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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How Entrepreneurs Must Prepare For The Unthinkable
Most entrepreneurs are so convinced that they are the disruptive element, they fail to anticipate that unknown facts or events can and will occur to disrupt... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Trust Secrets You Need To Practice In Business
One of the first harsh realities that every entrepreneur has to learn is that most of the things that are critical to startup success are outside of their direc... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
The Planned Iteration Startup Launch Minimizes Risk
The traditional mode of starting a company has been to plan a serial process, where you complete once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Need To Understand Survival Basics
The good news is that the rate of entrepreneurship is down a bit, to pre-recession levels, according to the latest Kaufmann Index of entrepreneurial activity. Read more
Posted on 16 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Optimize Entrepreneurial Learning In School
A popular myth these days is that finishing college only dilutes your entrepreneurial instincts, and the best of the best, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Every Business Leader Shows Imperfections To Avoid
Does it really take a few flaws to make a great entrepreneur, or are the rest of us just confused about what a perfect business person is all about? Read more
Posted on 14 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Gossip At Work Undermines Every Business Leader
As an entrepreneur, you should treat gossip among the members of your team as a reduction in productivity at best, and at worst, an indication of unhappy,... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges
Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Leadership Mistakes Plague Every Startup Founder
Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limit... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
A Perspective On When A Business Plan Adds Value
As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. Read more
Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Ways Entrepreneurs Fail Their Way To The Top
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs seem to prefer to fail their way to the top, rather than do some research and learn from the successes and mistakes of others. Read more
Posted on 05 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Bootstrapping Organic Growth Makes Startup Sense
When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Read more
Posted on 03 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Disruptive Businesses Face Some Extra Challenges
How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
More Successful New Entrepreneurs Are Baby Boomers
One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Escape From Corporate America - Be An Entrepreneur
According to several recent reports, job satisfaction for employees is at an all-time low. An online survey published earlier this year found that nearly... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Thrive On The Learning Curve
In today’s fast moving world of business startups, learning trumps knowing every time. What established businesses know through experience keeps them from... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. Read more
Posted on 27 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Work On The Business As Well As In It
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 26 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Answer These Ten Key Questions To Beat Competitors
Change is hard. I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER