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The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
by: Michael E. Gerber

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780060938468
ISBN: 0060938463
Label: Collins Business
Manufacturer: Collins Business
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: June 01, 2003
Publisher: Collins Business
Release Date: June 17, 2003
Sales Rank: 28033
Studio: Collins Business

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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.

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Despite the single letter at the heart of its hyphenated title, The E-Myth Contractor isn't another book about e-commerce. Instead, like previous entries in Michael E. Gerber's popular series, it focuses on a different e-word--entrepreneur--and the fact that most of us who go into business for ourselves are doomed to fail because we really don't understand business. This time, Gerber lays out the basics for starry-eyed newly self-employed contractors who know everything about their trade but precious little about being a boss. 'I don't try to tell you how to do the work you do,' he writes at the outset. 'Rather, I share with you some profound insights into how great businesspeople think.' In his easy-to-understand manner, Gerber explains the concept of Strategic Thinking and how it 'will enable you to create a business that works apart from you instead of because of you.' He addresses key topics like money, people, management and growth with an eye toward making related functions run seamlessly and effectively as we build our independent enterprises into true companies that have inherent value whether we stay involved or ultimately hand them off to eager buyers. Taken to heart, it could save more than a few worthy ventures as well as the people behind them. --Howard Rothman

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- Excellent overview and insights into a concept that so many contractors are reluctant to take on
A worthwhile book and easy to read at night after 8 hours of hard physical labor. This will change your thinking if you are stuck in the dollars for hours mindset. Once you've read this, move on to the regular e-myth book for more in-depth tips (the regular book is a bit on the boring side, so get invigorated by the concepts here first).

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- Quick Read, Simplistic Lessons that are often overlooked
I finished this book in less than a week and learned some lessons that I have often overlooked. That's the premise of the book, why make everything so complicated, just work on the simple issues and that will usually resolve most of the complicated issues. Since it was a quick read I was happy to complete the book even though it is directed at the Construction industry instead of the general contracting term that I was expecting. With that said, it was still well written and didn't waste a lot of time getting to the point.

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- Grade School Lessons & E-Myth Acadamy Advertisement
This is, at best the beginning part of a working business solution. Yes, Gerber makes a valid point about the E-myth concept (read other reviews if you don't know the concept) but it's really for beginners (newbs). All his books are really just advertisements,for his E-Myth Academy consulting business in the back of all his books. There is nearly no practical information. He makes his point about the E-Myth, then masterbates it endlesly, re-making that point six ways to Sunday, add nausium and leaves you wondering, well, but what should I do? Well, little lost lamb (newb), go to E-Myth web site or call the 800 number where they have a fast talking sales crew and sign up for 2 years of 700 plus a month (I haven't checked lately) consultation/classes.

After you get the point that to make your technical skill pay/function as a business you need to have business skills/know how. You can sign up for the ... Read More

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- Excellent small business framework
Michael Gerber does a very good job outlining a basic approach to small business development. His approach may give some readers an enlightened perspective on their current small business dilemas. He has an insightful understanding of how typical contractors think and the challenges we all deal with everyday. This book won't solve your problems - you have to do that - but it will give you the basic groundwork needed to change the way you think about your business and how you run it.

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