There are three things that can be organized: time, space, and work. Note that, despite what many believe, you cannot organize people… — Michael Gerber Believe Copy Share Image
The Entrepreneurial Perspective is absolutely necessary for the creation of a great, growing business. — Michael Gerber Business Copy Share Image
If you are with five successful people, then you are the sixth successful person. The reverse of this is true as well,… — Michael Gerber Hanging 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 Building 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 Business Copy Share Image
No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to… — Michael Gerber Duty Copy Share Image
You're going to dream no matter what you do in your life, so make those dreams so big that you can attract… — Michael Gerber Big Copy Share Image
What is the first step to take and how do you measure your progress? How far have you gone and how close… — Michael Gerber First step Copy Share Image
If there is one thing that offers challenges to small companies as they start to grow and expand, it is the hiring… — Michael Gerber Challenges 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 Always Copy Share Image
When you consider how many people are really not good at communication in general and interviewing in specific, it's no wonder that… — Michael Gerber Communication Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed the fact that once you begin to think about something, you see it everywhere? Anyone who has ever… — Michael Gerber Automobile Copy Share Image
People crave predictability, and when you design and use systems, you give people predictability. More importantly, when you build systems, they can… — Michael Gerber Create Copy Share Image
Your target market and their demographics realistically need to be in alignment with your own beliefs and morals, or you may have… — Michael Gerber Alignment 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 Business 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 Average 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 Bad Copy Share Image
Ray Kroc called his first McDonald's restaurant, which he opened in Illinois, 'a little money machine.' That's why thousands of franchisees bought… — Michael Gerber Food 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 Behavior Copy Share Image
Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things. — Michael Gerber Built Copy Share Image
“Life is about choices; it's not about excuses. Excuses only trap us into believing that we cannot take control of our own… — Michael Gerber Life Copy Share Image
Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their… — Michael Gerber Dreams Copy Share Image
Nobody knew they needed a smart phone, an automobile, or even a cheeseburger from a drive through window. — Michael Gerber Drive Copy Share Image
Certainly, the human race can be fickle, and times do change, but overall, the barriers to bringing a product to market -… — Michael Gerber Change 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 Business 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 Ahead Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs didn't seek solace among minimum wage workers. He sought it from highly educated men and women who understood and shared… — Michael Gerber Focus 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 Business 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 Business 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 Business Copy Share Image
You did not disturb Hemingway before noon on Monday through Friday - he was in his office, writing the books that made… — Michael Gerber Books Copy Share Image
Take the time to create an easy-flowing process that makes the sale, saves time, and gives you the best chance to scale… — Michael Gerber Best Copy Share Image
As the owner, you have to look into the mind of the customer and see and feel how their relationship to your… — Michael Gerber Customer 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 Business Copy Share Image
McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision. — Michael Gerber Apple 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 Business Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges we have, as business owners and people, is that we think in linear terms. — Michael Gerber Business 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 Believe 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 Build Copy Share Image
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 Business Copy Share Image
