If you define your self-worth as an entrepreneur by how busy you are, it’s time to find another lifestyle. We all know people who are extraordinarily busy, but never seem to accomplish anything. For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Keys To Spending Your Time On The Right Work Items
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1177 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on July 23, 2021 1:09 pm
Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Keys To Maximizing Your Confidence and Self-Esteem
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1178 days ago
Made Hot by: Digitaladvert on July 19, 2021 11:00 am
Confidence and self-esteem are critical to your success as an entrepreneur, or any business role. As a mentor, I’m regularly frustrated by people who try to cover their lack of confidence with ego and arrogance, rather than working on the base issue. Every business leader and investor I know quickl
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8 Keys To Enjoying Work, And Enhancing Your Career
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1179 days ago
As a business advisor, one of the most frustrating things I see is the number of employees who are unhappy at work. Business owners don’t like it, the new generations think promotions will solve it, and productivity levels continue to suffer. According to the polls, only 32 percent of workers are e
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Keys To Getting Beyond Basic Incremental Innovation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1180 days ago
Made Hot by: centrifugePR on July 21, 2021 11:42 am
One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. So some entrepreneurs stick with incrementa
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5 Stages In Leading Paradigm Shift Levels Of Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1181 days ago
A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Their assumption is that customers and investors will be wowed by this into buying, ignoring the evidence that large-scale chan
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Ways Entrepreneurs Keep Ahead Of Business Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1182 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on July 15, 2021 10:53 am
Sometimes entrepreneurs are so focused on making change happen for customers that they forget that continually changing themselves and their company is equally important. Some get stuck in a rut and get run over by competitors with new technology, like Eastman Kodak, and others get pushed into a cr
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Obligations That Come With Startup External Funding
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1183 days ago
As an angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and assume no strings attached. Would you do that if it was your money? If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they sh
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Strategies To Prepare For The Next Customer Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1184 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on July 13, 2021 5:24 am
If you think your business has weathered the storm, think again. In addition to obvious economic challenges, the emerging generation of customers is determined to radically change the rules for customer engagement. Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today,
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Tips For New Entrepreneurs Needing Investor Funding
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1185 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on July 16, 2021 2:57 pm
As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. People cite sources like this Inc.com article “5 Reasons Why You Don't Need a Business Plan,” or my own blog discussion
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Don’t Wait To Catch Up Until Your Customers Hate You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1186 days ago
After working in business at all levels, and consulting to entrepreneurs for years, I’m still surprised to see so many situations where things that should be easy are painful to customers, and lead to customers hating your business. How could any rational employee or executive fail to do his or her
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