As a company executive, or a business advisor, we have to always be on the alert for indications that your business, while looking calm on the surface, has strong undercurrents starting that can lead to disaster. You don’t want to be in one of those high-flying companies, like Webvan, Pets.com, and
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8 Early Indications Of Trouble Ahead For Your Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2367 days ago
8 Ways To Test The Depth Of A Startup Before Joining
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2369 days ago
Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Yet if you are on the other side of the table, there are some other key questions that you need to ask, wh
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8 Keys To Successfully Bootstrapping Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2371 days ago
If you really want to start a business your way without a boss or professional investor hovering over you, then just fund it yourself or through friends and family, and grow it organically. It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. Accord
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5 Key Successes Will Sustain Entrepreneur Inspiration
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2373 days ago
Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. There are no “can’t fail” shortcuts or “get rich
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5 Leadership Practices That Violate Natural Instincts
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2374 days ago
Even though we all know that success in business means taking risks on new and unproven innovations, we are still creatures of habit, programmed by evolution to favor the safe and familiar. Thus following your natural instincts and intuition in growing your business is often the worst thing you can
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5 Steps To Due Diligence On Your Potential Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2376 days ago
Even though the color of their money is always green, all startup investors are not the same. Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like get
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4 Critical Stages Transform An Idea Into A Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2380 days ago
According to most definitions, an entrepreneur is one who envisions a new and different business, meaning one that is not a copy of an existing business model. Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a start
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6 Ways To Pitch Your Innovation To Today’s Customers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2383 days ago
Every entrepreneur with a new technology tells me that his innovation will be industry-disrupting, meaning that it will render the existing technology obsolete, and create a new market. Yet truly disruptive innovations, like the smartphone from Apple and the rise of the Internet, are very rare, and
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4 Initiatives For Engaging Potential Startup Leaders
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2387 days ago
Every startup founder rightfully starts out as the single leader of the startup, but as the business grows, many entrepreneurs struggle with relinquishing any control, or fail to recognize and allow other leaders to emerge. The result is that the business becomes dysfunctional as growth stagnates,
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4 Breakthrough Thinking Strategies Force Innovation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2390 days ago
Why do a few entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, seem to come up with all the real innovations, while the majority of business leaders seem stuck in the rut of linear thinking? I have always wondered if innovation required some rare gene mutation, or whether I might be missing a simple fo
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