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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New Steps For Strategic Success In Today’s Business
Your business can’t be all things to all people, and do everything well. Every entrepreneur and every business needs a strategy to keep them focused. Read more
Posted on 21 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Keys To Team Motivation For A Winning Business
Sponsored by VISA BusinessOne of the keys to maximizing the productivity and success of your team, as well as yourself, is motivation. Read more
Posted on 18 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Top Relationship Strategies For Startup Leaders
Just because you are an entrepreneur, or work in a startup, you can’t ignore the rules of building and maintaining relationships. Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Pick The Entrepreneur Lifestyle Alternative For You
You are an aspiring entrepreneur, eager to dump the corporate grind, and work to the beat of your own drummer, but you can’t come up with that killer idea to... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Be An Entrepreneur While Seeking That Ideal Job
If you are one of the many people still searching for that job lost during or after the recent depression, or about to dump the loser of a job you have now,... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Great Entrepreneurs Know How To Manage Setbacks
Managing and motivating a team in a startup is more than just using the right interpersonal skills. It’s more than providing recognition, tangible incentives,... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Need Experience More Than An MBA
I don’t have an MBA. I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be the other way... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Steps To Be A Startup Founder With The X-Factor
To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra, like... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Great Startups Practice Persuasion Without Pushing
Successful entrepreneurs, like Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Casey Sheahan of Patagonia, have long since realized that influence is no longer something that you do t... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Success in Business Comes When Everything Connects
I often hear the popular notion that successful entrepreneurs are built from a single heroic insight or a single innovation. This is just plain wrong. Read more
Posted on 07 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Keys To Effective Entrepreneurial Team Mentoring
I’ve always wondered why every executive meeting has to be one hour in length, or longer. That’s probably a tenth of your day spent on one issue. It better be... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Business Success Requires More Than Good Checklists
A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. I... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Every Startup Needs To Be Ready To Meet The Press
Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Need To Extend Their Range Of Change
It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation,... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Relish The Challenge More Than Money
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Startup ‘Word-Of-Mouth’ Is Not A Launch Strategy
Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Read more
Posted on 26 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Logistical Steps For Startups Seeking Investors
Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. Read more
Posted on 25 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Increase Self-Esteem And Success
In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. These... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Leadership Elements That Are Not Always About You
Many entrepreneurs forget that their success is more about helping other people than about personally becoming famous, or overcoming the odds and getting rich. Read more
Posted on 20 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Entrepreneurs Must Not Confuse Action With Results
Too many entrepreneurs confuse actions with momentum and results. We all know someone who repeatedly tells us how “busy” they are, when it’s hard to see what... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2014 BUSINESS, CAREER