Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 5 Benefits Of Business Leadership By Asking Questions

  

  I’m a big fan of the old adage "There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers." We have all heard questions that begin, "This may be a dumb question, but …... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 New Marketing Rules For Today’s Customer Generation

  

  As a business consultant, I often have to remind small business owners that their marketing needs to be more interactive, versus the traditional “push” model,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• In Your Business, You Can’t Learn If You Don’t Listen

  

  When you are not presenting to investors or your team, try to spend more time listening than talking. You can’t learn anything new while you’re talking, yet man... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Ways Dedicated New Ventures Have Mastered Hardship

  

  We all know entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, like the current pandemic or personal setbacks, and achieved success. There are famous people like Walt... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Key Success Attributes For An Aspiring Entrepreneur

  

  As an entrepreneur mentor, my mission is to foster the attributes in you as a startup founder that I believe will lead to success. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Tough Leadership Challenges Gauge Your CEO Ability

  

  As a business advisor, I often talk to business professionals who are critical of their CEO, and are convinced that they could do the job better. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How To Scale Your Startup Far Beyond Organic Growth

  

  Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Key Startup Activities Where Follow-Up Is Critical

  

  When someone introduces me to an “idea person,” I automatically jump to the down-side conclusion that this person doesn’t do follow-up. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 9 Steps To Overcoming Your Biggest Startup Challenges

  

  Creating a startup, or managing any business, is all about problem solving. Some people are good at it and some are not – independent of their IQ or their book... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Ways Your Values And Results Make A Trusted Leader

  

  As an angel investor in new startups, I’ve long believed that investors invest in people, not ideas. But the magic that makes one entrepreneur stand out over... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Ways To Be Successful In Business Despite Bad Luck

  

  If you have had some success in a business, I’m sure you bristle just like I do when someone says “You were just lucky…” I’m a strong believer that we all make... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways to Convince Other People To Take A Risk On You

  

  As a member of an angel investment group for years, I’m sometimes surprised to see founders with a good technical business case get rejected for funding, while... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies To Keep Ahead Of Market Changes Today

  

  I’m a very logical guy, so I still fondly remember when new solutions and technologies started trends on the basis of their logical strengths. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Early Entrepreneur Strengths That Can Limit Growth

  

  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 13 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Mistakes To Avoid When You Want To Sell A Business

  

  There comes a time in the life of every business owner when you need to move on to something new, retire, or let your business go to someone with new energy... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 New Venture Smarts That You Can’t Afford To Ignore

  

  A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and wa... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Startups Spawned By Big Companies Have Extra Hurdles

  

  “Intrapreneurs” are entrepreneurs inside big companies, who do corporate spin-offs. A spin-off is merely a startup spawned by a mature parent (company), and... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Fear Of Success Qualms Can Lead To Startup Failure

  

  In working with entrepreneurs and other business people over the years, I often hear stories of entrepreneurs who were so close to success, but somehow let it... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Startup Laws Of Finance That You Dare Not Shortcut

  

  Many startups fail before reaching that magic “cash-flow positive” position they have been striving for, despite seemingly reasonable financial projections. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Current Market Forces Bring Startup Opportunities

  

  Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER