In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Other entrepreneurs never start their adventure, because t
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Founders Finding Funding From Friends May Be Fools
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3681 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on October 15, 2014 10:46 am
How To Build A Business Where Everyone Thrives
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3683 days ago
As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to set the culture you need for a thriving business, as well as thriving employees, customers, partners, and vendors. In fact, in my experience, cultures are very hard to change, so if you don’t get it right the first time, the road ahead will forever be dif
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Apply Lessons Learned To Gain From Startup Failure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3685 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on October 12, 2014 10:47 am
Your startup is gone, it’s never coming back, and you are in mourning. An entrepreneur whose business fails grieves similarly to anyone who has lost a loved one. The pain of losing a business is not only about a significant loss of income, but can send your entire identity into turmoil.
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Investors Measure Entrepreneurs By Cashflow Mileage
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3686 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on October 10, 2014 9:27 am
Cashflow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Investors check your burn rate to assess your efficiency, and project your remaining runway before you run out of money and into a brick wall. Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the ne
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Check Your Motivation For The Entrepreneur Lifestyle
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3687 days ago
As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or get rich quick, or avoid anyone else telling them what to do. Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that st
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Future Business Growth Drives A New Partner Paradigm
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3688 days ago
Made Hot by: blogexpert on October 9, 2014 1:07 am
Business partnerships have traditionally been agreements to drive more transactions than either company could do alone. The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something no
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Leadership Principles To Move Up A Level From Smart
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3690 days ago
Made Hot by: FutureVision on October 7, 2014 11:59 am
Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. That means they may show great insights into a new technology that has marginal business value, their passion may motivate team members more than customers, or they may allow themselves to be pulled over the ethical line
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Joining A Startup As CFO Is A Good Path To The Top
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3692 days ago
Every investor is looking for the “dream team” of executives to put money on. Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. That’s how important the people are. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role is u
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Entrepreneurs Need To Reality Check Their Ideas
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3694 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on October 2, 2014 3:25 pm
In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind?
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