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 entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds 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
If your business requires your presence you don't have a business, you have a job. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Most entrepreneurs fail because they are working IN their business rather than ON their business. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
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 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
One of the biggest challenges we have, as business owners and people, is that we think in linear terms. — 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
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
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
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
Most people who go into business for themselves and, therefore, believe they are entrepreneurs, are doomed to struggle because they don't have… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Be honest: if your pitch is 90 minutes and you only have 60 set aside for a business lunch or a cup… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
As a small business owner, you may not have the luxury to throw good money after bad, but if you can ascertain… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Empirical and observational data along with a healthy dash of intuition often have to be combined as business owners begin to look… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
It is one thing to seek out new ways to grow your company and new potential streams of income from new services… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The Big Dream of any entrepreneur really has very little to do with the entrepreneur. If you truly love repairing automobiles, chances… — 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
When I say, 'doin' it, doin' it, doin' it' to a group of small business owners, they immediately respond. They recognize the… — 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
I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business! — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
You cannot build a company or manage a life by chasing others; you have to find your success competing against yourself. There… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you ever hope to get ahead as an entrepreneur, the answer is not becoming an effective juggler, but in understanding and… — 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
The number of businesses that fold due to bad partnerships is staggering. In some cases, they are charlatans, in others inept business… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The kind of work you do, when you do it, how much of it there is, and who you delegate it to… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things. — 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
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
The Entrepreneurial Perspective is absolutely necessary for the creation of a great, growing business. — 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
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
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
