If you are with five successful people, then you are the sixth successful person. The reverse of this is true as well,… — 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 Business Copy Share Image
The Entrepreneurial Perspective is absolutely necessary for the creation of a great, growing business. — Michael Gerber Business 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 Business 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 Business 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 Business 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 Business 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 Business 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 Business 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… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The entire idea of building a series of systems in a business is simply this - to create the tools that allow… — Michael Gerber Business Copy Share Image
Trendy gadgets and edgy pitches inevitably get replaced due to the fickle nature of the buying public, but a business designed from… — Michael Gerber Business 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 Copy Share Image
Your own business growth and success depends on many things, and along that growing path, you are going to have to concede… — Michael Gerber Business 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
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
Results transform the world, and a great dream creates results. That's what this thing we call 'business' is really all about. — Michael Gerber Business Copy Share Image
Your Dream, Vision, Purpose, and Mission all come together when you bring products to market - so make sure you're bringing your… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
More than a few studies have shown that the five people you spend the most time with represent you - so you… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The Internet is fundamentally free, and when faced with the decision to use something free, we, as humans, always seek to grab… — Michael Gerber Decision 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 Business 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 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
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
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
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 Business 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
McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision. — 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 Business Copy Share Image
People who lack the skill of discrimination tend to believe that everything is of relatively equal importance. — Michael Gerber 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
Nobody knew they needed a smart phone, an automobile, or even a cheeseburger from a drive through window. — Michael Gerber Drive 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
“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 Excuses Copy Share Image
Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things. — 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 Behavior 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 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
