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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6 Strategies To Position Your Business Against Rivals
In their passion and excitement about a new product or service, entrepreneurs tend to continually narrow the scope of potential competitors, and often claim to... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Ways To Make Sure You Are Working On Your Business
Well over 25 years ago, Michael E. Gerber wrote a best-selling business book called The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Keys To A Winning Business Model For Your Customers
How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Read more
Posted on 21 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Keys To Success Despite Accelerated Market Change
Most experts agree that the pace of business change is increasing, and all the business owners I know are struggling to keep up, much less surpass the wealth... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Steps To A Satisfying And Successful Business Exit
Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
4 Key Components Of Every New Business Financial Plan
Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse t... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Guidelines For How And When To Use Non-Disclosures
Most entrepreneurs I meet are reluctant to disclose anything about their idea to investors before getting a signed confidential disclosure agreement (CDA). Read more
Posted on 15 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Don’t Underrate The Value Of A Startup Plan Document
If you sold your last startup for $800 million, you probably already know how to build a business, and even conservative investors won’t worry about the... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Key Human-Centered Leadership Elements In Business
With today’s rapidly changing environment, I see many business leaders reverting to the “command and control” leadership model, in an effort to be more... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Mindset Factors Turn Constraints Into Opportunities
Most new business owners I know feel the challenges of not enough time, money, and resources, and see these as problems rather than a competitive advantage. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Steps To A New Business From An Innovative Solution
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Expectations Of Investors Who Risk Their Own Money
Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites, and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Strategies For Finding More Work Hours In Your Day
Every entrepreneur I know can’t find enough hours in a day to do the good things they want, and yet they often find themselves saying yes to new requests. Read more
Posted on 07 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors
For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdl... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Ideas To Recover From Business Resource Challenges
Most entrepreneur that fail are quick to offer a litany of constraints that caused their demise – not enough money, time, customers, or support from the right... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation
Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Read more
Posted on 02 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Strategies To Find That Rare Complementary Partner
A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Personal Objectives That Should Drive A New Startup
As a business advisor, I meet many business professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs who are anxious to be their own boss, or have an innovative idea to start o... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Lifestyle Aspirations For Starting Your New Venture
Being an entrepreneur seems to be one of the most popular lifestyle aspirations these days. According to most definitions, anyone who starts a business is an... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Keys To Maximizing Your New Venture Stock Net Worth
When an entrepreneur first incorporates a business, they may find themselves the proud owner of 10 million shares of common stock, commonly called founder’s... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER