Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 7 Metaphors That Every Aspiring Leader Should Emulate

  

  In building successful businesses, I find that creating a new and innovative product or service is usually the easy part. The hard part is providing the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Ways To Increase Worker Buy-In And Customer Service

  

  Most businesses spend big money testing their brand logo, catchy marketing phrases, and demographics, but spend little time training and validating that their... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Startup Founder Decisions That Have No Good Answer

  

  Most entrepreneurs struggle with many startup founders quandaries in building their business, and these key dilemmas are probably the biggest source of pain... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Insights For Business Leaders Who Manage By Autocracy

  

  Trying to be a business leader by instilling fear in your employees and partners is never a good approach, but it is particularly devastating in a startup. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Key Business Domains Where ‘Big Data’ Looms Large

  

  Even though ‘big data’ has now been around for several years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Barriers To Communication In Business Relationships

  

  Most business mentors tell me that the single biggest problem they have to deal with in small companies is the lack of open, honest, and effective communication... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Key Practices for Entrepreneurs Tackling Leadership

  

  Most of the entrepreneurs and business owners I work with recognize that they must occupy and practice a primary leadership position, but many will admit that... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Marketing Specifics That Apply To Every New Venture

  

  Marketing is everything these days. You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a rea... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Traits Advised For Adoption By Every Business Owner

  

  In my experience as a business advisor and angel investor these days, I seem to more frequently hear from entrepreneurs and business owners with “can’t-fail”... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Ways To Sustain Growth In A Maturing Global Market

  

  Most of you business owners I know are looking forward to the day when your product, team and processes begin to mature, and your business growth keeps tilting... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Considerations For Setting Your Bottom Line Balance

  

  It’s always been tough to start a new business, even when the bottom line was just making a profit to stay alive. A few years ago, a second focus of... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Ways To Enlist Trust And Power For True Leadership

  

  One of the first harsh realities that every entrepreneur has to learn is that most of the things that are critical to startup success are outside of their direc... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Looking At Startups By The Rules Of Natural Selection

  

  The good news is that a recent Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Challenges To Overcome When Building A Startup Team

  

  Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Management Mistakes Which Will Defeat Your Business

  

  Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Keys To Creating A Productive Business Team Culture

  

  In my experience, the right team culture is critical to every business and startup success, so every business leader wants to know how to create it. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Stages of Disruption Denial Cause A Startup Dilemma

  

  How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

  

  As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Aspects Of Team Well-Being Drive Business Results

  

  Every entrepreneur and business leader I know realizes that it takes a dedicated team to build and run a successful business, and nurturing that team is one of... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Reality Checks On How To Get From Idea To Delivery

  

  Most people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process. Entrepreneurs looking to innovate need to... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2022 BUSINESS, CAREER