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8 New Ways To Focus On Customers For Trust And Profit
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1071 days ago
As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I find that I often have to remind them that the world of customers has changed since they started their last business. Customer expectations of a relationship and personalization are stretching every business today, and pervasive use and confidence in social media b
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5 Ways To Engage The Right People In Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1076 days ago
In my work with new and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most struggle with putting together a written business plan, often pointing out that someone they know started a business without anything written down. My experience is that the discipline of documenting a plan will improve your likelihoo
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6 Building Blocks Make Amazon A Global Market Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1078 days ago
Every new business dreams of growing from a startup to a global market leader in a few years, like Amazon.com, but that goal is elusive. As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked for the magic that has made Amazon the world's most valuable brand, from a total unknown only twenty years ago. My
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8 Steps To Making Good Decisions In Life And Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1083 days ago
Despite many years of advising aspiring entrepreneurs and people in business, I continue to be surprised by the number of people who wait for decisions to be made by default, or allow others to make decisions for them. I assure you that this approach is not the road to happiness, and certainly not
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10 Ways Owners Often Jeopardize Their Business Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1085 days ago
When you are starting a new business, every resource is precious, including time, funding, and people. Yet we can all look back, after the fact, and realize that we could have been more memorable. Obviously you can’t go back for a do-over, but you can certainly learn from your mistakes as well as a
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5 Factors That Set Your Best Startup Funding Strategy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1090 days ago
With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. I think it’s great to have more optio
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How Smart Entrepreneurs Don’t Hesitate To Seek Help
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1092 days ago
While starting a new business always involves tackling many new challenges, I’ve personally found myself reluctant to ask for help. I suspect it’s a function of pride and confidence in my own problem solving abilities, but my hesitation has definitely cost me time and money. Thus, in my consulting
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6 Hard Questions That Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1097 days ago
As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. In my experience, these startups usually find the field cr
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8 Techniques For Shining A Light On Your Blind Spots
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1099 days ago
Most of us have blind spots in our ability to build a business, due to lack of experience, too much ego, over-confidence, or unjustified faith in a subordinate. Only a few of the entrepreneurs I have worked with in a decade of consulting are smart and humble enough to recognize that they don’t know
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5 Ways To Increase Your Agility In The Face Of Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1104 days ago
As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile, just to keep up. The challenge is that too many are confused on what that
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