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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5 Reality Checks On Running A Charitable Organization
A common misconception I often hear in the startup world is that non-profits are easy and safe, since they don’t have to pay taxes, and they don’t have to make ... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
9 Keys To Effective Communication In Today’s Business
When was the last time you changed how you communicate to your team and to your customers? The way you deliver your message is key to maximizing its impact, or... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Clues To The Right Employees For Your New Venture
Entrepreneurs are usually highly creative and innovative, but many innovative people are not entrepreneurs. Since it takes a team of people to build a great... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Keys To Growing What You Have Planted As A Startup
Have you noticed that more companies beg you to participate in their business today? It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Elements Of Innovation That Are Not Product Related
Having a breakthrough idea or technology alone does not assure business success. “If we build it, they will come” may have worked as a movie theme for Kevin... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Key Attributes That Foretell New Venture Survival
Every startup wants to be a predictable success, yet so few ever achieve this enviable position. In reality, getting there is not a random walk, and requires... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Reasons Business Leaders Are Short On Relationships
If you are a business professional or owner today, success is more and more about relationships. People relationships are the key to career growth, more than... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Societal Changes That Invite New Venture Innovation
If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. Since my experience and interests have been primarily with... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Be A Business Leader As Well As Thought Leader
By definition, most entrepreneurs are thought leaders. They have the ability to recognize a market need, the skills to design and implement a solution, and the... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Finding The Right Angel Investor For Your New Venture
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoo... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
4 Strategies To Ramp Up The Total Customer Experience
Much has been written recently about the requirement to focus today on the total customer experience, as a competitive edge or even for survival. Read more
Posted on 12 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Ways To Use Personal Values To Highlight Leadership
True business success and leadership starts with real personal values, extends to building a team, and finally to inspiring customers and your community. Read more
Posted on 10 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
4 Keys To A Super-Charged Team And Workplace Culture
Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time We are driven by peers. Read more
Posted on 09 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Tune Business Strategy For Long-Term Success
The biggest challenge these days doesn’t seem to be in starting a new business, but sustaining it against the onslaught of market changes and new competitors... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Questions To Help Solve The Tough Business Problems
In my role as a business advisor, one of the attributes I often see in a good leader is the ability and willingness to ask good questions, before moving... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Modern Companies Have Redefined Customer Support
Too many business owners still think of “customer support” as an after-sale process to rectify customer problems with completed transactions. The world has... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Security And Privacy Are Both A Risk and Opportunity
ITRC 2018 End-of-Year Data Breach ReportI continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Tips To New Venture Leaders To Never Stop Learning
You probably think that the fact that you have started your own business validates your leadership ability. It may confirm that you were a leader yesterday,... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Messages All New Entrepreneurs Should Take To Heart
When you have been on the startup firing line, you quickly learn that any insight from experts and entrepreneurs who have been there before you can make the... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Change Recommendations To Meet Business Pressures
Every business professional needs to stay cool under pressure, to be a top performer, and for the sake of their own health. Yet everyone has a melting point –... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2019 BUSINESS, CAREER
