After decades of studying the men and women that make the decision to open their own Great, Growing Company, I'd have to… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
How can you, as a small business owner, figure out what you are and, from there, begin to take action? Simple -… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur and a small business owner, you are intimately familiar with goals. You've dreamed of the 'right' ones, you've projected… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is more than a matter of simply starting a business. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Understand this - as a new company, if you don't know how to get interested prospects into your company, then you don't… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
For over forty years, I've been one of the most passionate believers in entrepreneurs. From day one, I've learned that too many… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
No matter what, once the doors are open for business, the entrepreneur has no choice but to be directing multiple attacks at… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Your success starts with how you are able to get clients in the door, get their business, and leave them satisfied. If… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The only choice that leads small business owners to real success in their endeavors is the one that requires real thought. Understanding… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Most people view coffee and lunch as personal time, not deal-making time. Unless the person you're meeting understands that this is a… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
'Product life' is measured in months, not years, and as soon as you introduce a 'product,' understand that others in your business… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
In my experience, most small businesses are worried about the client fulfillment - 'getting the Job done' - and lead generation far… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Look at what is average in your area, your industry, and your company and then be better. That could be as simple… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Building a World Class Company is a commitment to the integration of passion, purpose, and practice. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Organize around business functions, not people. Build systems within each business function. Let systems run the business and people run the systems.… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
A true entrepreneurial enterprise begins with a big idea - a unique way to solve a customer's problem. Your customer, after all,… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Your first job, as an owner and an entrepreneur, has to be to understand how the business is going to actually work. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Your goal as an entrepreneur is to understand not only what your business does but the clients that it serves. If you… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Small business owners and entrepreneurs worthy of the title need to build systems that replace themselves. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
A person who willingly goes into business for themselves - and intentionally seeks out 'solopreneurship' - is insane! — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
For decades, I've spoken of McDonald's as one of the premier examples of how to build a company, scale it, and ultimately… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The more Strategic Work you do, the more effective, productive, and joyful the Tactical Work becomes. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you haven't created the time as an owner to understand why people are choosing your model over your competition, then you are only… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business! — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that most basic… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Growing your own business is great. Watching your ideas come to life, taking care of new customers and watching them become repeat customers, and… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
You can't be the accountant in your accounting firm. You can't cut the grass in your landscaping business. You can't work on the vehicles… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If everybody's doing everything, then who's accountable for anything? — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Without concentration, a business will be ordinary in every respect, because it will have no presence, no inner force, no way to attract the… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
When I say, 'doin' it, doin' it, doin' it' to a group of small business owners, they immediately respond. They recognize the experience of… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
There are three things that can be organized: time, space, and work. Note that, despite what many believe, you cannot organize people - you… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The world of the small business owner is all about moving multiple items forward at once, and it's a fool's errand to believe one… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
