Even though the world is getting smaller, due to easy global connectivity, people still feel alone if not well-connected locally. There is also more going on in every location, so this personal need and super sensitivity to the local community has spawned a new breed of Internet startups, called “h
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Challenges For Startups With A Neighborhood Focus
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1223 days ago
How To Tune Business Strategy For Long-Term Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1226 days ago
The biggest challenge these days doesn’t seem to be in starting a new business, but sustaining it against the onslaught of market changes and new competitors that emerge every day. Yet, as an angel investor, I still see too many new business owners who are convinced that their biggest challenge is
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5 Questions To Help Solve The Tough Business Problems
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1228 days ago
In my role as a business advisor, one of the attributes I often see in a good leader is the ability and willingness to ask good questions, before moving forward or issuing edicts, potentially in the wrong direction. We all have mental barriers – those unquestioned assumptions, unexplored options, o
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How Modern Companies Have Redefined Customer Support
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1233 days ago
Too many business owners still think of “customer support” as an after-sale process to rectify customer problems with completed transactions. The world has changed. With the advent of instant communication and social media, customer service starts at the first hint of interest by you, and never end
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10 Tips To New Venture Leaders To Never Stop Learning
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1235 days ago
You probably think that the fact that you have started your own business validates your leadership ability. It may confirm that you were a leader yesterday, but do you have what it takes to be a leader tomorrow? In this era of rapid change, you can’t afford to stop learning, or you will find that y
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Key Skills For Survival In Today’s Business Career
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1237 days ago
The days when you locked and loaded your career in school, and then blasted away down that same narrow path the rest of your life, are gone, never to return. Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot,
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Practical Keys To Enhancing Your Business Acumen
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1238 days ago
The most successful entrepreneurs and executives I have seen are savvy business people first, and experts in their field second. This may seem counter-intuitive to technologists, especially in an era when technology seems to be driving the world. Yet the sad truth is that a technology not focused o
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Why Amazon Is the Undisputed E-Commerce Growth Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1240 days ago
Everyone wants to grow and innovate like Amazon these days. From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. In my role as a business advisor, I’ve long
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7 Keys To Using Social Media to Kickstart Your Brand
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1247 days ago
After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Action Stages To Get From Your Dream To A Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1248 days ago
Before you, as an entrepreneur, can hope to successfully start a new business, you need to set some goals and milestones to lead the way. It’s easy to talk in the abstract about all the possible applications for a new technology, but you don’t have a viable business plan until you have specific tar
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