Entrepreneurs Quotes by Michael Gerber

9 Entrepreneurs quotes by Michael Gerber

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Michael Gerber's nine brief observations strip down the myths of entrepreneurship to their essentials. Ideal for a quick read, they give a clear snapshot of his take on what makes a business thrive.

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Small business owners and entrepreneurs worthy of the title need to build systems that replace themselves.

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Most entrepreneurs fail because they are working IN their business rather than ON their business.

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The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job.

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Most people who go into business for themselves and, therefore, believe they are entrepreneurs, are doomed to struggle because they don't have…

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The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it…

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The E Myth. Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business…

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Unlike what most people think, entrepreneurs are not special people who know how to do special things that others don't. Entrepreneurs can…

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Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON…

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For over forty years, I've been one of the most passionate believers in entrepreneurs. From day one, I've learned that too many…

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The more Strategic Work you do, the more effective, productive, and joyful the Tactical Work becomes.

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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…

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I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business!

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If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that most basic…

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Growing your own business is great. Watching your ideas come to life, taking care of new customers and watching them become repeat customers, and…

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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…

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If everybody's doing everything, then who's accountable for anything?

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Without concentration, a business will be ordinary in every respect, because it will have no presence, no inner force, no way to attract the…

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When I say, 'doin' it, doin' it, doin' it' to a group of small business owners, they immediately respond. They recognize the experience of…

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“The natural tendency of man is to remain unconscious.”

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There are three things that can be organized: time, space, and work. Note that, despite what many believe, you cannot organize people - you…

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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…

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Entrepreneurship requires an unvanquished spirit of curiosity, an openness to learning, a letting go of OldCo so you're free to create NewCo.

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Here's the problem with phones - they are a ready-made diversion from the considerably harder work of growing a business.

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Systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably.

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