Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 7 Ways To Balance Your Heart And Logic With Investors

  

  Based on my own years of experience in startups and big business, and more recently as an angel investor, I often cringe when I see one of you entrepreneurs... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How To Know It’s Time To Exit Your Company Gracefully

  

  For most entrepreneurs, their current business is not where they intend to stay until they die. At the right time, they all intend to make a graceful exit, and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies For Finding Stronger People Connections

  

  Just because you are an entrepreneur, or work in a startup, you can’t ignore the rules of building and maintaining relationships. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Ways An Incubator Can Accelerate Your New Venture

  

  More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Keys to Remaining Cool And Calm Despite Pressures

  

  One of the most valuable attributes of a good business professional and leader is to be able to control emotional outbursts, to maximize your credibility and... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Keys To Scaling A Startup into A Thriving Business

  

  As an advisor to many startups today, I still see that most of you entrepreneurs see yourselves as the sole driver of your new solution, and the key driver of... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Keys To That First Investment From People You Know

  

  Most entrepreneurs have learned that it’s almost always quicker and easier to get cash from someone you know, rather than angel investors or professional... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why Every Startup Needs To Select Customers Carefully

  

  Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Reasons That New Ventures Are All About Execution

  

  I’ve always said that startups are all about execution. Sometimes I encounter self-proclaimed entrepreneurs who have been “thinking” about a concept for many... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Ways To Beat The Odds Of A Consultant For Startups

  

  Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image. Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

  

  It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Ways To Win By Creative Partnering With Competitors

  

  Startup founders are known for their passion for their startup idea, and for their passion to kill every competitor. Thus they often overlook the fact that thei... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Keys To Funding Based On Your Marketplace Advantage

  

  In their passion and excitement about a new product or service, entrepreneurs tend to continually narrow the scope of potential competitors, and often claim to... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Keys To An Unbeatable Solution For Your New Startup

  

  In my role as advisor and mentor to many new entrepreneurs, I often find myself suggesting that they think bigger. I’m a techy at heart, and I love to see real... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Tips For Ramping Up Your Work Culture For Tomorrow

  

  The future of work is definitely changing, accelerated by the current pandemic. There is always the next generation of workers coming of age who expect more,... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Essentials For Being Unstoppable In Your Business

  

  We all know at least one entrepreneur who always gets things done, and appears unstoppable in his quest. All of you probably know many others who talk... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Reasons To Enlist Outside Advisors For Your Startup

  

  In my experience as an angel investor for new startups, I’m always surprised by how many entrepreneurs are looking for funding without outside advisors. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Reasons Technical Expertise Does Not Make A Startup

  

  Well over 25 years ago, Michael E. Gerber wrote a best-selling business book called The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Questions To Lead You To Timely Successful Change

  

  Change is hard. I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 4 Simple Steps Will Get Startup Financial Projections

  

  Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse t... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2021 BUSINESS, CAREER