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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Great Entrepreneurs Move From Developers To Leaders
Almost every entrepreneur starts their journey by developing a solution, based on their knowledge of a new technology or required service. Developer skills are... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Entrepreneur Mindsets That Investors Seek Out
An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” The best new businesses are ones that have never been done before, so mastering creativity and... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Smart Entrepreneurs Make Better Decisions Faster
Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. Why is it that his idea which seemed... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
4 New Customer Loyalty Rules Drive Business Success
Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Steps For Establishing The Right Business Model
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 07 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Keys To Giving The Right Entrepreneur Your Money
Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Keys To Evolution From A Startup To An Enterprise
Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. After celebrating success at that level, they often find... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Ways Businesses Win By Doing Fewer Things Better
Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. Read more
Posted on 02 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Taking Your Startup Public Is Fraught With Negatives
In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Startups Without Business Plans Are Expensive Hobbies
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 31 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Introverts Like Mark Zuckerberg Build A Startup
You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Startup Founders Face Serious Business Culture Myths
New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Read more
Posted on 28 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Keys To Being Seen As A Superhuman Startup Founder
In the beginning all businesses are just people playing out an idea. It’s never the other way around – there is no idea so big that it doesn’t need people to... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Check Your Startup For Symptoms Of This Malaise
Founders almost always cite lack of money as the reason for failure, but if you look deeper, I believe the reason is more often about dysfunctional people and... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Non-Disclosures Can Protect Your Idea, Or Destroy It
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 24 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
The Right Marketing For A New Business Costs Least
The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Effective Is Your Business Communication Skill?
Every business professional and entrepreneur believes they are good communicators, but how do they know? It’s really the perception of the recipients that... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Ways To Make Your Investor Pitch More Effective
The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Keys To Turning Business Systems Into More Profit
Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Smart Startups Survive Investor Due Diligence
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 17 January 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER