As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to set the culture you need for a thriving business, as well as thriving employees, customers, partners, and vendors. In fact, in my experience, cultures are very hard to change, so if you don’t get it right the first time, the road ahead will forever be dif
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How To Build A Business Where Everyone Thrives
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3485 days ago
Apply Lessons Learned To Gain From Startup Failure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3487 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on October 12, 2014 10:47 am
Your startup is gone, it’s never coming back, and you are in mourning. An entrepreneur whose business fails grieves similarly to anyone who has lost a loved one. The pain of losing a business is not only about a significant loss of income, but can send your entire identity into turmoil.
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Investors Measure Entrepreneurs By Cashflow Mileage
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3488 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on October 10, 2014 9:27 am
Cashflow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Investors check your burn rate to assess your efficiency, and project your remaining runway before you run out of money and into a brick wall. Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the ne
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Check Your Motivation For The Entrepreneur Lifestyle
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3489 days ago
As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or get rich quick, or avoid anyone else telling them what to do. Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that st
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Future Business Growth Drives A New Partner Paradigm
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3490 days ago
Made Hot by: blogexpert on October 9, 2014 1:07 am
Business partnerships have traditionally been agreements to drive more transactions than either company could do alone. The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something no
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Leadership Principles To Move Up A Level From Smart
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3492 days ago
Made Hot by: FutureVision on October 7, 2014 11:59 am
Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. That means they may show great insights into a new technology that has marginal business value, their passion may motivate team members more than customers, or they may allow themselves to be pulled over the ethical line
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Joining A Startup As CFO Is A Good Path To The Top
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3494 days ago
Every investor is looking for the “dream team” of executives to put money on. Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. That’s how important the people are. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role is u
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Smart Entrepreneurs Learn The Most From Their Team
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3495 days ago
Starting and running a company is a team effort. Yes, it takes a leader (entrepreneur), but you can’t do it alone, without a team. Maybe only you and a co-founder comprise the team at first, to provide key skills, back you up, and test your ideas. As the startup grows, the team has to be able to re
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Entrepreneurs Need To Reality Check Their Ideas
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3496 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on October 2, 2014 3:25 pm
In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind?
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Is Your Business Ready For Curves In The Road Ahead?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3497 days ago
Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth b
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