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  <title><![CDATA[The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;P&gt;In this first new and totally revised edition of the 150,000&amp;ndash;copy underground bestseller, The E&amp;ndash;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. 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. He then shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business &amp;#22519;hether 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&amp;ndash;Myth Revisited, you will truly be able to grow your business in a predictable and productive way. &lt;/P&gt;</default-description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fine book showing some of the flaws of small businesses and why so many fail. The author uses a fictional small business owner who started a pie shop and running herself ragged. She has a great gift in making pies but is burning herself out. She was thinking about how she her job was makin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13881888">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a few years ago.  It was the text for one of my husband's business classes.  He said it was a good book... and I said, &quot;WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?&quot;  (qualifies as one of the most rare phrases to escape his gorgeous lips)  So I had to read it, see.<br/><br/>It's actually pretty amaz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45391020">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The general stuff was good. A lot of the specifics are born out of an older era of thinking. Just think of those few innovative companies that did away with the organizational charts. Think of those companies that laugh at it because it doesn't reflect reality. But is that because the idea of the ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43629615">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[About half a dozen important ideas buried in a mass of cloying, poorly written prose.<br/><br/>The 268 pages dedicated to this text could have been cut to 60 and the book would have been better for it.  As it is, prepare to skim.<br/><br/>The author's habit of inventing characters that complimen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9835642">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazon customers show overzealous generosity when they give 5-star ravings to this frothing hack. That or they conspire to avenge the waste of their time by paying it forward, but more likely it's some effed up group psychology thing like what happened with the Macarena or Ugg boots. The faux-poetic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72746113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61262587">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I want to give this one three and a half.  I got one thing out of this book - and I think it was an important thing - that is the focus on the idea that while one's business reflects its owner's personality, it must operate independently of that owner to sustain itself.  Other key points included a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61262587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81948.The_E_Myth_Revisited_Why_Most_Small_Businesses_Don_t_Work_and_What_to_Do_About_It" title="The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber">The E-Myth</a> is of a class of airport traveler business self-help book that's ordinarily so far outside my orbit that I usually don't even have to avoid it. When two intelligent, trusted friends independently recommended this 20-year-old book within a week or two of each other, I eagerly picked it up....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42960888">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting book with interesting ideas that definitely get one pondering what it means to be an entrepreneur, rather than merely a technician who dislikes his manager.<br/><br/>Perhaps the biggest idea in the book is that a successful business is nothing more than a particularly ordered view o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42629816">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good book to read if you are thinking of starting your own business.  It helps you realize that just because you are good at something doesn't mean you will be good at running a business that does that.  For example, not every cup cake maker can go and start their own successful cup cake b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75643710">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the top 10 all time best business books (so far!) according to the NYT.  I have to agree.  <br/>This book outlines the classic issue ALL entrepreneurs face. Creating a business which provides a job for the entrepreneur vs. creating a business which frees the entrepreneur to pursue oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51817497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42336499">
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw a video by Gerber as I was starting my own business.  At the time, his ideas made sense but I thought they applied to larger organizations, not to my tiny, no employees business.  My business also focused on custom work, so the idea of creating replicated processes and documentation seemed con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42336499">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the slightly-revised 15 year anniversary version of Michael Gerber's acclaimed <em>The E-Myth</em>. I've heard of this book for years, but have just now gotten around to reading it. Timing was great; I was able to turn around and recommend it immediately to two clients--one who is beginning a business...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16031931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[some very good ideas on 3 components of our working life entity...I got the book on my ipod so I was able to listen to it while drivng...kudos for anyone thinking about starting a business or re-forming their existing business...the only reason I dont give it 5 stars is that gerber's over-anal ego g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63921266">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an attempt to re-think the way small business owners run their businesses, and it does a pretty good job of it.  The first half of the book explains why most small businesses are started and where they fall apart.  Almost any small business owner will see some part of him or herself in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39097185">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the books recommended by Adrian at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://7million7years.com/.">http://7million7years.com/.</a>  It opened up my eyes and thinking to why a business like McDonalds can succeed.  I've been applying the principle this book to implement a system at work, and the more I use it, the more I realize that system works.  Life is chao...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43465395">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished chapter 5 of this book, and I finally started to identify with the small business owner he's using as an example.  I've realized I'm in the adolescent entrepreneurial stage, and I'm keeping my business from expanding too much because I am afraid of growing beyond my skills and am not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68841745">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far I'm on the &quot;why most small businesses don't work&quot; part. He has absolutely nailed mine. Wow, it's not just me!  Bring on the &quot;what to do about it&quot; part.<br/><br/>Woe is me, going on a trip and no renewals left. Definitely need to get his again and finish it. Left off arou...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want to run your own business (and who of us doesn't, in some way), you do need to read this book.  (The &quot;E&quot; in the title refers to entrepreneur, which even though you may be one, doesn't necessarily mean you're a successful one.)<br/><br/>Excellent, insightful, and immediately pr...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got through like 6/7ths of this book.  There were a couple of good nuggets, but its definitely written more for someone who wants to open their own pie shop than start a Mary Kay business.  So if you're thinking of starting up your own small business, I recommend it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend this book to anyone that is thinking of starting their own business or is looking for answers to improving the business they are already in.<br/><br/>This book is well written and will help you organize your thoughts and goals. ]]></body>
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