Most entrepreneurs fail because they are working IN their business rather than ON their business. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If your business requires your presence you don't have a business, you have a job. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost. — 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
Small business owners and entrepreneurs worthy of the title need to build systems that replace themselves. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
We all know that Ray Kroc founded the McDonald's franchise back in the 1950s, and it then became the most successful business… — 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
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
As with anything we do as entrepreneurs, researching how our businesses impact and influence our customers and our markets - and our… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you are planning to start a business, and if you want that business to have a hope of succeeding, be sure… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The Entrepreneurial Perspective is absolutely necessary for the creation of a great, growing business. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Whether your dream is a $100,000 in sales or a million, the amount of work is likely the same - you'll still… — 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
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
Unlike what most people think, entrepreneurs are not special people who know how to do special things that others don't. Entrepreneurs can… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
No matter what, the entrepreneur must strive to be above average and, at the same time, understand what is driving those averages… — 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… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I'm not really into the business of giving out tips, but if you are not using an all-encompassing software to integrate and… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Opening a business is going to be hard work, no matter what choices you make. If you decide to fall on your… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The problem with most failing businesses is not that their owners don?t know enough about finance, marketing, management, and operations - they… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur is more than a matter of simply starting a business. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Remember, if your business isn't making money, then you and your employees aren't, either. — 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
The challenge of any business owner is not only to keep the saw sharp, but also to know if you even have… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship requires an unvanquished spirit of curiosity, an openness to learning, a letting go of OldCo so you're free to create NewCo. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The E Myth. Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Results transform the world, and a great dream creates results. That's what this thing we call 'business' is really all about. — 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
Quit being 'busy' and start actively owning and operating your company, and you'll be able to understand where the money is coming… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but… — 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 world of the small business owner is all about moving multiple items forward at once, and it's a fool's errand to… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges we have, as business owners and people, is that we think in linear terms. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Tactical Work is the work you do every day in your business to generate income, along with all of the operational, financial,… — 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
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
I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business! — Michael Gerber Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Entrepreneurship requires an unvanquished spirit of curiosity, an openness to learning, a letting go of OldCo so you're free to create NewCo. — Michael Gerber Copy Share
Here's the problem with phones - they are a ready-made diversion from the considerably harder work of growing a business. — Michael Gerber Copy Share
Systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably. — Michael Gerber Copy Share
