Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• Startups Today Need Anticipatory Customer Service

  

  Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone to wake up and answer website email requests. That’s just not sufficient to hold today’s fickle,... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

  

  Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the bes... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Attributes of a Real Entrepreneur That Run Deep

  

  Business success begins in the mind of the startup founder and his team. A winning startup is a team of entrepreneurs who build and run the business as an... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Sure Signs That a Good Startup is Going Bad

  

  Most entrepreneurs start their company with the highest of ideals, and wouldn’t dream of building one with a culture of indifference or downright unethical... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Mind the Gap Between a Good Idea and Good Business

  

  Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Hidden Reasons Why Investors Say Come Back Later

  

  New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Certainly a non-viable business should be not fundable, but many viable businesses are also... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• What Does a Startup Have To Do To Get Noticed?

  

  The space for startups is more crowded than ever. First of all, it’s now international, so you have startups from every country in the world competing for your... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Innovation to an Existing Business Can Limit Risk

  

  If you are an entrepreneur starting a business for the first time, I recommend that you find a product concept that is already accepted and improve on it, rathe... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Investors Reject Plans With No Clear Business Model

  

  For survival, the objective of every business should be to bring in revenues which exceed their costs. Even non-profits have to do this to cover overhead... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Is Your Startup Relevant Enough to Be Great?

  

  Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of your management team, or your sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Ways to Hire People Who May Be Smarter Than You

  

  Helpers do what you say, while good help does what you need, without you saying anything. People who can help you the most are actually smarter than you, at... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Don’t Be Too Busy to Do Some Reflective Thinking

  

  Startups and entrepreneurs are drowning in the information overload, where the volume of data created is like a new Library of Congress every 15 minutes. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Wrong Advisory Board Will Hurt Your Startup

  

  If you are an entrepreneur for the first time, or entering a new business area, it’s usually worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Clues That Your Business Honeymoon May Be Over

  

  Starting a business is a lot like starting a marriage. At first, all parties are in dreamland, with a vision of changing the world, having lots of fun, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation

  

  Continuous innovation is required to survive in all businesses, beginning with a startup, and increasing in importance as your business matures. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Reasons for Entrepreneurs to ‘First Know Thyself’

  

  If you are going to be a real entrepreneur, it’s important that you know yourself well. After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startups Are All About the Execution, So Tell Me How

  

  When entrepreneurs come to me with that “million dollar idea,” I have to tell them that an idea alone is really worth nothing. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Key Attributes of a Winning Business Culture

  

  I’m seeing a renewed appreciation of culture and values in business these days. Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• You Can’t Be the Victim as an Entrepreneur

  

  People with a victim mentality should never be entrepreneurs. We all know the role of starting and running a business is unpredictable, and has a high risk of... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways to Gauge Your Commitment to Your Startup

  

  We’ve all heard the old joke “In a bacon-and-egg breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed.” This quote epitomizes the true essence of... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER