In this first new and totally revised edition of the over two million copy 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...

Beyond The E-Myth embraces the fundamental premise of that first book—that a small business only succeeds to the degree its owner goes to work ON the business rather than just IN it, creating the systemic Operating System that makes that business unique in the marketplace.

Beyond The E-Myth expands that conversation with the entrepreneurial small business owner, in a clear, precise, and compelling overview that addresses their main

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Holmes has been named one of the top 20 change experts in the country by "Industry Week." He helps clients blow away both the competition and their own expectations with one piece of advice: focus. The author shows the 12 key strategies organizations can use to improve business.