Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money.
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Martinzwilling submitted the following stories to BizSugar
Angel Investors Won’t Swoop Down on Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4664 days ago
Entrepreneurs Who Fear Chaos Risk An Early Demise
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4665 days ago
Every startup founder I know talks about the chaos of their business, which they usually attribute to that burst of growth that is required to get to positive cash flow. They envision a stable environment after that point, and may have convinced themselves that they will be safer and happier with a
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Tested Startup Capabilities That Lead to Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4666 days ago
Every startup wants to be a predictable success, yet so few ever achieve this enviable position. In reality, getting there is not a random walk, and requires an understanding of the stages that every business must navigate and the organizational characteristics necessary at each stage.
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Foster the Factors that Make Startup Work Fun
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4667 days ago
Startup work environments are always chaos, but they can still be great environments to work in, or they can be terrible. Whether yours is terrible or great, that same tone flows out to your customers, and regulates your productivity inside. You as the founder are the starting point and definer, so
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Nine Steps to Effective Business Problem Solving
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4668 days ago
Creating a startup, or managing any business, is all about problem solving. Some people are good at it and some are not – independent of their IQ or their academic credentials (there may even be an inverse relationship here). Yet I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than
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The Best Online Reputation Defense is Good Offense
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4669 days ago
These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. It’s time for every business and business person to proactively create a positive presence, before someo
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Find the Best of the Best Blogs for Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4670 days ago
With as many as 100 million active blogs (web logs) in English alone on the Internet, how can you find and read the ones you need to be a leader in your business domain? I’m a speed reader, but that’s a challenge for even the best of us. Yet we know keeping up with the latest trends and techniques
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Entrepreneurs Need to Be Leaders, Not Pushers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4671 days ago
True leaders realize that, by definition, the word "leader" places one at the front and not the rear. Yet many, many executives try to lead through fear and intimidation. This isn’t really leading at all. It’s pushing. Those of you with time in the military probably understand this concept well.
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How an Entrepreneur Can ‘Get Lucky’ in a Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4672 days ago
If you have had some success in a business, I’m sure you bristle just like I do when someone says “You were just lucky…” I’m a strong believer that we all make our own luck, which means that the harder we work, the luckier we get. In reality, “hard work” is just a catch-all term for a list of princ
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New Technology Adoption is Getting More Painful
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4673 days ago
Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts his pitch by touting his new technology. He has forgotten that new technologies are perceived by most customers as causing more pain than the problems they hope to eliminate. I chastise these startups to highlight the soluti
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