From Owner Operator to Entrepreneur

Is your business building wealth for you today, or someday? And if you're honest, is 'someday' actually a plan, or just a hope? Most business owners should progress through all 3 stages of the journey. Very few do. It's not about the size of the business. It's not about the revenue. It's not about how long you've been at it. Most are stuck in the Owner Operator stage without knowing it. Working hard, staying busy, calling it progress. Some make the shift to Business Owner. Very few ever truly become an Entrepreneur. The gap between each stage isn't time. It's the deliberate decision. Stage 01. Owner Operator The brand is you. Clients buy you, not the business. Take 4 weeks off and the business slows. 60+ hours a week. Season: Harvest and Famine. Stage 02. Business Owner The brand is the company. People run the business. Profit becomes deliberate, not leftover. 25 hours a week. Season: Profit First and Wealth Creation. Stage 03. Entrepreneur The brand is investor and advisor. Your name becomes currency and you start backing the businesses. 8 hours a week. Season: Succession and Legacy. Over lunch Ando will walk you through the 7 Essentials, the framework he uses with his own mentoring clients, and exactly where each one sits on the journey from Owner Operator to Entrepreneur. Nobody drifts from one stage to the next. Every jump is deliberate. It takes courage, sacrifice and a real shift in how you think about yourself, your business and what you're actually building toward. He'll cover why building personal wealth through the business has to be intentional, not whatever's left over at the end of the financial year. Plenty of room for questions throughout. Bring your real ones. Who this is for Business owners and directors who are ready to take their business to the next level. Business owners and directors looking for balance across the things that matter most: self, family and business. Business owners and directors wanting their business to work for them, to create lasting personal wealth. Your host Anderson Chong founded iQuest Consulting in Perth in 2004. He owns 5 businesses, advises 20 companies and mentors more than 30 executives. He has done all 3 stages the hard way. This is a lunch and learn. Lunch is on him and seats are limited.