Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

Stop trying to "get out of the field" TOO EARLY! (lawn care business) #shorts

31 Aug 2021 · 1 min

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Mike Andes responds to the Michael Gerber idea that business owners should "work on" their business rather than "in" it. He argues that for very small operations — e.g., a solo owner with one (inexperienced) employee — Gerber's advice is premature: business size matters, and leaving field work would create too much non-revenue-producing labor and be financially impractical. The speaker emphasizes staying in the business (doing operational work) until the company is larger or staffed with experienced employees.

What are your thoughts on.
Achieving Michael.
Gerber's philosophy that we should work on the business instead of just working in the business? I'm a solo owner operator of a small lawn maintenance and landscape enhancement business with one part time full time employee who has no experience.
The size of your business really does matter in terms of what business advice you should be taking. You should not be working on your.
Business when you.
Have one employee. I'm sorry it does not make financial sense. You can't do it.
You have a ton.
Of non revenue producing labor.
That is your time because.
That is part of the business. And I think people jump to working on their business way too soon because this catchphrase that everyone wants to get to and attain to and hear me talking about. And shame on me for not clarifying the fact that if you have one employee you should not be working on your business, you should be working in your business and generating as much revenue as possible.