Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• 6 Strategies for Showing Authenticity in Leadership

  

  Every business owner and startup founder knows they are expected to lead the charge in starting and growing their business. In my experience as a business... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Skills To Hone For Seeing Future Trends In Business

  

  Every entrepreneur realizes that change is now the norm, and they have to adapt their business quickly to survive and prosper. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 4 Initiatives For Engaging Potential Startup Leaders

  

  Every startup founder rightfully starts out as the single leader of the startup, but as the business grows, many entrepreneurs struggle with relinquishing any... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How To Pick A Business Model That Is A Match For You

  

  It’s painful when you start a new business for the wrong reasons. As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, one of my challenges is to make sure their idea is a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 4 Breakthrough Thinking Strategies Force Innovation

  

  Why do a few entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, seem to come up with all the real innovations, while the majority of business leaders seem stuck in... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• The Peter Principle Can Kill Your Business And Career

  

  As a former IBM executive, I used to think that big-company executives would be ideally skilled and experienced in business to run a small company or a startup. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Ways To Be A Business Leader As Well As A Developer

  

  Almost every entrepreneur starts their journey by developing a solution, based on their idea of a new technology or required service. These idea and developer... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Exponential Scaling Tips For Large-Scale Movements

  

  To build a startup, entrepreneurs need a laser focus on providing an innovative solution to a real problem. Once they achieve that initial traction, the focus... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies For Rebounding From Startup Failures

  

  If you can’t deal with failure, then the entrepreneur lifestyle is not for you. Don’t believe that urban myth that all you need is a good idea, a little fun... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Points For A Memorable New Venture Funding Pitch

  

  The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How To Make Your Business Exit Planned And Positive

  

  Believe it or not, it pays to think about your exit strategy before you start a business, just like buying a house. Is it an investment, do you want to flip... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 New Venture Survival Lessons From Early Explorers

  

  Did you ever wonder why some entrepreneurs always seem to have all the luck and success, while others never seem to catch a break? Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 9 Communication Tips That Can Boost Your Career Value

  

  Every business professional and entrepreneur believes they are good communicators, but how do they know? It’s really the perception of the recipients that... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies For Building A Business With Influence

  

  Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Modern Ideas That Will Make Your Website A Winner

  

  You can’t make any business work if your customers can’t find you, or don’t even know what you offer. Thus I was surprised to read recently that 30 percent of... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Strategies To Accelerate Your New Venture Growth

  

  Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. But what does that really mean? Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Business Strategy Elements That Expedite Success

  

  Businesses always seem to take longer to succeed than an entrepreneur expects. Seth Godin once said that overnight success in startups takes about six years, an... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Human Obstacles To Business Innovation And Change

  

  Successful entrepreneurs are the ones who think the most creatively, not only in their initial product or service, but more importantly all through the stages o... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Tips Learned On The Street About Running A Business

  

  Being “street smart,” or able to anticipate and deal with daily business problems and surprises, is generally recognized as a critical skill to have for busines... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Ways To Sell Yourself In Written Business Messages

  

  Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingl... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2018 BUSINESS, CAREER