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Startup Professionals Musings: Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1414 days ago
The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. N
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Moving Your Best Of Breed Odds Up A Notch
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1417 days ago
Everyone who starts or owns a business expects to be the best of breed, but only a few achieve that status. As a startup mentor and advisor, I often contemplate what makes the difference between winners and losers. I’m convinced that it’s a lot more than the foibles of any specific market, availabi
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5 Steps To Strategy Tuning Through Machine Learning
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1418 days ago
Conventional thinking in business has long been that strategy decisions are made by humans, while the focus of automation and machine learning should be on execution. With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and othe
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Adopt An Entrepreneur Mindset To Enhance Your Career
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1420 days ago
One of the big differences between an entrepreneur and an employee of a big business is that employees tend to have a very narrow focus on their job, while entrepreneurs have to keep the broader focus on business. Both want personal satisfaction and financial success. In fact, U.S. entrepreneurs co
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Startup Professionals Musings: 9 Principles Especially Critical For A Micro-Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1424 days ago
Too many of you business owners think success only means being the next Amazon, or you stress yourself out trying to be everything to every customer. In reality, the opportunities are greater for starting with a micro-business, ideally from your special expertise or passion, with fewer than five em
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Keep A Real Job Until Your New Venture Shows Traction
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1425 days ago
One of the big decisions every aspiring entrepreneur has to make is when to quit your current job to devote yourself fulltime to your new startup. Some of you are so committed to the new passion that you quit your day job early, and dedicate all your time and resources to the new venture. Others wa
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Equity Investment Platform Preparation Best Practices
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1427 days ago
If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. I recommend an ea
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Startup Professionals Musings: It’s Time To Assess Your Leadership Style In Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1429 days ago
Startups provide leadership in the market. Entrepreneurs provide leadership to their startup. There are many styles of leadership, like dictatorial, laissez-faire, and democratic. One that I hear discussed more these days, in this age of relationships, is called “servant” leadership.
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7 Tips For Building The Right People Relationships
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1432 days ago
In big business, as well as startups, I have found that your effectiveness can be highly correlated to your ability to build and maintain people relationships, often more so than hard work, or how many hours you give. But all relationships are not the same, and your ability to distinguish between p
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6 Steps To Creating A Business Legacy That You Love
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1434 days ago
Before you start down the long hard road of an entrepreneur, it pays to look inside yourself to see what you love to do, and what would fit your definition of success. For some, it’s all about the chance to run your own show, or advance a cause that you are passionate about. Others dream of being a
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