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“And to play this new game, called building a small business that actually works, your Entrepreneur needs to be coaxed out, nourished, and given the room she needs to expand, and your Manager needs to be supported as well so she can develop her skill at creating order and translating the entrepreneurial vision into actions that can be efficiently m
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The entrepreneurial personality turns the most trivial condition into an exceptional opportunity. The Entrepreneur is the visionary in us. The dreamer. The energy behind every human activity. The imagination that sparks the fire of the future. The catalyst for change. The Entrepreneur lives in the future, never in the past, rarely in the present. H
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The Manager builds a house and then lives in it, forever.
Michael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
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One of the things I do when I sit down with owners of million-dollar businesses is ask them to put the responsible person’s name beside these eight functional areas: CEO: In most cases, the CEO is the owner, but you may want to hire one if you are not the best fit. Sales: Sales management is the key function, more so than who actually does the sell
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Selling the Business Instead of the Product
Michael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
How can I get my business to work, but without me? • How can I get my people to work, but without my constant interference? • How can I systematize my business in such a way that it could be replicated 5,000 times, so the 5,000th unit would run as smoothly as the first? • How can I own my business, and still be free of it? • How can I spend my time
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