Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 10 Funding Quotes Every Entrepreneur Should Skip

  

  In previous articles, I have occasionally mentioned “red flags” which every potential investor unconsciously listens for. Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki,... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Every Entrepreneur Needs to Embrace Team Conflict

  

  Many entrepreneurs are not prepared for conflict, or actively avoid it. Their vision, passion, and focus are so strong that they can’t imagine someone... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Simple Ways to Maximize Business Plan Impact

  

  If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. Don't confuse your business plan with a... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Some Entrepreneurs Are Too Busy to Get Results

  

  Too many entrepreneurs confuse motion with momentum and results. We all know someone who repeatedly tells us how “busy” they are, when it’s hard to see what the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Steps to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy

  

  Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. But the reality is that... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Investors Love Top Startup Incubator Graduates

  

  Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). About that time the... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Ways Startups Build Highly Responsible Teams

  

  Getting things done effectively in a startup requires total individual and team accountability. You can’t afford excuses and multiple people doing the same job. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Needed to Keep Web 3.0 From Fading

  

  For some reason, I haven’t heard much about the next generation of the Internet (Web 3.0) lately, which probably means it isn’t happening as fast as everyone... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• With Great Startups It’s All About The Execution

  

  A startup begins with a great idea, but all too often, that’s where it ends. Ideas have to be implemented well to get the desired results. Good implementation... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Need to Think Global From Day One

  

  New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Ways Starting a Business Helps Your Job Search

  

  If you are one of the many people who lost your job during the recent depression, you should be working on starting your own business, in parallel with looking... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Driving Your Startup to Profitability is Job One

  

  A question that I often hear debated these days is whether a new startup should focus on growth or profits. First of all, the glory days of “dot. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Ten Tenets To Live By When Starting a Business

  

  If you expect to succeed in the thrill-a-minute, roller coaster ride of a startup, let me assure you it takes more than a good idea, a rich uncle, and luck. In... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Human Consultants in Business Are a Dying Breed

  

  Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image. Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Top Content Marketing Tips for Your Startup

  

  These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How to Get Over Mourning Your Startup Demise

  

  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 14 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Reality TV

  

  I’m not much of a television person, but my family loves one of the popular “reality” shows, called “So You Think You Can Dance,” so I’m sort of forced to... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startups, Avoid 10 Common Million-Dollar Mistakes

  

  It’s a well-accepted axiom in the investor community that entrepreneurs learn more from their failures than their successes. Thus a well-explained startup... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Skills Not Found at Birth in Most Entrepreneurs

  

  Many people believe that good entrepreneurs are naturally born, rather than trained or experienced in the art of business. I believe there is a natural born... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• You Built a Great Startup, But Can You Scale It?

  

  Once you are able to achieve some real “traction” with your business (paying customers, revenue stream), it may seem the time to relax a bit, but in fact this i... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER