By vscampbell on Skatehive
Two Kinds of Businesses When I am called to help a struggling business, I usually encounter one of two situations. The first is an owner who is a subject matter expert and struggles with allowing anyone else to perform the work that he or she is so brilliant at. That business is a trade business. It might be a plumbing company, a bakery, or a restaurant, but the function of the business is that the owner works IN the business. Often, these ventures are initiated by someone who is employed but dislikes working for someone else, desiring to express their own opinions and visions. There is nothing wrong with that if the owner understands that they have a job and it will never evolve into more than that, as long as they remain focused on working in the business instead of on it. In that case, they own the job, but it remains task-oriented, and if they ever need to step away, the business will likely fail quickly. The other situation is someone who starts or buys a company and comes in with