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8 Steps In Securing A Bank Loan To Fund Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2880 days ago
A common question I get is “How do I get a bank loan to fund my startup?” The default answer is that it probably won’t happen, because most banks just don’t make bank loans to startups. The failure rate is just too high, and startups typically don’t have the assets or revenue stream to back up the
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Build On-Demand Teams Instead of Hiring Employees
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2885 days ago
With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. At the same time, more people in the workplace don’t want to be “employees.” According to an Int
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How Entrepreneurs Select And Nurture Top Performers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2888 days ago
Isn’t it amazing that some people you know always seem to be working hard, but never seem to get anything done? As an entrepreneur, you need to avoid partnering with these people, or hiring them into your startup. The challenge is to find people who get things done, as well as work hard. LinkedIn p
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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2894 days ago
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions
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You Can’t Build A Business Without Accountability
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2895 days ago
Maybe it’s just me, but I sometimes feel that accountability is a rare talent in business today. In big businesses, people are quick to defer with “that’s not my department,” and even startup founders too often blame failures on the economy or the lack of investors. As an investor and advisor to en
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Join The Unicorn Club Of Billion-Dollar Companies
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2897 days ago
I’m sure all of you know one or more of the 200 or more young companies that are currently valued at one billion or more by investors and stockholders. These are popularly called “unicorns.” Some of the most well-known include Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat, Xiaomi, and Pinterest. What every entrepreneur i
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7 Reasons Steve Jobs Should Have Failed As an Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://www.inc.com 2898 days ago
Steve Jobs was a one-in-a-million entrepreneur who seemed to violate many conventional rules of starting a business and dealing with people.
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A Positive Business Strategy Is Key To Success Today
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2899 days ago
Does your business have a visible positive strategy, or do your customers and employees still see your primary focus as closing more sales and killing competitors? Certainly that has been the strategy of many companies, and has worked in the past, but today’s customers and workers are looking for m
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Some Business People Talk While Smarter Ones Listen
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2901 days ago
As a business advisor, I certainly recognize the need for talking to make an investment case, close a sale, or communicate with your team. I also recognize the need for active listening. The challenge is to know when it’s time to switch from one to the other. You can’t learn anything new while you’
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Entrepreneurs Need To Focus On The Right Skill Set
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2906 days ago
In my experience in large businesses as well as years of advising startups, I see far too much focus on product skills, and too little on people and process skills. In my view, this focus on the wrong skill set is the primary reason why over half of new businesses fail in the first five years, and
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