Martin Zwilling

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3466 )

• Do You Have What It Takes To Be a Business Leader?

  

  Running a business is not rocket science. As a long-time business advisor, and occasional investor, I have seen many successful businesses lead by college... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Customer Service Can Kill Your Customer’s Experience

  

  With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

  

  Every new business or product owner wants to attract the broadest possible audience, so they are prone to adding more features, multiple sales channels, and... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Behaviors That Highlight Your Leadership Ability

  

  Based on my years of experience as a new business advisor, I always find leadership to be more important to business success than any new technology or... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 10 Qualities That Will Make You An Entrepreneur Idol

  

  To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra that... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Initiatives To Streamline and Focus Your Company

  

  Success in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment requires a total alignment between the needs of each business function and the... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Key Strategies Will Assure Company Sustainability

  

  As a new business advisor, I am no longer surprised that every new entrepreneur believes the hard part is creating the first product and the business. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 8 Keys To Positive Media Attention For Your Startup

  

  Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 New Business Ideas Whose Time Has Come and Gone

  

  As an angel investor, I sometimes worry that all the viable unique ideas must already be taken. Entrepreneurs keep talking to me about the Internet of Things... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Ways To Get Beyond Linear Thinking In New Ventures

  

  It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Why You Should Enlist a Business Mentor, Or Be One

  

  Building a business is not rocket science, so there is no magic success formula. Some people think you need to get an MBA to get it right, while others are... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Key Elements Of Marketing Content To Fuel A Launch

  

  Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 5 Technologies Here Today That Will Change Your Life

  

  As a new business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2017 TECH

• 5 Steps To Startup Success Recommended By Many Gurus

  

  I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Steps Toward Implementing A Breakthrough In Growth

  

  “If you build it, they will come.” It's a line from an old movie "Field of Dreams" which is still leading to the demise of too many startups, led by... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Lessons From The Military On Winning Funding Battles

  

  Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 6 Initiatives To Get Ready For The Changes Ahead

  

  Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. Despite their own focus on changing the world, they often forget that they too have to change... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How To Put Fun And Satisfaction Back Into Your Work

  

  It’s time to take the drudgery and dread out of work at your business. You don’t like it, millennials won’t put up with it, and current productivity levels at... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• 7 Strategies For A Low Entry-Cost Sustainable Startup

  

  If your dream has long been to start and manage your own business, there is no time like the present to get started. The cost of entry is at an all-time low,... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER

• When To Enlist A Board Of Directors Or Advisory Board

  

  Many entrepreneurs I know are confused by definition and need for an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. Some view both of these as a waste of time and... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER