--- title: Small Business Coaching, Resources & Tools | EMyth Blog description: The EMyth blog is the go-to resource for small business owners looking for help. You’ll find practical advice and simple tools to build a world-class business. --- [Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems) 1 min read ### [Create your Small Business Prototype](https://www.emyth.com/inside/small-business-model-prototype) Business owners often come to us for help building a business model prototype—what we call a franchise prototype. They’ve read about the concept in The E-Myth Revisited and feel that it’s the key to getting what they want: a business that gets the results they desire at the standard they expect—without relying so ... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team ## Latest Posts [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Organization](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-organization) ### [Position Agreements: Transforming Job Descriptions for Better Results](https://www.emyth.com/inside/overcoming-org-chart-writers-block-position-agreements) [Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems)[Hiring Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/hiring-employees) ### [Find the right candidate for any role](https://www.emyth.com/inside/find-the-right-candidate-for-any-role) [Business Growth](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-growth)[Business Development](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-development) ### [Your business frustrations point the way to better results](https://www.emyth.com/inside/better-results-from-business-frustrations) [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems) ### [Get clarity and accountability for your team](https://emyth.com/position-agreement-template) ![Smart Business Coach](https://www.emyth.com/hubfs/Smart-business-coach.png?auto=compress&fit=max) ## Request a free coaching session with a Certified EMyth Coach [![Schedule a Free Coaching Session](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989) [Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership)[Business Partnerships](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-partnerships) ### [How to build a business partnership that works](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-create-a-business-partnership) Managing a business partnership may be the only thing more difficult than managing a business. Partnerships are hard for the same reasons that any relationship is hard. It takes diligence and work to bring together personalities, communication styles, and ideals. And if you want your partnership to serve your busi... ![Adam Traub - EMyth](https://www.emyth.com/hs-fs/file-1551805651-jpg/headshots/ATraub_400px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Adam Traub [Entrepreneurial Mindset](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/entrepreneurial-mindset) 2 min read ### [5 inspiring stories of entrepreneurial success](https://www.emyth.com/inside/business-coaching-success-stories) When facing the unique challenges in your business, where do you even begin? In our many years of coaching business owners, we’ve learned that whatever the challenge, one thing is always true: the solution starts with you. If your business isn’t working or serving your life the way you want it to, how can you chan... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Small Business Finance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-finance) ### [The essential steps for creating a cash plan](https://www.emyth.com/inside/steps-to-create-a-small-business-cash-flow-plan) If you’re like many other business owners, the mere thought of managing your finances makes you want to bury your head in the sand. You may find yourself asking, “How can I create a cash plan? Wait—what is a cash plan?” And that’s a great place to start: What exactly is a cash plan? Think about it like this: If yo... ![Adam Traub - EMyth](https://www.emyth.com/hs-fs/file-1551805651-jpg/headshots/ATraub_400px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Adam Traub ## Want a self-sufficient business—and life you love? #### Get the latest insights, downloads, and practical tools, right in your inbox. ##### Get Our Newsletter [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Time Management](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/time-management) 3 min read ### [3 simple steps to a manageable workload for small business owners](https://www.emyth.com/inside/3-time-management-tips-for-small-business-owners) If there’s one point we touch on again and again, it’s this: You can’t run and grow a successful business while doing the day-to-day work yourself. Sure, many entrepreneurs start out on their own, but you have to start delegating at some point—the only alternatives are stagnation and total burnout. You may wonder:... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [Delegation vs. Abdication: Why The Difference Matters](https://www.emyth.com/inside/delegation-vs-abdication) If you’re like most business owners, you started by doing everything yourself – sales, customer service, fulfillment, even payroll. And as your business grew, you probably kept a hand in it all. 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Project management systems—and the tools used to execute them—are crucial to ensuring every project you take on in your busine... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Lead Conversion](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/lead-conversion)[Small Business Marketing](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-marketing) 2 min read ### [How to build a strong lead conversion engine for your small business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/lead-conversion-strategy-small-business) When my daughters were younger, they belonged to our local community Girl Scout troop, and every year they'd go about the business of knocking on various strangers' doors to sell their Girl Scout cookies. ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Small Business Marketing](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-marketing) ### [The biggest misconception about marketing](https://www.emyth.com/inside/the-biggest-misconception-about-marketing) Most people mistakenly think of marketing as an external action. Often, when I ask one of my new clients about their current marketing system, I get a response like, “Sure, I have an e-commerce website. We’re always sending out offers to our prospects,” or, “We run regular marketing campaigns all over the country.... ![Adam Traub - EMyth](https://www.emyth.com/hs-fs/file-1551805651-jpg/headshots/ATraub_400px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Adam Traub [Work-Life Balance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/work-life-balance)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [8 ways to stay sane when you can’t take a break from your business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/8-self-care-tactics-entrepreneur) At the best of times, business owners struggle to step away from running their company to focus on themselves, on the things that refuel them and clear their minds. But a pandemic—or any crisis, really—makes it that much harder. Right now, at the time of year when most of my clients would be taking a much needed b... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Organization](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-organization) 2 min read ### [The importance of your organization chart](https://www.emyth.com/inside/the-importance-of-your-organization-chart) Most companies organize around personalities rather than around functions. That is, around people rather than accountabilities or responsibilities. The result is almost always chaos. ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Work-Life Balance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/work-life-balance) ### [How to stop feeling overwhelmed and get control of your business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/stress-management-for-business-owners) “I’m overwhelmed.” It’s a phrase we hear often and from everyone, from parents to business owners. There’s always so much to do, so many details to track and deadlines to manage. 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