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Michael Erath

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Member at YPO
📍 Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Michael Erath is the founder of Next Level Growth, a 4X Inc. 5000 CEO, and author who helps entrepreneurs build elite organizations. Drawing on his own extensive experience, he guides leadership teams to scale their businesses. People who work with him describe him as transformative, intelligent, and sharp.

Michael has a deep commitment to peer-to-peer learning and networking, demonstrated by his long-standing involvement with Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and Entrepreneurs Organization (EO). He has an interest in business publications like Harvard Business Review and Inc. Magazine and has authored two of his own business books.

After growing his family business to $45M, he lost everything due to a partners fraud and rebuilt his career from scratch.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Building Elite Organizations
This is the core mission of his company, Next Level Growth, and the central theme of his book, "Five Obsessions of Elite Organizations®".
Entrepreneurial Resilience
His book "RISE" and many interviews detail his personal story of losing his business to fraud and rebuilding, a core part of his coaching philosophy.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Member
YPO
3-2025
Author
Five Obsessions of Elite Organizations®
2-2021 - 11-2022
Certified Scaling Up Coach
Scaling Up Coaches
4-2020 - 3-2022
President Of The Board Of Directors
Jaxon Foundation
3-2020
Certified Pinnacle Business Guide - Founding Member
Pinnacle Business Guides
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Education
1992 - 1994
BS
High Point University
1990 - 1992
Business/Managerial Economics
Guilford College
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