Martin Zwilling
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Startup Professionals Musings
http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/
Selected ideas and assistance to entrepreneurs and startup founders in finding business ideas, funding, executive mentoring, and business networking to incorporate a business, file patents, add an advisory board, and address operational issues.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )
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6 Ways To Expand Your Thinking To The Next Big Thing
Many of the startup investors I know are disappointed that so few of the startup ideas they see are really innovative or disruptive. Read more
Posted on 24 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Don’t Let Daily Business Challenges Turn You Negative
A “downer” is defined here as someone who seems to dwell on the negatives of every business challenge, and loves to highlight bad news or potential problems. Read more
Posted on 22 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Steps To Develop A Team With A Long-Term Advantage
Every business founder knows the need for a culture that promotes continuous innovation, an entrepreneurial spirit, and one that creates sustainable value acros... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How And Where To Connect To The Entrepreneur Universe
I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. Read more
Posted on 20 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Keys To Adapting Quickly To A New Venture Culture
As an entrepreneur, you have to improvise and adapt quickly to survive and thrive in the face of the unpredictable challenges of the market. Read more
Posted on 19 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Startup Prospects That Multiply If You Look Ahead
Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. By contrast, predictive analytics uses data... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Strategies To Make You A Top Performer In Business
In my role as business advisor, I’m hearing more and more about workers who seem to be doing less and demanding more. The current pandemic, which has driven mor... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Disciplines Every Entrepreneur Needs To Practice
Innovation is the key to long-term business success, both in startups as well as established organizations. Yet every business and every entrepreneur I know... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Reasons For Monetizing The Idle Resources Of Others
The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways To Promote Your Services Business By Blogging
Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business an... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Practices To Enhance Accountability In Your Startup
If you are frustrated by a lack of accountability in your workplace, you are not alone. The real question is what you can do to improve it, as a manager, or eve... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Expectations To Check Your Entrepreneur Motivation
Until the recession a decade ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer
Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Why Communication Skills Are Key To Leading A Startup
Effective communication is an absolute requirement for successfully starting a business, but it doesn’t come naturally to many entrepreneurs. Read more
Posted on 06 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Ways To Get Tagged As High-Potential In A Startup
Everyone knows that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Leadership Skills Every Entrepreneur Must Acquire
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 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Ways To Turn Business Adversity Into a Step Forward
Every entrepreneur and business owner I know has had more setbacks than they would like to admit, in this age of rapid change and constant surprises, like the... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Ways Emotional Decisions Can Endanger Your Startup
I’m sure we have all seen entrepreneurs with high levels of passion and confidence touting an idea that seems to make very little sense to us. Read more
Posted on 31 October 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines
Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule. So once in a while... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Workplace Culture Dynamics That You Need to Support
Even before the recent pandemic, when more people began working remotely, I noticed the dynamics changing in many workplaces, both between employee interaction... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER