Martin Zwilling
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Startup Professionals Musings
http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/
Selected ideas and assistance to entrepreneurs and startup founders in finding business ideas, funding, executive mentoring, and business networking to incorporate a business, file patents, add an advisory board, and address operational issues.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )
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Business Success Is All About Doing More In Less Time
Every entrepreneur I know feels the pressure of the thousands of things that need to get done, all seemingly at the same time. There is just not enough time! Read more
Posted on 14 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Ways Entrepreneurs Get Beyond Their Comfort Zone
One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “terror barrier,” as popularized by Bob Proctor, a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways To Make Your People More Valuable Than Ideas
Investors invest in people, not ideas. Customers buy from people, not companies. Employees rally for a great leader. As an entrepreneur, you need relationships... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Some Things Haven’t Changed In The Business Workplace
As a business advisor and advocate for entrepreneurs, I find myself almost always talking and writing about change. Yet there are many things about business... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Keys To Making A Micro-Business Your Success Path
In the last few years, I’ve heard more and more about a new type of small business, called a “micro-business” (or micro-enterprise). Read more
Posted on 09 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs
Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. He was a great leader, and one of... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Keys To Getting Real Value From Business Networking
There is no skill more vital to an entrepreneur than effective networking. You can’t build your business alone, and networking is the best way to open doors,... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Transformative Principles That Can Change The World
Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Read more
Posted on 05 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Ways Entrepreneurs Are Chefs Creating New Recipes
I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe,... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Are You Building High-Level Business Relationships?
In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members,... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Steps In Securing A Bank Loan To Fund Your Startup
A common question I get is “How do I get a bank loan to fund my startup?” The default answer is that it probably won’t happen, because most banks just don’t mak... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
11 Ways To Start Pulling Customers To Your Solution
Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Lessons For Founders On How To Stick Your Neck Out
Willingness to take a risk is the hallmark of a serious entrepreneur. That’s why one of the first questions that potential investors ask is “How much of your ow... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Accepted Startup Principles Violated By Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was a one-in-a-million entrepreneur who seemed to violate many conventional rules of starting a business and dealing with people, yet undeniably... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Build On-Demand Teams Instead of Hiring Employees
With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Every Entrepreneur Wins With A Goal-Oriented Mindset
Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-price... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Entrepreneurs Select And Nurture Top Performers
Isn’t it amazing that some people you know always seem to be working hard, but never seem to get anything done? As an entrepreneur, you need to avoid... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Ways To Create Experiences That Customers Crave
For decades, efforts to satisfy customers have been built around demographics – capitalizing on race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other attributes. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Keys To Crossing The Chasm To Mainstream Customers
Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Read more
Posted on 21 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How An Entrepreneur Can Win In This Age Of Disruption
The cost of entry to the entrepreneur lifestyle is at an all-time low, but the challenge of winning and success is at an all-time high. Read more
Posted on 19 October 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER