Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 7 Agility Initiatives To Keep Your Business Expanding

  

  Most small businesses have now forgotten the recent pandemic, and are back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Forgotten Keys To Productive Customer Relationships

  

  Entrepreneurs and business executives seem to be even more focused on their technology than the rest of us, and less inclined to listen to the voice of the... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Businesses Need Your Input, But Can’t Read Your Mind

  

  Neither people nor computers can really help you as a personal assistant unless you are willing to share data about what you like, what you feel, and who and... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Keys To Surviving and Thriving In This New Economy

  

  Entrepreneurs and startups are big believers in innovation, but sometimes they forget that innovation must be continual to assure long-term success, rather... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer

  

  One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

  

  Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

  

  Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

  

  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 16 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Indications Of Your Ability To Get Business Results

  

  As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Keys To Raising Your New Venture Funding Potential

  

  Valuing a business based on assets and financial performance is a well-understood process, but every investor knows the real value goes well beyond these... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Leadership Traits To Inspire Every Startup Founder

  

  People who have been followers too long as an employee don’t realize how hard it is to be a leader. Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies To Mitigate The Challenge Of Leadership

  

  Most new entrepreneurs don’t anticipate the burdens of being the leader, including the sense of loneliness and isolation at the top. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Keys To Becoming An Emotionally Intelligent Leader

  

  Based on many years of experience in business as an executive and consultant, I have long been convinced that emotional intelligence (EQ or EI) in leadership... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 “What-Ifs” To Include In A Startup Financial Model

  

  If you think that financial modeling for a new business is arcane magic, limited in value to financial wizards and professional investors, then you have been... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Parameters To Bracket New Venture Funding Requests

  

  One of the big questions that every entrepreneur struggles with is how much funding they should request from investors in the first round. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Steps To Showing The Business Value Of What You Do

  

  As a mentor to business professionals, I find that many are frustrated that peers and managers don’t recognize the true value of their contributions. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Ways To Separate Advisor Relationships From Critics

  

  Every startup needs a couple of advisors with deep experience and connections in your business domain or financial skills to complement your technical focus. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Tactics To Minimize Meeting Time And Get More Done

  

  If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Types of Aspiring Entrepreneurs Who Will Not Start

  

  Every entrepreneur I know is dismayed by the number of friends who approach them with a line such as “I have an even better idea that will change the world,... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Keys For Transforming An Innovation Into A Business

  

  As a mentor to many business professionals and owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find a wealth of innovative ideas, but often less insight on what it... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER