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Make Yourself A Key Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1390 days ago
The most successful entrepreneurs and business owners I know are humble, and they don’t have an inflated sense of self. When you have some success behind you as a manager, executive, founder, or CEO, it’s easy to become less open to the advice and signals around you, and believe you should just con
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Effective Marketing Today Begins With A Conversation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1392 days ago
As a long-time advisor to small businesses and startups, I still find many who think marketing is still primarily broadcasting your message to as many customers as possible, hitting them again and again, until it sticks. They don’t realize that customers today are looking for relationships, meaning
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Steps For Advancing New Venture Ideas Into Results
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1396 days ago
Many aspiring entrepreneurs I mentor can talk at length about their innovative ideas and passions, and ask lots of good questions, but never make much progress in building a real business. In my experience, building a business is much more about getting things done than having great ideas. The chal
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7 Strategies To Create Your Own Market And Win Bigger
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1397 days ago
New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. For example, consider how many years it took for the market to move from radio to television, or fully accept personal compu
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Even the Best Startup Solutions Need Modern Marketing
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1399 days ago
As a long-time advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, and a technology fan myself, I still meet dozens of techies with great solutions who assume they don’t need marketing to change the world. They subscribe to the myth that “if we build it, they will come.” In fact, with today’s information overload,
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8 Tips For Quantifying Traction In Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1404 days ago
What is the definition of traction for a business startup today? According to most investors I know, traction is some clear evidence that the “dogs are eating the dog food” – usually meaning that you have at least one customer paying full price for your solution. If your phone app or service is fre
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Startup Professionals Musings: 4 Key Questions To Size The Potential Of Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1405 days ago
Every startup and every new business needs a unique selling proposition (USP) to get people’s attention these days, and make it stand out in the information overload we all see. Your concept has to be understood by customers and investors in 30 seconds or less, and everyone needs to immediately see
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7 Strategies To Avoid the Curse of Business-As-Usual
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1406 days ago
As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs and business owners, I rarely find someone who doesn’t proclaim that the business world is changing rapidly, with new technology, new customer expectations, and new cultures. Yet, I’m still frustrated by the number of business owners that haven’t updated thei
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How to Have a Winning Career, Despite Constant Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1411 days ago
Most young people who are completing their educational degree today think they will have learned all they need for their career ahead. Unfortunately, based on my own extensive experience in business, I have to tell them in my talks that most of what they know now will be obsolete in a few years. Th
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7 Steps To A Memorable New Venture Marketing Rollout
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1413 days ago
Even with instant two-way communication via the Internet and mobile phones, your greatest new solution or service won’t found or properly recognized without marketing. The challenge is to rise above the clutter, and stand out in the rush of over 500,000 other new businesses that get started in the
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