals for my consulting business.

Two prime examples. Are entreprenerial adventures and the businesses endeavors that follow—-unplanned accidents? How about you? Tell me your story right nere on the blog….I look forward to yours…

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