E-Myth \ 'e-, 'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical work
Voted #1 business book by Inc. 500 CEOs.
An instant classic, this revised and updated edition of the phenomenal bestseller dispels the myths about starting your own business. Small business consultant and author Michael E. Gerber, with sharp insight gained from years of experience, points out how common assumptions, expectations, and even technical expertise can get in the way of running a successful business.
Gerber walks you through the steps in the life of a business--from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growing pains to the mature entrepreneurial perspective: the guiding light of all businesses that succeed--and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Most importantly, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business.
The E-Myth Revisited will help you grow your business in a productive, assured way.
Leading an HVAC company can seem like a daunting
task, with too few hours in the day, too many petty
management issues, and problems HVAC contractors in
large businesses don't seem to face. The E-Myth HVAC
Contractor offers you a road map to create a business
that's self-sufficient, growing, and highly profitable.
Take your company to levels you didn't think possible
with this unique guide
Leading a real estate business can seem like a daunting
task, with too few hours in the day, too many petty
management issues, and problems real estate agents in
large businesses don't seem to face. The E-Myth Real
Estate Agent offers you a road map to create a business
that's self-sucient, growing, and highly profitable.
Take your company to levels you didn't think possible
with this unique guide
Beyond The E-Myth embraces the fundamental premise of that first book--that a small business only succeeds to the degree its owner goes to work ON the business rather than just IN it, creating the systemic Operating System that makes that business unique in the marketplace.
Beyond The E-Myth expands that conversation with the entrepreneurial small business owner, in a clear, precise, and compelling overview that addresses their main job--inventing, building, and launching a company with the power to scale--to grow beyond the Company of One in a straightforward, eight-step process.
When asked, Gerber emphatically explains: I wrote this to make the job of building a small business easy--for every man or woman struggling to get it right. This book cuts to the chase: A company is a product to be sold. Build it right, and you will sell it. Build it wrong, and you won't. Most small business owners won't. This book was written to fix that.
Michael E. Gerber, bestselling author of The E-Myth Revisited shares his powerful insights to lead independent physicians to successful practices and enriched lives.
Michael Gerber has dedicated much of his professional life to the study of entrepreneurship and business dynamics. His E-Myth Academy is renown in the entrepreneurial world for its business insight and guidance as well as its inspirational advice.
In the E-Myth Physician, bestselling author Gerber returns to his roots in order to provide indispensable advice to doctors who own and run their own practices. Gerber provides excellent business insights into topics such as streamlining systems, effective small-business management practices, healthy patient relations and managing cash flow, all with the goal of freeing physicians from the daily grind of running a business and leading them to a happier and more productive life while doing the job they love - practising medicine.
With The E-Myth Contractor, Michael E. Gerber launches a series of books that apply the E-Myth to specific types of small businesses. The first is aimed at contractors.
This book reveals a radical new mind-set that will free contractors from the tyranny of an unprofitable, unproductive routine. With specific tips on topics as crucial as planning, money and personnel management, The E-Myth Contractor teaches readers how to:
The book also provides help on a larger level, leading readers towards becoming business visionaries by relinquishing tactical work and embracing strategic work, by letting go to gain control. Once put into action, Gerber's revolutionary ideas promise not only to help contractors build successful businesses, but successful lives as well.
RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL Pest Control company is a juggling act. You require expertise in your area of pest control to provide services to clients. You also require the know-how to run a small business. You've probably been well-prepared by your education and experience for the technical ins and outs of a Pest Control company. Yet what training has prepared you to run a business? The E-Myth Pest Control Business fills this knowledge gap, giving you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful practice from scratch or maximizing an existing business's performance. Loaded with practical, powerful advice you can easily use, this one-stop guide helps you realize all the benefits that come with a thriving Pest Control business. Combining the wisdom of renowned business development expert Michael E. Gerber, and the industry expertise of B. Austin Clark, The E-Myth Pest Control Business equips you to: 1)Liberate yourself from the predictable and overwhelming tyranny of unprofitable, unproductive, and time-consuming routines. 2) Transform yourself from a successful Pest Control operator into a successful operator-manager-entrepreneur. 3) Rethink your practice, shifting from tactical thinking (working in your business) to strategic thinking (working on your business). 4)Stop trading time for dollars. 5) Manage those processes through which people get things done, which becomes your Management System-for everything you do. 6) Implement innovative systems to produce consistent results as your company grows. 7) Take the sanctity of time seriously, blocking time for entrepreneurial work. 8) Create the story about your practice; this story becomes the heart of your business. Leading a Pest Control company can seem like a daunting task, with too few hours in the day, too many petty management issues, and problems Pest Control Business contractors in large businesses don't seem to face. The E-Myth Pest Control Business offers you a road map to creating a business that's self-sufficient, growing, and highly profitable. Take your company to levels you didn't think possible with this unique guide!
This excellent book is a must-read for current and aspiring entrepreneurs.
--Booklist
Discover how to turn a great idea into a thriving business with The E-Myth Enterprise, using the proven methods that bestselling author Michael E. Gerber has developed over the course of his more than forty years as an entrepreneur and coach. Michael E.Gerber is THE #1 name in small business and his company, E-Myth Worldwide, boasts more than 52,000 business clients in 145 countries. The E-Myth Enterprise shows readers how to get started--because simply coming up with a brilliant business idea is the easy part.
More than ten years after his first bestselling book, The E-Myth, changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of small business owners, Michael Gerber椮trepreneur, author, and speaker extraordinaire楩res the next salvo in his highly successful E-Myth Revolution. Drawing on lessons learned from working with more than 15,000 small, medium-sized, and very large organisations, Gerber has discovered the truth behind why management doesn′t work and what to do about it. Unearthing the arbitrary origins of commonly held doctrines such as the omniscience of leader (Emperor) and the most widely embraced myth of all擨e E-Myth Manager offers a fresh, provocative alternative to management as we know it. It explores why every manager must take charge of his own life, reconcile his own personal vision with that of the organisation, and develop an entrepreneurial mind-set to achieve true success.
No business author has touched me as deeply as Michael Gerber has.
--Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul bestselling book series
The legendary Michael Gerber--founder of E-Myth Worldwide and author of such multi-million copy bestselling classics as The E-Myth Revisited and E-Myth Mastery--shows you how to go from dreaming about having your own business to actually doing it in Awakening the Entrepreneur Within. A highly in-demand keynote speaker whose company boasts over 52,000 business clients in 145 countries, Michael Gerber is THE name in small business--and now he demonstrates How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies. Making your dreams real is the first step to creating a successful business--and Gerber's Awakening the Entrepreneur Within provides the key.
The bestselling author of the phenomenally successful essential entrepreneur handbook The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entreprenuerial management and leadership
In this practical, real-world program that can be implemented real-time into any business, Michael E. Gerber begins by explaining why the entrepreneur is so critical to the success of any enterprise, no matter how small or large it may be, and why the mindset of an entrepreneur is so integral to the operating reality of the organization. He then covers seven essential skills: leadership, marketing, money, management, lead conversion, lead generation, and client fulfillment.
E-Myth Mastery shows readers the difference between being an entrepreneur and doing a job, and teaches them how to get money when banks won't help, how to expand their customer bases when big business moves in down the street, and how to make sure their businesses keep their promises every single time.