Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 7 Employee Practices That Will Make You A ‘Superboss’

  

  Every business executive and entrepreneur I know believes they are good or even great leaders, but as an advisor I often hear a different story from their team. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How To Find Money Based On Your New Venture Progress

  

  Time is too precious to waste trying to close a deal with the wrong investors at the wrong time. Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so i... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Keys To Delivering Innovation As An Entrepreneur

  

  As a startup investor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. The most common proposals I hear are for... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Lead-Generation Tactics Thrive On Limited Budgets

  

  Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Excuses For Giving Up Instead Of Persevering To Win

  

  When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Keys To The Investor Challenge For Your New Venture

  

  According to the entrepreneurs I advise, the biggest challenge they typically face in starting a new business is funding. It consistently takes a huge amount... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Indications That You Can Survive Startup Failures

  

  You can’t survive as an entrepreneur without resilience, because you are going to fail at least once, maybe multiple times. That’s the nature of trying somethin... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Success Strategies Without Requiring Alpha Leaders

  

  The reigning theory in business has long been that “alpha” leaders make the best entrepreneurs. These are aggressive, results-driven achievers who assert... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Ways To Ensure That Your Website Is Winning For You

  

  It’s hard to be successful in any business when your customers can’t find you, or they find you and still can’t figure out whether your solution works for them. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Tips To Strategic Decisions Made Without A Crisis

  

  Strategic decisions set the overall direction for your business, whereas operational decisions set day-to-day operations. Unfortunately, most of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways To Demonstrate Leadership In A Business Crisis

  

  When the business is struggling, most business owners I know feel like anything but a leader. They start second-guessing their own vision, and are prone to... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Guidelines For Proper Responses To Investor Queries

  

  Entrepreneurs looking for investor funding often fail to realize that all money comes with strings. For example, if you have watched the Shark Tank TV series,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Venture Realities Will Position Your Business Plan

  

  If you are one of the new age of entrepreneurs who hates the thought of doing a business plan as a first step in starting your new venture you will love this... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Challenging Employee Styles Test Every New Venture

  

  The most valuable assets of a new startup are the people on the team, and the most challenging task of the entrepreneur and team leaders is to spend their... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Signals Of A Future Startup Founder From Corporate

  

  While spending years in a big company as an employee and an executive, I heard many people talking about jumping the corporate ship, dreaming of being an... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Steps To Meeting The New Bar Of Delighted Customers

  

  Having satisfied customers is no longer enough to keep you ahead of competitors. The bar has been raised to having “delighted” customers. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Attributes Of Many Exceptional New Venture Founders

  

  In my years of working with entrepreneurs, I have heard many times the promise that their new idea will create the next Amazon or Apple, but I rarely hear the... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Commonly Held Myths That Limit Competitive Efforts

  

  Every entrepreneur believes in their heart that their startup is more innovative and creative than their competitors. Yet none knows exactly where creativity... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

  

  As an occasional angel investor, I always ask for a business pitch to get me in the mood. I’m still amazed at how many technical entrepreneurs don’t have a... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Keys To Making People First And Winning In Business

  

  Just as national cultures influence and shape a country, so does the startup culture set by founder strategy drive the future of a new venture. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER