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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do about It

by Michael E. Gerber

A systems-minded approach to small-business ownership

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A systems-minded approach to small-business ownership

Michael E. Gerber’s central distinction is between doing the technical work a business sells and building the business that delivers it. The book organizes its advice around stages of business development, from early operations through growth to a more mature perspective, and adapts lessons associated with franchising for businesses that are not franchises. Its framework shifts attention from an owner’s individual expertise toward the practices and structure needed to run an enterprise. The emphasis is on examining common assumptions about entrepreneurship and treating business-building as work in its own right.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Small-business owners seeking a framework for thinking beyond their technical role
  • Aspiring entrepreneurs examining the demands of running a business
  • Readers interested in applying franchising principles outside franchise businesses

Themes

Entrepreneurship and small-business managementBusiness systems and structureThe distinction between working in a business and working on itStages of business development

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Book overview

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.

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