We all want opportunities to learn, experiment, and grow in our jobs, but most bosses and businesses tend to seek out and reward team members who already know how to do the job, and can repeat the task without fail as the business scales. I believe this is the conundrum that leads sadly to less tha
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7 Accelerants For Team Learning And Business Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2367 days ago
Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On The New Gig Economy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2368 days ago
The era of stable lifetime jobs for business professionals within a single company are gone. Companies are rightsized quickly now as markets change rapidly, and business professionals are quick to jump to new opportunities for growth and survival, with no ties to special benefits or pension plans.
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8 Early Indications Of Trouble Ahead For Your Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2370 days ago
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 Ways To Test The Depth Of A Startup Before Joining
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2372 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 2374 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 2376 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 2377 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 2379 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 2383 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 2386 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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