Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 5 Keys To Sustaining A Positive Attitude In Your Team

  

  In my experience as an employee, up to an executive, in large companies as well as small, I’ve found that people who are consistently negative and complain are ... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Keys To Getting A Role With The Startup You Desire

  

  In a corporate environment, the focus of a job interview has long been demonstrating your match to the skills and experience outlined in the job description. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways To Get Satisfaction From Your Next New Venture

  

  A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. I don’t even try to assess things at the idea level, since I can’... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone

  

  Every inventor seems to think their invention is worth a million dollars, but I haven’t seen anyone pay that much for one yet. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Strategies to Thrive in a Constantly Changing World

  

  In my role as a business advisor, I find that most still resist change, especially change they can’t control and did not choose, rather than accept it as the... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways To Highlight Your Personal Value To Investors

  

  Unfortunately, most of us don’t have enough resources to bootstrap our own startups, so we are completely dependent on investors to help turn great ideas into... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Advantages To Building Your Own Startup Prototypes

  

  Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, and now sites... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Brand Strategy Rules From Elite Consumer Companies

  

  Every new business dreams of becoming the premier brand in their space, like Starbucks is to coffee, and Apple is to consumer electronics, but they have no... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Most Effective Routines Of Notable Business Leaders

  

  In my years of working with entrepreneurs, I have heard many times the promise that their new idea will create the next Amazon or Apple, but I rarely hear the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 9 Messages From Sales Training May Save Your Startup

  

  Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe that a great idea alone will assure business success. Experts argue that it’s more important to have a great plan, and... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup

  

  More entrepreneurs want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find an investor. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Keys To The Survival And Success Of An Entrepreneur

  

  You can’t survive as an entrepreneur without resilience, because you are going to fail at least once, maybe multiple times. That’s the nature of trying somethin... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Scenarios Where A Business Plan Is Still An Asset

  

  As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans take too much time, are inaccurate, and... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways To Preclude The Most Common Investor Rejection

  

  Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Ways To Plan for Business Change Before the Crisis

  

  Based on my experience as a business advisor, most businesses don’t think about the need for change until a crisis occurs. This might be the recognition that... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Ways To Solve More Problems And Grow Your Business

  

  As a long-time business advisor, and an investor in startups along the way, I’m always on the lookout for an entrepreneur who is responding first to a problem i... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Startup Environments That Can Spiral Out Of Control

  

  Most entrepreneurs start their company with the highest of ideals, and wouldn’t dream of building one with a culture of indifference or downright unethical... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Keys To The Teamwork Required To Run Your Business

  

  Any entrepreneur with a vision can postulate a new business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Attributes To Look For In Your Perfect Startup Idea

  

  Every entrepreneur wishes that he could predict whether his idea could be the “next big thing,” before he spent his life savings and years of energy on it. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Keys To Being An Exceptional Business Leader Today

  

  Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER