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How Modern Companies Have Redefined Customer Support
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1933 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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Security And Privacy Are Both A Risk and Opportunity
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1935 days ago
With the ITRC 2018 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 126 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. My recommendation to entrepreneurs is to recognize these concerns as an opportuni
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10 Change Recommendations To Meet Business Pressures
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1938 days ago
Every business professional needs to stay cool under pressure, to be a top performer, and for the sake of their own health. Yet everyone has a melting point – a critical threshold where pressure causes them to respond irrationally. Many people believe their threshold is permanently set by family ge
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5 Team Dynamics That Raise Real Barriers To Progress
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1942 days ago
Managing and motivating a team in a startup is more than just using the right interpersonal skills. It’s more than providing recognition, tangible incentives, and clear work goals. A key influencer of satisfaction and motivation, top-ranked by employees, is positive progress and the completion of m
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7 Keys To Exponential Growth Driven By The Whole Team
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1943 days ago
Many startups and entrepreneurs I advise still default to growing their business via the traditional top-down, order-taking culture. I’m convinced that you can’t stay competitive that way with today’s customers, and today’s employees. It’s time to push decision making down into the organization – i
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Change Your Management Style To Meet Today’s Culture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1945 days ago
Change is hard. But these days it’s required and inevitable. Yet, in my daily role as an advisor to entrepreneurs and small business owners, struggling to boost revenues, profits, and earnings, I still see too many managers falling back on command-and-control, a focus on weaknesses, and not enough
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5 Exciting Technologies That Need Your Execution Help
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1952 days ago
As a business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. Yet I still too often hear the question, “Can you give me a really sure-fire idea for starting my own business?” My standard answer is
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5 Steps To A Winning Assault On The Army Of Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1956 days ago
Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. They approach key potential investors way too early, trying to talk their way up the hill, with no supporting business plan, and before they have a s
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6 Keys To Making Timely Changes To Save Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1957 days ago
Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. Despite their own focus on changing the world, they often forget that they too have to change rapidly and often as the market evolves. Too many find that out too late, and are left chasing a rabbit that is long gone.
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8 Key Disciplines Are Essential To Scale Any Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1968 days ago
As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Unfortunately, your next stage of scaling the business is fraught with potential o
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