With the current volatile economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 615 days ago
7 Reasons Many Owners Fail To Focus On Systemization
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 616 days ago
In my experience, one of the biggest mistakes I see you make as a startup or new business owner is to create a business that is totally dependent on you. That means you are the only one who knows how the business works, you make all decisions, and progress grinds to a halt when you are away. That m
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5 New Marketing Rules For Today’s Customer Generation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 621 days ago
As a business consultant, I often have to remind small business owners that their marketing needs to be more interactive, versus the traditional “push” model, where you broadcast your message to as many people as possible. New generations of customers respond better to the “participative” approach,
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5 Key Success Attributes For An Aspiring Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 623 days ago
As an entrepreneur mentor, my mission is to foster the attributes in you as a startup founder that I believe will lead to success. I know from experience that my friends who are angel investors are looking for the same indications, although none of us has a scorecard, or even know exactly what we a
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 New Venture Myths To Avoid Despite The Temptations
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 625 days ago
Starting a new business is a serious undertaking. Yet many aspiring entrepreneurs I know approach it as a fun project, get-rich quick scheme, or perhaps an expensive hobby. Others quit their day jobs and commit everything to their new passion, without regard for their own well-being, or the welfare
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7 Tough Leadership Challenges Gauge Your CEO Ability
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 628 days ago
As a business advisor, I often talk to business professionals who are critical of their CEO, and are convinced that they could do the job better. Yet I suspect that few of you have seriously thought about the scope of problems that every CEO must face, and what capabilities are the key to success,
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8 Ways Your Values And Results Make A Trusted Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 630 days ago
As an angel investor in new startups, I’ve long believed that investors invest in people, not ideas. But the magic that makes one entrepreneur stand out over others is hard to quantify – yet we all recognize it when we see it. In my view, it starts with your communication of real personal values, a
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7 Ways to Convince Other People To Take A Risk On You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 635 days ago
As a member of an angel investment group for years, I’m sometimes surprised to see founders with a good technical business case get rejected for funding, while others seem to have a hidden quality that gives them credibility to be fundable despite some missing elements. Investors often chalk this u
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Risks Of Not Leveraging Team Member Data Analytics
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 641 days ago
Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “jus
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7 Ways To Balance Your Heart And Logic With Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 642 days ago
Based on my own years of experience in startups and big business, and more recently as an angel investor, I often cringe when I see one of you entrepreneurs missing a cue that I have seen work for many before you. I’m a big fan of leading with your heart and your passion, but I’m also convinced tha
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