As an advisor to entrepreneurs, one of the most common requests I get is for an evaluation of a next startup idea. I try to explain that even the most innovative idea will fail if it is not a good fit for you at this time, so the question I ask them is “why you now” rather than “why this solution n
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7 Ways Every Entrepreneur Should Evaluate A New Idea
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 920 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Mindsets That Separate the Most Effective Leaders
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 921 days ago
I’m sure you will agree that not all business leaders are created equal, starting from the CEO on down. But I have found the more challenging question to be what distinguishes the best leaders from all the rest, especially before they have been selected and tested in a new role. My own conclusion,
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5 Ways To Build Startup Resilience And Avoid Failure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 922 days ago
One of the characteristics that every good investor looks for in an aspiring entrepreneur is resilience, or the ability to learn from and bounce back after a failure. You don’t have to have previous startup problems to show resilience – everyone should have a story of tackling a tough challenge wit
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Reasons That Successful Non-Profits Are A Challenge
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 923 days ago
A common misconception I often hear in the startup world is that non-profits are easy and safe, since they don’t have to pay taxes, and they don’t have to make a profit for their shareholders. In reality, from the feedback I get from non-profit executives, exactly the opposite is true.
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Qualities Of The Best People To Nurture Innovation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 924 days ago
Entrepreneurs are usually highly creative and innovative, but many innovative people are not entrepreneurs. Since it takes a team of people to build a great company, the challenge is to find that small percentage of innovative people, and then nurture the tendency, rather than stifle it.
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 New Rules For Getting Customers To Advocate For You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 925 days ago
Have you noticed that more companies beg you to participate in their business today? It started with an email survey on your last stay at their hotel, but now includes requests for online product reviews, to social media input on the design of future products. They do it because engaged customers b
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Equal Pay Day marks the day when working women will have earned what men earned in the previous year. This year, that day is Tuesday, March 15, and highlights the pay gap representing how much longer women must work to earn the same amount of pay, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity (
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Business Practices Owners Often Learn The Hard Way
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 926 days ago
I agree with those of you who tell me that you learn the most from your own mistakes, but that shouldn’t keep you from starting with some best practices, and the feedback from others who have been there and done that. In my experience, mistakes in business are an expensive and painful way to learn,
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7 Personal Strategies That Define Great Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 927 days ago
As an angel investor in startups, I’m a believer that smart investors invest more in you as the entrepreneur than the next billion dollar solution you are pitching. Yet I find that most of you find it hard to make the case that you can be the next Elon Musk or Bill Gates. I’m not looking for words,
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Creating A Connected Team For Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 928 days ago
Many of you business leaders I work with, and entrepreneurs I mentor, have a great strategy and an innovative solution, but struggle with building and motivating the team necessary to run your business. You assume everyone has your passion, and simply needs your command and control to make it work.
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