Michael E. Gerber is the Co-founder and Chairman of Michael E. Gerber Companies, which helps businesses achieve growth, order, and productivity. Named the World’s #1 Small Business Guru by Inc. Magazine, Michael is an entrepreneurial and small business thought leader who has impacted millions of small business owners and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide for over 40 years.

Michael, the author of the NY Times mega-bestseller The E-Myth Revisited and numerous other worldwide best-selling E-Myth books on small business entrepreneurship, leadership, and management, has also written 32 industry-specific E-Myth Vertical books co-authored by industry experts, covering a wide range of professions, with a mission to transform the state of small business worldwide.

In this episode…

Whether you’ve always dreamed of owning a business or stumbled into entrepreneurship, the path to success requires commitment. While many novice business owners have innovative ideas, they lack execution. Without a plan, entrepreneurs ignore setting goals, asking for help, and possibly lose focus. What follows is a state of overwhelm and a risk of failure. 

Michael E. Gerber, guru and business thought leader, was a business owner for 10 years before he developed a system to operate a business effectively. Since then, he’s written The E-Myth, a foundational book many entrepreneurs consider the bible for success. In The E-Myth, Michael articulates why 80% of businesses fail and an eightfold path — including a dream, a vision, a purpose, and a mission — that leads to business growth. 

In this special episode of the eComm Breakthrough Podcast, Josh Hadley interviews Michael E. Gerber, author of The E-Myth Revisited and Co-founder and Chairman of Michael E. Gerber Companies, to discuss why The E-Myth is considered the foundational book for many business owners. Michael conveys the message behind the best-selling book, explains the eightfold path and the dreaming room, and offers advice for business owners.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Josh Hadley on LinkedIn
• eComm Breakthrough Consulting
• eComm Breakthrough Podcast
• Email Josh: [email protected]
• Hadley Designs
• Hadley Designs on Amazon
• Michael E. Gerber on LinkedIn
• Michael E. Gerber Companies
• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
• Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000! by Michael E. Gerber

Special Mention(s):

• Kevin King 
• Howard Thai on LinkedIn
• Steven Pope on LinkedIn
• David Nilssen on LinkedIn
• DOXA Talent
• The Future is Borderless
• Michelle Prince on LinkedIn
• Michelle Prince
• The Power of Authority Spotlight
• Tom Foster on LinkedIn
• Foster Web Marketing
• World of Marketing Podcast
• Austin Clark on LinkedIn

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