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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8 Keys To Ensuring Accountability In Your New Venture
Maybe it’s just me, but I sometimes feel that accountability is a rare talent in business today. In big businesses, people are quick to defer with “that’s not m... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Keys To Retaining Your Top Performing Team Members
Since the recent pandemic, I find that business leaders are fighting to retain and attract new talent to recover from necessary attrition losses and team member... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How To Identify New Venture Assistance Organizations
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Read more
Posted on 03 June 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limit... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Keys To Improving Your Image And Career Advancement
Based on my own career as a business owner and angel investor, in this age of change, I still see key successes and growth from the same team member work... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Top Capabilities Of Most Successful Business Owners
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Likely Criticisms Every Founder Needs To Anticipate
In business, and in your personal life, the ability to anticipate and overcome criticism is one of the biggest differentiators between leaders, who make things... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Keys To Personalized Team And Customer Connections
The days of leadership without engagement are gone. With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service
Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Keys To Making You A Team Leader And Future Manager
One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people,... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Keys To Capitalizing On Nondisruptive Business Growth
Most of the entrepreneurs and aggressive business owners I meet in my consulting practice are focused on finding new disruptive solutions and killing competitor... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” I always answer that there isn’t any... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways To Prepare For A New Venture As A Side Hustle
Many experts will tell you that you can’t succeed as a part-time entrepreneur, as any good startup will require a 100 percent commitment of your time and energy. Read more
Posted on 20 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Practices That Have Led To Multiple New Businesses
Entrepreneurs who experience success with their first startup are often amazed to realize that the risks and fears of doing it right the second time go up,... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Approaches To Problem-Solving From Today’s Leaders
All the business leaders I know have noticed that the problems we all face today are becoming more complex, multifaceted, and our customers are more demanding. Read more
Posted on 17 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Keys To Adding Customer Value In Marketing Content
Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management
Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Investors check your burn rate to assess your efficiency, and project your remaining runway before you... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Ways To Validate Your Business Idea Before Starting
In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Viewpoints Required To Be A Satisfied Entrepreneur
As an angel investor and a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always disappointed to see founders who seem stressed out most of the time, and more annoyed... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Ways Different Team Members See Efforts To Innovate
Every business organization, large or small, has a variety of individual and team member types that factor into your ability to innovate and change the... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2023 BUSINESS, CAREER