Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• Startup Survival is All About Relationships at Work

  

  Most entrepreneurs, and members of any small team, naively assume that the key to their success is hard work, dedication, and long hours at the business. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• True Entrepreneurs Bounce Back After Failure Grief

  

  Your startup is gone, it’s never coming back, and you are in mourning. An entrepreneur whose business fails grieves similarly to anyone who has lost a loved one. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Entrepreneur Comments That Kill Investor Deals

  

  Lack of confidence in your self, your product, and your startup is a surefire recipe for disaster. At the other extreme, too much confidence or arrogance can... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How to Foster More Startup Thinking Outside the Box

  

  Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe their initial idea and inspiration requires the most important creative thinking. Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways to Grow from a Smart to a Wise Entrepreneur

  

  Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. That means they may show great insights into a new technology that has marginal... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How Entrepreneurial Instincts Can Boost Your Career

  

  The days when you locked and loaded your career in school, and then blasted away down that same narrow path the rest of your life, are gone, never to return. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Running Your Own Startup Comes With Accountability

  

  Everyone seems to like the aspect of being an entrepreneur that goes with “being your own boss” and “able to do things my way. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Avoid Career Missteps From Employee to Entrepreneur

  

  Many people, especially those who have spent years struggling up the corporate ladder, dream of jumping ship and becoming an entrepreneur. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• A Winning Startup Team Takes a Learning Leader

  

  Starting and running a company is a team effort. Yes, it takes a leader (entrepreneur), but you can’t do it alone, without a team. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Use Micro-Startup Principles to Skip Investor Pain

  

  This past year, I’ve heard more and more about a new type of small business, called a “micro-business” (or micro-enterprise). These are usually characterized... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Worst Entrepreneurial Perceptions From Engineers

  

  Every engineer who has invented some new technology, or is adept at creating solutions, believes that is the hard part, and it should be a short step to take... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Semantic Web Opens a New Age for Entrepreneurs

  

  Someday you will be able to ask your browser or smart phone open questions like "Where should I take my wife for a good movie and dinner? Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startups Must Adapt to New Customer Buying Dynamics

  

  Many entrepreneurs think that adapting to the new technologies, like smart phones and Internet commerce, are the key to attracting new customers. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Leadership Behaviors Startups Must Never Tolerate

  

  Many professionals in business, from startups to multi-nationals, assume that team leader or executive is an appointed position, and the skills come with the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Create a New Business Bubble, Don’t Chase Old Ones

  

  In finance, a bubble is too much money chasing assets, greater asset production and a herd mentality. In startup business plans, a bubble is too many... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• ‘Pull’ Customers to Website, Don’t ‘Push’ Messages

  

  Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Entrepreneur Alternatives to Executive Isolation

  

  One of the toughest things about running a startup is the feeling of loneliness and isolation. You are on your own and nobody supports you because it’s hard... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

  

  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 17 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies to Make Startup Work Seem Like Play

  

  Every startup and every big business wishes that all their employees were star performers, but wishing doesn’t make it happen. Some coaches and leaders seem to... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Are Starting Young and Learning Fast

  

  I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, like this article on Business Insider, with pre-teens as young as 9 years old who make millions more... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER