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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It Pays To Maintain Trusted Relationships In Business
Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Reduce Startup Risk Using Existing Technology
It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Business Limits On That Million Dollar Invention
Every inventor seems to think their invention is worth a million dollars, but I haven’t seen anyone pay that much for one yet. Read more
Posted on 20 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Startup Pitfalls Can Kill Your Business Growth
In my role as an advisory board member for several startups, I’m always excited to see that initial surge of revenue from a great rollout campaign. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Startups Providing A Service Are Difficult To Scale
The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a paten... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Insights For Millennials To Excel As Entrepreneurs
As an advisor to startups and an angel investor, I encounter many Millennials as entrepreneurs who are leaders and great role-models for the rest of us in... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Principles For Sustainable Innovation In Business
As a startup investor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. The most common proposals I hear are for... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Match Your Startup Stage To Investor Interest
Time is too precious to waste trying to close a deal with the wrong investors at the wrong time. Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so i... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Move From An Entrepreneur To Manager
As a business advisor, I have too often seen technical entrepreneurs get a product or service off the ground with ease, but then struggle mightily when their... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways That Startup Competitors Can Win By Partnering
Entrepreneurs seem to have blinders on when looking at competitors. Generally they are so focused on killing competitors that they fail to see the positive... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
When Did Profit Become A Bad Word For Entrepreneurs?
As a startup advisor and investor, I find that more and more entrepreneurs avoid using the term “profit” in pitching their new venture. They seem to feel it... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Painful Surprises When Taking Your Company Public
Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to decrease, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways To Attract Customers Without Viral Marketing
Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Embrace Disruptive Technologies And Succeed
All too often as a startup investor, I hear the term “disruptive technology” from an entrepreneur, played like a trump card that should override any other... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Face-Saving Reasons To Quit Your Business Venture
When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Avoid New Venture Shortcuts That Scare Away Investors
After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Key Factors Of Personal Resilience Lead To Success
You can’t survive as an entrepreneur without resilience, because you are going to fail at least once, maybe multiple times. That’s the nature of trying somethin... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Principles For Proper Use Of Funds From Investors
Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series,... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Initiatives To Increase Your Business Growth Curve
A common pain of startups after an exhilarating first surge of early adopters is a long and frustrating plateau of slow growth, where it seems like nothing you... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 New Leadership Attributes Drive Startup Success
The reigning theory in business has long been that “alpha” leaders make the best entrepreneurs. These are aggressive, results-driven achievers who assert... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER