Many investors will assert that company culture trumps strategy every time, in predicting the long-term success of a new startup. Obviously, both are important, so it behooves every entrepreneur to start early in setting the right tone for his own company, and every new team member should be gaugin
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5 Key Questions to Gauge the Culture in Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4229 days ago
Sustainable Strategies for Internet Startup Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4230 days ago
It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there
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Entrepreneurship Is All About Taking Smart Risks
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4231 days ago
Most entrepreneurs think that risk is just an “occupational hazard” that can be minimized or eliminated by a smart businessman. That way of thinking is simplistic and wrong. In reality, some risks are good and should be embraced for growth and a competitive edge, while others are bad and should be
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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4232 days ago
Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average? Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups w
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An IPO Exit Strategy Puts the Entrepreneur at Risk
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4233 days ago
Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your
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Good Entrepreneur Decisions Require a Good Process
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4234 days ago
Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. Why is it that his idea which seemed so fundable only months ago fails to attract investors today? The team is the same. The company's market is the same.
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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Master the Creative Mind
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4236 days ago
An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” The best new businesses are ones that have never been done before, so mastering creativity and recognizing creativity are key skills and mind-sets. But how does one recognize and nurture creativity in a person or team?
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How to Create a Culture Shift in the Age of Illogic
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4237 days ago
I’m a very logical guy, so I still fondly remember when new solutions and technologies started trends on the basis of their logical strengths. In today’s world, it seems that emotion, not logic, sparks the new trends that become culture, and drives our devotion or disappointment in new products and
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How to Relate Your Technology to Business Values
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4238 days ago
Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. If you fail, it’s your loss,
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Add Startups to Balance Your Portfolio, If You Dare
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4239 days ago
Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money. Secondly, the
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