During all my years in business, I’ve noticed that some people seem to make their job look effortless, while others are always in a struggle, no matter how simple you thought the task should be. I’ve always wondered if some people are just that much smarter, or what some do that the rest of us can
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5 Ways To Make It Easier To Do What Matters At Work
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 720 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 721 days ago
Made Hot by: blogexpert on October 22, 2022 9:15 am
Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who oft
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Startup Professionals Musings: How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 722 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on October 20, 2022 1:03 pm
One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the mark
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Indications Of Your Ability To Get Business Results
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 723 days ago
Made Hot by: SimplySmallBiz on October 18, 2022 11:04 am
As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. As with most business an
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Keys To Raising Your New Venture Funding Potential
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 724 days ago
Valuing a business based on assets and financial performance is a well-understood process, but every investor knows the real value goes well beyond these parameters, either higher or lower. The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very
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8 Creative Pricing Strategies Most Startups Overlook
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 725 days ago
As an advisor to new business owners, I’m accustomed to seeing primarily the simple traditional product pricing strategies, usually driven by competitor prices, or cost plus a reasonable margin. I often wonder whether you as the entrepreneur have worked as hard on your pricing strategy as you have
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Leadership Traits To Inspire Every Startup Founder
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 726 days ago
Made Hot by: logistico on October 16, 2022 3:59 pm
People who have been followers too long as an employee don’t realize how hard it is to be a leader. Every new entrepreneur has to initiate the right actions to be perceived as a leader in their chosen business domain by their team and by their customers, or the road to success and satisfaction will
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6 Tips For A Marketing Focus To Match Your Solution
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 727 days ago
If you are a passionate technologist, it’s easy to forget that marketing is required to sell even the most compelling solution, to cut through the information overload everyone sees today on the internet. If customers don’t know you exist, you can’t solve their problem, they won’t buy. Getting cust
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Strategies To Mitigate The Challenge Of Leadership
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 728 days ago
Made Hot by: ObjectOriented on October 14, 2022 1:06 pm
Most new entrepreneurs don’t anticipate the burdens of being the leader, including the sense of loneliness and isolation at the top. People outside the team can’t relate to the pressures of “the buck stops here,” and everyone on the team assumes that they are the primary ones under pressure to deli
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Keys To Becoming An Emotionally Intelligent Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 729 days ago
Based on many years of experience in business as an executive and consultant, I have long been convinced that emotional intelligence (EQ or EI) in leadership wins over logical intelligence (IQ) every time. The experts define emotional intelligence as a leader's ability to recognize individual and t
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