Comments on: Book Review: e-Myth by Michael Gerber http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/ A blog about our thoughts on entrepreneurship, teamwork, our services, the Web and anything we find interesting. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: “i’m going out on my own” « kristin savage - stories http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-45377 “i’m going out on my own” « kristin savage - stories Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:38:59 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/#comment-45377 [...] be worth a read of these books. The E-Myth / The E-Myth [...] [...] be worth a read of these books. The E-Myth / The E-Myth [...]

]]> By: David esrati http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-23157 David esrati Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:04:20 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/#comment-23157 We are a small ad agency that often works with start-ups, brick and mortar and online. We've recommended "The E-Myth" by Michael Gerber to every single entrepreneur that has walked in. In fact, we have a booklist of great books on advertising, marketing and business on our site: http://www.thenextwave.biz/tnw/?page_id=50 Which includes some others that can help a new business get started. Some things in every business should be turn-key, like your accounting processes - it's here where I have most diligently written out processes and procedures to try to cut down errors and make things run smoothly. I highly recommend it. We are a small ad agency that often works with start-ups, brick and mortar and online. We’ve recommended “The E-Myth” by Michael Gerber to every single entrepreneur that has walked in.
In fact, we have a booklist of great books on advertising, marketing and business on our site: http://www.thenextwave.biz/tnw/?page_id=50
Which includes some others that can help a new business get started.
Some things in every business should be turn-key, like your accounting processes – it’s here where I have most diligently written out processes and procedures to try to cut down errors and make things run smoothly. I highly recommend it.

]]> By: George Appiah http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-22958 George Appiah Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:49:03 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/#comment-22958 I read this book several years back. But as David says, most people don't put it into action --- and I never did so myself. Perhaps it's time to go back to it. I read this book several years back. But as David says, most people don’t put it into action — and I never did so myself.

Perhaps it’s time to go back to it.

]]> By: Ben Unsworth http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-22877 Ben Unsworth Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:10:04 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/#comment-22877 The e-myth inspired the systems in both my web development company <a href="http://www.globacore.com" rel="nofollow">Globacore</a> and my ultimate frisbee clothing company <a href="http://www.vcultimate.com" rel="nofollow">VC Ultimate</a>. We constantly go back to it. I've bought it for AT LEAST three people. And I agree with David -- you don't have to systemize every aspect of the business, however, the business will benefit just from having a number of those systems in place, freeing you up to be creative in the areas that you're supposed to be creative in... ie: not your invoicing. The e-myth inspired the systems in both my web development company Globacore and my ultimate frisbee clothing company VC Ultimate. We constantly go back to it. I’ve bought it for AT LEAST three people. And I agree with David — you don’t have to systemize every aspect of the business, however, the business will benefit just from having a number of those systems in place, freeing you up to be creative in the areas that you’re supposed to be creative in… ie: not your invoicing.

]]> By: David Stern http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-22792 David Stern Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:50:06 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/#comment-22792 It's helped our business too, and deepened our consulting work with clients - but few actually put it into action. For one thing it takes a LOT of discipline to turnkey processes. And for another some people hear "turnkey" and envision zombie robot employees. Hardly, we explain. Routinize tasks that should be in order to gain efficiencies, and thereby free up employees to bring *more* of themselves to the work. It’s helped our business too, and deepened our consulting work with clients – but few actually put it into action. For one thing it takes a LOT of discipline to turnkey processes. And for another some people hear “turnkey” and envision zombie robot employees. Hardly, we explain. Routinize tasks that should be in order to gain efficiencies, and thereby free up employees to bring *more* of themselves to the work.

]]> By: Levi Cooperman http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-22784 Levi Cooperman Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:02:54 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/11/21/book-review-e-myth-by-michael-gerber/#comment-22784 I must admit I also really enjoyed the book. When I gave it to my entrepreneur brother as an x-mas gift he got a lot out of it because he was just getting his <a href="http://www.solmountain.com/" rel="nofollow">backcountry ski lodge</a> off the ground. I must admit I also really enjoyed the book. When I gave it to my entrepreneur brother as an x-mas gift he got a lot out of it because he was just getting his backcountry ski lodge off the ground.

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