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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7 Entrepreneur Stages Help You Assess Your Progress
The road to becoming an entrepreneur is a journey, and it’s not a short trip. In my efforts of assist aspiring business owners like you, I find that too many se... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Priorities For Venture Founders Who Aim For The Top
One of the biggest challenges in changing your lifestyle from an employee to starting your own business, is focusing on the right ownership elements, versus... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Tactics For Moving From A Startup Dream To Results
As an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, I see a lot of dreams, but not so many business results. I’m always excited by the dream, and disappointed by what... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Strategies To Thrive On The Challenges Of A Startup
We all face pressure in our lives, but there’s nothing like that of an entrepreneur facing customer crises and the competitive challenges of a new business. Read more
Posted on 07 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Advantages That Local Small Business Owners Enjoy
It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
4 Key Questions To Size The Potential Of Your Startup
Every startup and every new business needs a unique selling proposition (USP) to get people’s attention these days, and make it stand out in the information... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Leadership Actions Guaranteed To Improve Team Trust
Establishing and maintaining the right company culture is a major key to success in any business these days, especially with the growth of the millennial... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways To Keep Your Sanity Around Obnoxious Coworkers
We have all had to work with annoying team members in business. If you are not their manager, it’s tempting to just walk away, tune them out, or react sharply,... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Bill Gates Was A Role Model For New Entrepreneurs
Sometimes I like to drop the comment socially that “I knew Bill Gates back when he was a regular guy.” I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture
Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Steps To A Winning Strategic Plan Execution Process
In my years of advising business leaders, from entrepreneurs to enterprise executives, I often hear a passion for strategic change planning, but seldom see the... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?
The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Read more
Posted on 26 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Key Elements Of A Business-To-Business Dating Site
People tell me there may be over 8,000 dating sites with scientific matchmaking algorithms worldwide, but I couldn’t find one that focused on scientifically... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Factors Which Define The Scope Of Your Competition
As the business economy is expected to rebound from the pandemic, many entrepreneurs are thinking that life will soon get easier, and their opportunity can... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Keys To Moving Your Best Of Breed Odds Up A Notch
Everyone who starts or owns a business expects to be the best of breed, but only a few achieve that status. As a startup mentor and advisor, I often... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Key Recovery Strategies Counter Economic Downturns
Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Driven by the current pandemic, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How The Reality That Entrepreneurs Face Is Not Fair
Most of the time, I’m all about providing encouragement and inspiration to entrepreneurs. They need it and they deserve it, because entrepreneurs are the... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Principles For Surviving Hard Times In Any Startup
“The devil in the details” is a quote that we have all heard, and clearly applies to startups, where success in the long run is all about execution. Read more
Posted on 18 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Generators Of Customer Pain Conducive To Startups
One of my favorite sayings is “Real change doesn’t happen until the pain level gets high enough.” There aren’t many of us who love change, just for the... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER -
9 Principles Especially Critical For A Micro-Business
Too many of you business owners think success only means being the next Amazon, or you stress yourself out trying to be everything to every customer. Read more
Posted on 16 October 2020 BUSINESS, CAREER