As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. People cite sources like this Inc.com article “5 Reasons Why You Don't Need a Business Plan,” or my own blog discussion
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Tips For New Entrepreneurs Needing Investor Funding
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1171 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on July 16, 2021 2:57 pm
Don’t Wait To Catch Up Until Your Customers Hate You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1172 days ago
After working in business at all levels, and consulting to entrepreneurs for years, I’m still surprised to see so many situations where things that should be easy are painful to customers, and lead to customers hating your business. How could any rational employee or executive fail to do his or her
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Keys For Responding To A Reputation Crisis Online
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1173 days ago
Made Hot by: centrifugePR on July 11, 2021 8:48 am
In my role as an advisor to small businesses, I still find that many of you still claim to have a negligible online presence, and don’t feel it necessary to monitor your reputation there. I have to point out that the rest of the world looks for you online before visiting your business, finds talk a
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9 Success Inhibitors To Overcome For Rapid Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1174 days ago
A common complaint I hear from my startup clients and many entrepreneurs is that rapid growth is more difficult than ever anticipated. The assumption usually is that more money is needed for marketing, or another round of new development is needed on the product. Yet I find in digging deeper, the c
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Ways Creative Startups Can Sustain The Environment
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1175 days ago
As I have said many times, the cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. Today you can start a new web site business for as little as $100, produce cheap smart phone apps, or lead the effort to tap the multitude of
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Asking The Right Questions To Be A Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1177 days ago
Made Hot by: BizWise on July 7, 2021 9:15 am
Every entrepreneur has blind spots which limit their effectiveness and success, but due to ego, over-confidence, or deferential subordinates, many live totally in the dark. Some are smart and humble enough to assume that they don’t know what they don’t know, but lack an effective process for shinin
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Personal Attributes Mitigate Startup Funding Risks
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1178 days ago
Made Hot by: sophia2 on July 9, 2021 11:17 am
In the eyes of investors like me, to be an entrepreneur, it’s not enough to create an innovative solution – you need to convince me that you can build a profitable business. Investors expect a great return for their risk, so they look for people who can look beyond the technology and their own pass
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10 Elements of a Coaching Culture and Why You Need It
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1179 days ago
Every entrepreneur and business person I know wishes he had more time for coaching all the members of his team. I often hear the excuse that coaching takes more time than simply diving in and doing the job for the other person, but is that really true? In fact, studies have shown that the long-term
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Ways To Raise Your Visibility As A Business Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1180 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on July 3, 2021 6:51 am
By definition, all of you entrepreneurs are leaders, by taking the initiative to start a new company. Yet I have learned over the years as a startup advisor that all business leaders are not the same. Some are great product leaders and innovative technologists, others are leaders in creating new bu
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9 Ways to Use Pull Marketing When Push Doesn’t Work
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1181 days ago
More and more customers these days are doing their own marketing research, scanning internet reviews and feedback from friends, rather than trusting messages that you push out through advertising. This is called inbound marketing, where customers are pulled to you, rather than feeling accosted at e
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