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Michael E. Gerber

American
Born 1936
Michael E. Gerber is an American author and founder of Michael E. Gerber Companies, a business skills training company based in Carlsbad, California.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed The E-Myth Revisited.
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Michael E. Gerber is an American author and founder of a business skills training company, and on LuvemBooks we've reviewed 1 of their books. That book, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work, dismantles what Gerber calls the "entrepreneurial myth" — the assumption that being good at a trade qualifies you to run a business built on that trade — and walks owners through fixing that gap. Voted the number one business book by Inc. Magazine, it holds a 4.6/5 reader rating from 12992 Amazon ratings.
Where should I start?
Start with The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work. It's the only Gerber book we've reviewed, and it's the title that made the author's reputation — voted the number one business book by Inc. Magazine. It lays out the core idea behind all of Gerber's work, and it carries a 4.6/5 reader rating from 12992 Amazon ratings.
What's their writing style?
Based on The E-Myth Revisited, Gerber writes as a consultant rather than an academic — the book is structured as a practical guide that walks owners through a problem step by step. The approach is built around challenging a single flawed assumption (the entrepreneurial myth) and then showing what to do about it. It's direct, instructional business writing rather than theory.
Books we've reviewed
We've reviewed 1 book by Michael E. Gerber. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work is the foundational business guide that challenges the assumption that technical skill equals business skill — it holds a 4.6/5 reader rating from 12992 Amazon ratings.
What genre do they write?
Gerber writes business nonfiction — The E-Myth Revisited falls in the Career & Leadership genre. Specifically, it's a small business guide focused on entrepreneurship: why most small businesses fail and what owners can do differently. Readers looking for fiction or narrative storytelling won't find that here.
What should I read after The E-Myth Revisited?
Within our coverage, The E-Myth Revisited is the only Gerber book we've reviewed, so we can't recommend a follow-up from our reviews yet. The author has also written The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, which applies the same framework to contractors' businesses — a natural next step if that's your trade.
Who is Michael E. Gerber?

Who is Michael E. Gerber?

Michael E. Gerber is an American author and the founder of Michael E. Gerber Companies, a business skills training company based in Carlsbad, California. They are best known for The E-Myth Revisited, a business guide that challenges the idea that technical skill in a trade automatically equips someone to run a business around it. The book was voted the number one business book by Inc. Magazine.

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