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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Ways To Make Innovation A Priority In Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 793 days ago
In my experience with business leaders, real innovation thinking is rare, compared to the urge to add just one more feature to an existing product, or make a small tweak to an existing business model. I call this linear thinking, and it’s a sure way to be ultimately overrun by your competition. I’m
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7 Reasons A Good Team Merits Priority Over Procedure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 794 days ago
Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. Obviously, both are required for a company to stay healthy and growing. In my experience, pr
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Ways For New Ventures To Survive The Perfect Storm
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 795 days ago
A perfect storm is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances aggravates an environment drastically. In the entrepreneur world, I feel we are in such a situation now for new startups, with the confluence of business transformations, the explosion of new digital
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6 Ways Chutzpah And Confidence Can Make Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 799 days ago
Based on my experience as a business advisor, I’m convinced that most startup investors invest in the entrepreneur, as much as a solution or product. In that context, I’ve long realized that some players seem to command real attention, even if their proposal sounds far-fetched or very risky. The at
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6 Market Environments Where Execution Trumps Planning
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 801 days ago
As a business adviser, I often see entrepreneurs practicing what Tom Peters calls the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy to their detriment. Yet even I have been known to recommend that approach, in cases where you have a highly innovative product, speed is of the essence, and no clear existing
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Startup Professionals Musings: You Need A Strategic Process For Long-Term Survival
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 803 days ago
Your business can’t be all things to all people, and excel at anything. Every entrepreneur and every business needs a strategy to keep them focused. In fact, in this new world of pervasive interactivity, it’s time to rethink even how to develop a strategy. Strategy used to come from the inside look
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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 806 days ago
Every new business I know dreams of building momentum in their business, where growth continues to increase, customers become your best advocates, and employee motivation is high. The most common approach I see to achieving this is to do more of everything for everyone. Unfortunately, with limited
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7 Reasons Why Every Business Leader Needs A Mentor
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 808 days ago
After working many years in business, both in large companies as well as startups, I’ve realized that you can learn more from peers and mentors than from any formal education program. Of course, nothing beats learning from your mistakes, but that’s a painful and very time-consuming journey. Best of
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5 Actions To Convince Your Boss You Are Accountable
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 813 days ago
Are you often frustrated that people reporting to you, or key peers, seem to dodge accountability for their actions? They are quick to claim the credit for things in their domain that work, but also quick to disclaim responsibility for problems that keep popping up. Perhaps you need to do more to b
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Startup Professionals Musings: All New Venture Opportunities Come With Unknown Risks
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 818 days ago
Outside of dreams, there is no real business opportunity without risk. Serious entrepreneurs know that, but too many “wannabes” still fall for that elusive get-rich-quick scheme with no risk. As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and
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