Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 9 Attributes of the Best Entrepreneurial Leaders

  

  Creating and building a business is not a one-man show. It requires a team effort, or at least the ability to build trust and confidence among key players, and... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Define Startup Social Media Goals and Metrics Early

  

  If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER, SOCIAL MEDIA

• A Stronger Economy Means More Competitive Threats

  

  As the business economy rebounds, many entrepreneurs are thinking that life will soon get easier, and their opportunity can only grow. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER, ECONOMICS

• Businesses Forget How to Listen to Customers

  

  It seems like many business people are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneur Startup Share Depends on Contribution

  

  One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. The easy answer of splitting it... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Angel Investors That Entrepreneurs Should Avoid

  

  A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Top Business Models for New Ventures Today

  

  One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free (like Twitter), to... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Smart Risks That Every Business Should Seek Out

  

  Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Nevertheless, the word “risk” has a negative connotation to most of us, implying danger and... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Key Actions to Keep Your Startup From Thrashing

  

  Successful startups are all about turning ideas into action quickly and efficiently. These actions must be the hard part, since entrepreneurs always seem to com... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Lessons For Entrepreneurs on How to Accomplish More

  

  The universal challenge of every startup founder is to get everything done that needs to get done, and still have a life. Even outside of business, everyone... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Ways That Entrepreneurs Need to Be More Open

  

  The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Early Predictors of Long-Term Survival for Startups

  

  I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Every investor has his own list, usually based o... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startup Leaders Today Mentor More Than Dictate

  

  Startups provide leadership in the market. Entrepreneurs provide leadership to their startup. There are many styles of leadership, like dictatorial,... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Have to Move Fast Or Get Run Over

  

  In today’s business startup environment, if you don’t move fast, you get run over. Without a sense of urgency, people and businesses just can’t move fast enough. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How to Help Your Startup Qualify for a Bank Loan

  

  A common question I get is “How do I get a bank loan to fund my startup?” The default answer is that it probably won’t happen, because most banks just don’t mak... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why Being a Successful Entrepreneur Takes Practice

  

  Entrepreneurs seem more quickly frustrated these days when their “million-dollar idea” doesn’t turn into a sustainable business overnight. They don’t realize... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Today Startups Can Win Customers From Big Business

  

  You can’t succeed in your new startup if you can’t win customers, and the new Internet-empowered customers are tough. They are in control, and they no longer... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

  

  Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Ways Successful Entrepreneurs Beat the Odds

  

  Did you ever wonder why some entrepreneurs always seem to have all the luck and success, while others never seem to catch a break? Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Many Entrepreneurs Never Leave Their Comfort Zone

  

  One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “terror barrier,” as popularized by Bob Proctor, a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER