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 Ways to Market to Customer Emotion as Well as Logic
The average business person fights a customer culture shift, rather than looking for it. For them, change means new risk and extra costs, but it also means new... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Key Leadership Habits Required For Entrepreneurs
Starting and building a company is all about leadership – formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over an... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Hidden Biases Will Negatively Impact Your Startup
I’m sure we have all seen entrepreneurs with high levels of passion and confidence touting an idea that seems to make very little sense to us. Read more
Posted on 07 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Personal Work Principles Drive Your Business Luck
Don’t you wish you could be as lucky as Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk, who always seem to be in the right place at the right time for their business ideas to... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Every Startup Needs Intellectual Property To Thrive
A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
9 Steps To Increasing Your Street Smarts In Business
People who are good at solving problems for other people make great entrepreneurs. That’s what a business gets paid to do. The challenge is not the same as... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Ways To Keep The Road Ahead In 2017 A Happy One
Welcome to another challenging new year ahead! You’ve probably already made your resolutions for 2017, but if not, I suggest a renewed commitment to finding... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2017 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Can You Beat Amazon In The Race To Overnight Success?
Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule. So once in a while... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Challenges To Overcome In The Growth Of Hyperlocal
In this age of instant communication via the Internet, It’s ironic that I can now find out what’s going on around the world often more easily than in my own... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Mindset Checks Before You Start A New Business
Making the decision to start your own business is a major commitment, with huge implications for skills and lifestyle. Yet there is no standardized testing or... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
7 Key Principles of Question-Based Leadership To Win
Too many people in business just expect their leaders to give orders. Maybe it’s for this reason that as professionals advance in their career, they tend to... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
How Closely Do You Follow Networking Etiquette Rules?
I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. Read more
Posted on 25 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Qualities Customers Expect In The Next Big Thing
Every entrepreneur wishes that he could predict whether his idea could be the “next big thing,” before he spent his life savings and years of energy on it. Read more
Posted on 24 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
8 Key Principles To Keep Up With The Speed of Change
Things change so fast these days in business that your first priority as an entrepreneur is to stay current, by talking to customers, peers, and experts. Read more
Posted on 23 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle
Contrary to what you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial growth over the last few years is not Gen-Y upstarts, but Boomers over the age of 50, now... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Recommendations For Getting Ahead In Any Business
Does it sometimes seem like people all around you are getting promoted, or leaving to start their own business, while all your hard work and experience are... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
10 Reasons That Collaboration Is The New Imperative
Any entrepreneur with a vision can postulate a new business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. Read more
Posted on 18 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
5 Startup Strategies To Capitalize On Today’s Culture
Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attribute... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Key Attributes That Investors Look For In A CEO
Every business needs that ultimate leader and decision maker at the top, commonly given the title of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Read more
Posted on 16 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER -
6 Steps To Success In Your Entrepreneurial Goals
Too many aspiring entrepreneurs I mentor can talk at length about their innovative ideas and passions, and ask lots of good questions, but never make much... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2016 BUSINESS, CAREER