Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• Limit an Investor Pitch to 10 Pages and 10 Minutes

  

  As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short -... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Questions To Shape Your Startup Strategic Plan

  

  Deciding to be an entrepreneur is a lifestyle move, and should be part of a long-term strategic plan. You shouldn’t be making this decision just because you... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Quotes From Entrepreneurs To Dodge 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.” But sometimes they forget that... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Universities Dont't Teach Basic Business Knowlege

  

  I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Need to Learn to Be Good at Sales

  

  A good entrepreneur is not necessarily born a good salesman. In fact, they are often the opposite, more focused on building things rather than selling them. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Ten Ways To Get Ahead of the Pack at Your Startup

  

  Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Viral Marketing For Startups is Not Enough Today

  

  Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out ther... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Every Entrepreneur Needs These Relationship Skills

  

  Starting and building a company is all about leadership – formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over an... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Reasons Why Capital Shouldn't Make Or Break Your Startup

  

  By John WilliamsFast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startup Founders Walk a Thin Line on Delegation

  

  For a few, delegating comes easily, maybe too easy. For others who are perfectionists, letting go of even the most trivial task is almost impossible. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Every Entrepreneur Needs to Outwit the Devil

  

  “The devil in the details” is a quote that we have all heard, and clearly applies to startups, where success in the long run is all about execution. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Ten Quotes Never Spoken By a Happy Entrepreneur

  

  Some people are not cut out to be entrepreneurs. This is a good thing, or the business world would be chaos, with everyone trying to do their own thing. So... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Confuse Product and Business Plans

  

  Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2011 BUSINESS

• Six Keys to Managing Your Reputation on the Web

  

  Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a SCREAMING post on Ripoff Report, Yelp, or one of the hundreds of... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2011 BUSINESS, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Entrepreneurs ‘Up The Ante’ With Parallel Startups

  

  Maybe it’s just me, but I seem to be seeing more and more parallel entrepreneurs these days. These are people who are working on multiple startups concurrently. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Six Reasons To Rethink Your Online Dating Site

  

  Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. The simple reason is that everyone expects quick results, no one can make that happen,... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2011 BUSINESS, DATING, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Finding the Right Business Mentor is Value Squared

  

  Every first-time entrepreneur, or even an experienced founder stepping into a new business area, needs a mentor. Nothing you have ever done raises so many... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startups Needed For Cloud Computing Gray Areas

  

  Cloud computing is still all the rage in the business world these days. Yet I find that most business people don’t understand and fully trust it, and I defy eve... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• We Need More Gen-Y Entrepreneurs to Fuel the Wave

  

  The business world has been watching this emerging generation with trepidation, and a lot of us haven’t been sure who would be the winners, and who would be... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Ten Learning Steps from Entrepreneur to Manager

  

  Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. They run into... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2011 BUSINESS, CAREER