Official skill · Operations and admin
Business system prototype
Sorts an owner's week into technician, manager and entrepreneur hours, drafts positions, and picks the first three processes to systemize, after Gerber's E-Myth Revisited. Use it when the business stops when the owner is away.
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When to use it
- The business stops when the owner is away
- The owner does client work all week and can't plan
- Before the first hires
What you give it
- What the business does and how it earns
- The owner's week with hours
- The people and what each does
- What breaks when the owner is away
What you get
The owner's hours by role, the fatal assumption, aims, a positions chart, three processes with standards, and a hand-off plan.
How it works
- Sort the owner's hours by role
- Name the fatal assumption at work
- Write the primary aim and strategic objective
- Draw the org chart of positions
- Pick three processes to systemize first
- Define "same result every time"
- Plan the hand-off
Example
What you give it
I run a 4-person kitchen renovation business in Toronto. My week (about 62 hours): on site doing carpentry 30, quoting and visiting new clients 12, ordering materials 8, bookkeeping 5, answering client calls 7. My two carpenters wait for me to tell them each morning what to do. When I was sick for a week, two jobs stopped. My partner does the books on weekends. I'd like to work 45 hours and stop working Saturdays.
What you get back (the start of it)
Business system prototype: kitchen renovations
The owner's week by role
| Activity | Hours | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Carpentry on site | 30 | technician |
| Quoting and client visits | 12 | technician [the selling part is entrepreneur work; mostly technical estimating today] |
| Ordering materials | 8 | manager |
| Bookkeeping | 5 | manager |
| Client calls | 7 | manager |
Totals: technician 42 · manager 20 · entrepreneur 0
The fatal assumption here
The business runs on your carpentry and judgment: the carpenters wait for your instructions each morning, so a week of illness stopped two jobs.
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Changelog
- v1.0.0 · · First release.
Sources
- EMyth: About Michael E. Gerber (read 2026-11-04)
- Wikipedia: Michael E. Gerber (read 2026-11-04)