Most businesses spend big money testing their brand logo, catchy marketing phrases, and demographics, but spend little time training and validating that their employees can and do deliver memorable experiences to their customers. The result, according to a recent Gallup survey, with 70 percent of w
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8 Keys To Creating A Memorable Customer Experience
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3553 days ago
The Discipline Of Execution Defines An Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3561 days ago
When entrepreneurs come to me with that “million dollar idea,” I have to tell them that an idea alone is really worth nothing. It’s all about the execution, and investors invest in the people who can execute, or even better, have a history of successful execution. Execution is making things happen,
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10 Approaches to Handle the Burden of Leadership
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3562 days ago
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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7 Ways to Feed The Growth Beast In Every Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3563 days ago
“If you build it, they will come.” It's a line from an old movie "Field of Dreams" which is still leading to the demise of too many startups, led by entrepreneurs who really started their business to build an exciting new product or service. Most struggle with the idea and practice of marketing and
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10 Actions That Highlight You As A Business Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3569 days ago
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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7 Elements Of Inspiration From The Steve Jobs Model
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3574 days ago
Steve Jobs was one of those entrepreneurs who seemed universally either loved or hated, but not many will argue with his ability to innovate in the technology product arena over the years. He was instrumental in creating Apple, which has pioneered a dazzling array of new products, and even surpasse
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Entrepreneurs Needed To Deliver Big Data Solutions
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3575 days ago
Even though “Big Data” has now been around for a few years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. According to IBM, companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. This data comes from sensors, social
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7 Entrepreneur Traits That Let You Soar With Angels
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3576 days ago
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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6 Marketing 101 Tips For Technology Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3577 days ago
Marketing is everything these days. You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and to
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How To Increase Productivity By Employee Happiness
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3579 days ago
Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. For example, the Harvard Business Review a while back included an analysis of hundreds of studies showing an average of 31% h
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