A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Yet they still haven’t achieved a healthy growing profit, even though this was one of t
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What To Do When Your Startup Profits Hit the Wall
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4283 days ago
5 Angel Investor Biases That You Can Capitalize On
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4284 days ago
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, does it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up? In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approa
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Check Your Business vs Family Balance This Holiday
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4285 days ago
I know some entrepreneurs with successful businesses, and others who seem to have a great relationship with their family, but I can’t think of many who have both. Some people would argue that these two successes are mutually exclusive, but I’m not convinced.
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How to Survive Four Common Worst Case Scenarios
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4286 days ago
The best survival guides tell you how to be proactive and avoid the probabilities of ending up in a worse case scenario. Of course you need to learn how to recognize a bad situation before it bites you, and you need to know all the secret ways to wiggle your way out, before you succumb.
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Tips for Entrepreneurs Seeking the Next Big Thing
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4288 days ago
Every entrepreneur wishes that he could predict whether his idea could be the “next big thing,” before he spent his life savings and years of energy on it. Investors, on the other hand, typically don’t even look very hard at the product or service, but prefer to evaluate first the entrepreneur, and
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Entrepreneurs Need Focus on Their Business Model
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4289 days ago
Many entrepreneurs work hard on the proof of concept (technical), but skip any proof of the business model (revenue flow). In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. These days, the technical sid
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Prepare Your Startup Team for Investor Due Diligence
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4290 days ago
If your startup is great enough to get a term sheet from angel investors or a venture capitalist, the next step for the investor is to complete the dreaded due diligence process. This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and perso
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10 Team Building Actions That are Louder Than Words
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4291 days ago
Success in a startup is not possible as a “one-man show.” An entrepreneur has to engage with team members, partners, investors, vendors, and customers. In my experience, the joy of positive engagement is sometimes the only pay you get in an early startup. Amazingly, many successful startups are bui
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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Key Networking Activities
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4292 days ago
I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start?
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Entrepreneur Smarts Comprise 8 Dimensions of IQ
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4293 days ago
I’ve long believed that entrepreneurs are different. We all know successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of school, and people with high IQs that cannot manage a business. I used to call this “street smarts,” but recently I found a better explanation, called multiple intelligences. Successful entr
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