Comments on: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It http://geoffabrown.com/2009/06/10/the-e-myth-revisited-why-most-small-businesses-dont-work-and-what-to-do-about-it/ Geoff Brown's thoughts on Family, Work and Hobbies Wed, 19 May 2010 14:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bruce http://geoffabrown.com/2009/06/10/the-e-myth-revisited-why-most-small-businesses-dont-work-and-what-to-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 14:22:40 +0000 http://geoffabrown.com/?p=95#comment-110 I am going through Linchpin by Seth Godin for the second time. Have you had a chance to read Linchpin, and what are your thoughts in conjunction with E-Myth revisited? I am going through Linchpin by Seth Godin for the second time. Have you had a chance to read Linchpin, and what are your thoughts in conjunction with E-Myth revisited?

]]> By: Blake Crosley http://geoffabrown.com/2009/06/10/the-e-myth-revisited-why-most-small-businesses-dont-work-and-what-to-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Blake Crosley Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:54:41 +0000 http://geoffabrown.com/?p=95#comment-105 I am going through Linchpin by Seth Godin for the second time. Have you had a chance to read Linchpin, and what are your thoughts in conjunction with E-Myth revisited? I am going through Linchpin by Seth Godin for the second time. Have you had a chance to read Linchpin, and what are your thoughts in conjunction with E-Myth revisited?

]]> By: admin http://geoffabrown.com/2009/06/10/the-e-myth-revisited-why-most-small-businesses-dont-work-and-what-to-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-78 admin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://geoffabrown.com/?p=95#comment-78 Do we have to choose one approach over the other? My biggest takeaway from e-Myth was that you shouldn’t think that being a “technician” is akin to actually running a business. The folks at 37Signals.com are clearly doing a great job at being both. Rather than become yet another software development house, bidding on projects and answering to clients, they decided that they’d create a “system” (e-Myth) that they could work within and replicate to great effect. This “system” I’m talking about is the Agile software development methodology that they’ve popularized. In essence, they’ve created a system by which a very unpredictable and chaotic thing (software development) can become more manageable (agile). I’d say Michael E. Gerber would be quite happy with the way that 37Signals has implemented “order” where before there was “chaos”. Do we have to choose one approach over the other? My biggest takeaway from e-Myth was that you shouldn’t think that being a “technician” is akin to actually running a business. The folks at 37Signals.com are clearly doing a great job at being both.

Rather than become yet another software development house, bidding on projects and answering to clients, they decided that they’d create a “system” (e-Myth) that they could work within and replicate to great effect. This “system” I’m talking about is the Agile software development methodology that they’ve popularized.

In essence, they’ve created a system by which a very unpredictable and chaotic thing (software development) can become more manageable (agile). I’d say Michael E. Gerber would be quite happy with the way that 37Signals has implemented “order” where before there was “chaos”.

]]> By: Martin Thomas http://geoffabrown.com/2009/06/10/the-e-myth-revisited-why-most-small-businesses-dont-work-and-what-to-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Martin Thomas Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:09:12 +0000 http://geoffabrown.com/?p=95#comment-73 I'm Interested in your thoughts.. Does 37signals or E-myth have the right philosophy for business start-ups today? www.purlem.com/blog/?p=38 I’m Interested in your thoughts.. Does 37signals or E-myth have the right philosophy for business start-ups today? http://www.purlem.com/blog/?p=38

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