In this first new and totally revised edition of the 150,000-copy underground bestseller, The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. Next, he walks you through the steps in the life of a business--from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed--and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Finally, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in. your business. After you have read The E-Myth Revisited, you will truly be able to grow your business in a predictable and productive way.

Dream Vision Purpose Mission

These words have been defining the life of Michael E. Gerber, bestsellingauthor and international small business guru, since before 1977--whenhe created E-Myth Worldwide to transform the way that small businessowners can grow their companies. Now he's created the Dreaming Room, theplace where entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs come to discover how tomake their dreams a reality.

In Awakening the Entrepreneur Within, Michael will help you shape yourdream into a viable, economically successful company. He writes, "It is time todream. It is time to care about something bigger than you. It is time to imaginesomething sorely needed in the world--the world you live in--that somebody would pay to have. It is time to look around you and ask yourself, 'What's missing in this picture?'"

If you see something missing in your world, join Michael E. Gerber in the Dreaming Room and awaken the entrepreneur within you.

Michael E. Gerber, bestselling author of The E-Myth Revisited shares his powerful insights to lead independent physicians to successful practices and enriched lives.

Michael Gerber has dedicated much of his professional life to the study of entrepreneurship and business dynamics. His E-Myth Academy is renown in the entrepreneurial world for its business insight and guidance as well as its inspirational advice.

In the "E-Myth Physician," bestselling author Gerber returns to his roots in order to provide indispensable advice to doctors who own and run their own practices. Gerber provides excellent business insights into topics such as streamlining systems, effective small-business management practices, healthy patient relations and managing cash flow, all with the goal of freeing physicians from the daily grind of running a business and leading them to a happier and more productive life while doing the job they love - practising medicine.

"Gerber's books never disappoint. These Ten Principles help you dig in to create newer, bigger ideas during our deeply troubled times, ultimately producing a great renewal--of mind, of body, of spirit, and leading to a new operating system where anything is possible and growth is built into the culture."
--Stephen M. R. Covey, author of the New York Times and#1 Wall Street Journal bestseller The Speed of Trust

"This book doesn't just describe great business principles--it MAKES business history. Your economic survival hinges on you reading this book "
--Jack Canfield, coauthor of the New York Times #1 bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul(R) series and author of The Success Principles

"Gerber is the master in giving us the essence. Every business begins small, then grows and endures in accordance with its founding principles. His new book scores a perfect 10 "
--Denis Waitley, author of The Psychology of Winning

"New books recycle old ideas. This one is brand-new thinking for our deeply troubled times. Gerber takes on the tough issues of the day, and provides liberating insight and compelling principles on creating small business success in any economic or political environment."
--Dr. Ivan Misner, New York Times bestselling author and founder of BNI

"Entrepreneurship has been the high road to success and satisfaction for 200 years. In this book, Michael shows you how to start and build your own business better and more meaningfully than you ever thought possible. Good Luck "
--Brian Tracy, bestselling author of The Psychology of Achievement

Create the business you want without sacrificing the lifestyle you deserve

The majority of new entrepreneurs (and even those with a little more experience) are finding themselves trapped, controlled, and consumed by their own businesses. They are struggling just to keep their businesses running, let alone actually growing their companies and experiencing the success they anticipated.

"Conquer the Chaos" speaks to you as a small business owner by making sense of the overwhelming demands on your business and providing a twenty-first century recipe for success with sanity. With engaging stories, quotes, and examples, "Conquer the Chaos" leads you through the six strategies you can incorporate to bring order to your business today. Find the money, time, and freedom in entrepreneurship that inspired you in the first placeSuccessfully juggle customers, prospects, management of employees, marketing, sales, accounting, and moreGet from just surviving to growing your company and experiencing success

"Conquer the Chaos" gives you the no-nonsense, ready-to-go guide that gets your business exactly where you want it to be.

More than ten years after his first bestselling book, The E-Myth, changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of small business owners, Michael Gerber -- entrepreneur, author, and speaker extraordinaire -- fires the next salvo in his highly successful E-Myth Revolution. Drawing on lessons learned from working with more than 15,000 small, medium-sized, and very large organizations, Gerber has discovered the truth behind why management doesn't work -- and what to do about it. Unearthing the arbitrary origins of commonly held doctrines such as the omniscience of leader (Emperor) and the most widely embraced myth of all -- The E-Myth Manager offers a fresh, provocative alternative to management as we know it. It explores why every manager must take charge of his own life, reconcile his own personal vision with that of the organization, and develop an entrepreneurial mind-set to achieve true success.

E-Myth \ 'e-,'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical work

In The E-Myth Contractor, bestselling author Michael Gerber reveals a radical mind-set that will free contractors from the tyranny of the unprofitable, unproductive, and perpetual routine -- doing everything that needs to get done, themselves.

The E-Myth Contractor will teach you how to:

• implement the ingenious turn-key system, a means of creating a business model that produces consistent, predictable results
• recognize, understand, and manage the four factors of money -- income, profit, flow, and equity -- and understand the impact of each in your business
• transform your company and your people while enabling the firm to grow exponentially without your having to be there all the time.

Drawing on thirty years of experience working with tens of thousands of small-business owners, Gerber provides revolutionary, practical, and enlightening insights on how to produce the best real-world results on the job, in the field, and in a contractor's life.

Building on the phenomenal success of "The E-Myth Revisited", best-selling author Michael Gerber presents the next step in his program, "E-Myth Mastery". A practical, real-world program that is implemented real-time into your business, Gerber teaches the listener to understand why the entrepreneur is so critical to the success of any enterprise, no matter how small or large, and why the mindset of an entrepreneur is so integral to the operating reality of an organization, small business, or other enterprise. He then covers seven essential skills: Leadership, Marketing, Money, Management, Lead Conversion, Lead Generation and Client Fulfilment. In each, Gerber explains the principles to be learned, and he provides case studies and examples. Gerber ties it all together by helping listeners put the pieces together in an E-Myth Business, an E-Myth Practice and an E-Myth Enterprise.

Got a great idea to start a business? So now what? "E-Myth Enterprise" explores the requirements that any new business must meet: the satisfaction of its four primary influencers - its employees, customers, suppliers, and investors-through four fundamental categories-visual, emotional, functional, and financial. Together these form the twin strategies every entrepreneur must use to design a business. The latest book in the Gerber franchise, "E-Myth Enterprise" completes a training program any entrepreneur can use to fulfill his or her dream, and serves as a follow-up to "Awakening the Entrepreneur Within", showing would-be entrepreneurs how to put a great idea to work. Next, readers can turn to "E-Myth Revisited" for tried-and-true advice about avoiding the pitfalls that prevent most small business owners from succeeding. Following this, "The E-Myth Manager" provides essential guidance for the management of any business. Finally, for advice on how to take an existing business to the next level of growth and opportunity, readers can turn to "E-Myth Mastery".

The complete guide to the business of running a successful legal practice

Many attorneys in small and mid-size practices are experts on the law, but may not have considered their practice as much from a business perspective.

Michael Gerber's "The E-Myth Attorney" fills this void, giving you powerful advice on everything you need to run your practice as a successful business, allowing you to achieve your goals and grow your practice. Featuring Gerber's signature easy-to-understand, easy-to-implement style, "The E-Myth Attorney" features: A complete start-up guide you can use to get your practice off the ground quickly, as well as comprehensive action steps for maximizing the performance of an existing practiceIndustry specific advice from two recognized legal experts that have developed a highly successful legal practice using Gerber's principlesGerber's universal appeal as a recognized expert on small businesses who has coached, taught, and trained over 60,000 small businesses

"The E-Myth Attorney" is the last guide you'll ever need to make the difference in building or developing your successful legal practice.

Why Rebuild America? "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln America is on fire and deeply divided. Class warfare, hyphenated-Americans, revisionist history, political correctness, financial ignorance and hidden agendas are just a few of the issues that divide us. We have a choice. We can reject the 'new normal.' This book is not a theoretical analysis about how we got here. It is a well grounded action plan to revers course and create a great future. The PATRIOT MISSION Story answers the most compelling question millions of people are asking: "What can I do for America, RIGHT NOW, that will really make a difference?" The PATRIOT MISSION Story unites Americans. Every citizen, whether you are a consumer, free enterprise advocate, entrepreneur, apprentice or mentor, can be a stakeholder in this project to save our country. This optimistic story gives us a practical blueprint to play a key role in the effort to Rebuild America through the power of small business. What is the POWER of Small Business? The freedom to be an entrepreneur in America is powerful. More than 30 million America is powerful. More than 30 million Americans have taken the risk to start a small company. Their dreams create the raw energy necessary to design, market and deliver a profitable product or service in the face of a tough economy. Small business POWER crosses every cultural, social, economic and geographic boundary. Small business is an institution that touches every American in some way, every day Think about your daily routine. How often do you patronize convenience stores, local restaurants and professional service firms? Do you tap creative smart phone apps and surf unique websites? Many of these resources have been created by a small business owner with a dream The PATRIOT MISSION Story will show you how we will GROW our Capital, Political Influence and Liberty in record time. Together, we will burn off the dark clouds hanging over our nation and reveal "The Shining City on a Hill."