Maybe it’s just me, but I sometimes feel that accountability is a rare talent in business today. In big businesses, people are quick to defer with “that’s not my department,” and even startup founders too often blame failures on the economy or the lack of investors. As an investor and advisor to en
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You Can’t Build A Business Without Accountability
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2814 days ago
7 Tips For Aspiring Entrepreneurs Who Stay In School
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2815 days ago
Made Hot by: fusionswim on October 18, 2016 10:39 am
A popular myth these days is that finishing college only dilutes your entrepreneurial instincts, and the best of the best, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out early to hasten their success. I agree with Robert E. Litan, former VP of research at the Kauffman Foundation,
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Join The Unicorn Club Of Billion-Dollar Companies
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2817 days ago
I’m sure all of you know one or more of the 200 or more young companies that are currently valued at one billion or more by investors and stockholders. These are popularly called “unicorns.” Some of the most well-known include Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat, Xiaomi, and Pinterest. What every entrepreneur i
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7 Reasons Steve Jobs Should Have Failed As an Entrepreneur
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From http://www.inc.com 2817 days ago
Steve Jobs was a one-in-a-million entrepreneur who seemed to violate many conventional rules of starting a business and dealing with people.
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A Positive Business Strategy Is Key To Success Today
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2818 days ago
Does your business have a visible positive strategy, or do your customers and employees still see your primary focus as closing more sales and killing competitors? Certainly that has been the strategy of many companies, and has worked in the past, but today’s customers and workers are looking for m
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Some Business People Talk While Smarter Ones Listen
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2820 days ago
As a business advisor, I certainly recognize the need for talking to make an investment case, close a sale, or communicate with your team. I also recognize the need for active listening. The challenge is to know when it’s time to switch from one to the other. You can’t learn anything new while you’
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7 Startup Scenarios That May Be Judged Non-Fundable
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2822 days ago
Made Hot by: MarketWiz on October 12, 2016 3:00 pm
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters
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How To Master Business Decisions And Problem Solving
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2822 days ago
Made Hot by: DigiTechBlog on October 11, 2016 7:13 am
One of the most important skills for every entrepreneur is timely and effective decision making. In a startup, any decision is better than no decision. One of the primary roles of every founder is to solve problems, make a decision, and manage the decision to results. The best entrepreneurs relish
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A Paperboy Explains The Keys To Success In Business
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2823 days ago
Made Hot by: AmyJordan on October 10, 2016 11:08 am
Creating a new business is not rocket science. Whether you are starting a paper route, or commercializing a complex technology, the same basic principles of success apply. I found this illustrated well in a new book I just finished, “A Paperboy’s Fable,” by a young entrepreneur and writer Deep Pate
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Entrepreneurs Need To Focus On The Right Skill Set
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2825 days ago
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and
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