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7 Employee Practices That Will Make You A ‘Superboss’
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1476 days ago
Every business executive and entrepreneur I know believes they are good or even great leaders, but as an advisor I often hear a different story from their team. You probably have a few stories of your own about a least favorite boss who was always too busy to listen, gave nothing but critical feedb
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7 Keys To The Investor Challenge For Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1481 days ago
According to the entrepreneurs I advise, the biggest challenge they typically face in starting a new business is funding. It consistently takes a huge amount of time and effort to find an investor you can trust, and that constrains your efforts in developing the solution you envision. People always
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8 Ways To Ensure That Your Website Is Winning For You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1483 days ago
It’s hard to be successful in any business when your customers can’t find you, or they find you and still can’t figure out whether your solution works for them. Thus I was surprised to see in a recent CNBC survey that 45 percent of small businesses still don’t have a website. These are missing a ma
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Critical Resources For A Thriving Startup Community
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1487 days ago
As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I often feel the frustration of someone trying to build a startup in the wrong place and time, and wrongly attributing their struggle to personal limitations. It may not seem fair, but passion and commitment alone are not enough to make your startup successful
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10 Tips To Strategic Decisions Made Without A Crisis
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1488 days ago
Strategic decisions set the overall direction for your business, whereas operational decisions set day-to-day operations. Unfortunately, most of the entrepreneurs who contact me for guidance only seem to work on strategic issues when they are in a crisis, such as losing a major distributor or being
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7 Ways To Demonstrate Leadership In A Business Crisis
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1490 days ago
When the business is struggling, most business owners I know feel like anything but a leader. They start second-guessing their own vision, and are prone to making snap decisions suggested by someone else, in lieu of their carefully crafted processes and metrics. Entrepreneurs who can keep their coo
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7 Signals Of A Future Startup Founder From Corporate
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1495 days ago
While spending years in a big company as an employee and an executive, I heard many people talking about jumping the corporate ship, dreaming of being an entrepreneur, and totally in charge of their own destiny. Fortunately for many of them it was all talk and no action, saving them from a world of
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7 Steps To Meeting The New Bar Of Delighted Customers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1497 days ago
Having satisfied customers is no longer enough to keep you ahead of competitors. The bar has been raised to having “delighted” customers. Customer delight is defined as surprising the customer by exceeding his or her expectations, thus creating a positive emotional reaction. This emotional reaction
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Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1502 days ago
As an occasional angel investor, I always ask for a business pitch to get me in the mood. I’m still amazed at how many technical entrepreneurs don’t have a business pitch, and offer me their product pitch or product spec instead. I’m a technologist, so I always love to learn about the product, but
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7 Keys To Making People First And Winning In Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1504 days ago
Just as national cultures influence and shape a country, so does the startup culture set by founder strategy drive the future of a new venture. In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the no
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