Most startup ideas begin in the mind of an individual, but an idea is not a business. It takes a team, with effective leadership, to build a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs default to team leadership by domination and control. Yet in my experience, the best entrepreneurs quickly learn the art
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Leadership Strategies To Rev-Up Your Team Vitality
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1683 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on March 1, 2020 1:45 pm
Checklist To Find The Startup Partner Of Your Dreams
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1684 days ago
As an advisor to startups, I often get asked what to look for in an ideal co-founder or business partner. My first response is that it’s much like finding that ideal spouse, where chemistry, common interests and complementary communication skills are key. After some reflection, I now realize these
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Benefits of Outsourcing and Freelancing In Startups
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1685 days ago
One of the most stressful and unanticipated challenges that comes with starting a new business is hiring and managing employees. Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 New Dimensions Of Market Value In This Digital Age
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1686 days ago
Made Hot by: thelastword on February 27, 2020 12:19 pm
As a startup advisor, I see too many entrepreneurs get distracted by technology or their favorite cause, and then wonder why they can’t find an investor, attract customers, or build a long-term business. Every startup needs to start with an honest assessment of how they provide customer value, and
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Guiding Principles To An Enviable Employee Culture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1687 days ago
Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on February 26, 2020 8:25 am
With today’s interactive social media and the real-time Internet, both customers and employees see inside your company easily, so you can’t hide your real company culture. At the same time relationship perceptions have become the biggest drivers to customer loyalty and employee engagement. Thus in
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Ways To Make You An Entrepreneur Before The Product
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1688 days ago
Made Hot by: blogexpert on February 24, 2020 10:49 am
Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. In fact, some totally avoid it, assuming their product or solution will speak for itself late
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How To Make Money Like Facebook With Online Ads
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1689 days ago
One of the most popular and least successful models I see in new business plans for startups is the so-called Facebook model, providing free services to users while collecting revenue from ads to offset costs and grow the business. To make this work, you need heavy traffic on your site -- probably
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Priorities For New Business Leader Self-Development
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1690 days ago
Made Hot by: thecorneroffice on February 21, 2020 3:00 pm
In my business of mentoring new entrepreneurs and advising small company owners, I recognize that most don’t start as experienced leaders, and most don’t realize that people leadership is a primary key to their future success. Building a business is not a one-person job, and leading by edict rarely
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Challenges In Penetrating The New World Of Services
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1692 days ago
Selling services has always been about relationships, but the challenges of building relationships with services clients have exploded. Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Ways Growing Companies Drift From Startup Thinking
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1693 days ago
Made Hot by: NolanGreen on February 19, 2020 3:07 pm
Every new venture that survives the first five years starts to drift away from their entrepreneurial thinking, and assumes they have achieved the path to longevity. In fact, even within Fortune 100 companies, almost 90 percent have encountered growth stalls or flirted with failure, or worse, in the
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