Michael E. Gerber is a small business guru; bestsellingauthor (over 3 million copies combined sales worldwide); thefounder and Chairman of Michael E. Gerber Companies a groupof highly unique enterprises dedicated to creating world-classstart-ups and entrepreneurs in every industry and economy; and thefounder of E-Myth Worldwide. E-Myth Worldwide transforms the waysmall business owners grow their companies and has evolved into anempire over its history of nearly three decades. Michael Gerber'spassion and genius for understanding entrepreneurs and the workingsof small businesses are the crux of his tremendous worldwide appealand success. For more information, visit www.MichaelEGerber.com. M. Darren Root, CPA, CITP, is CEO of Root &Associates, a nationally recognized speaker, and Executive Editorof the accounting profession's leading technical trade publication,The CPA Technology Advisor. Darren has also built a world-classorganization dedicated to educating accountants on transformingfrom technicians to savvy business leaders and building NextGeneration Accounting Firms. Darren's passion to change the wayfirms work, combined with twenty-five years of practical experienceand technology expertise, has enabled him to emerge as a thoughtleader and trusted coach to small and mid-sized accounting firmsacross the country.