Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 New Venture Realities To Target Your Funding Effort
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1182 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 9 Key Issues That Can Support Your Breakthrough Ideas
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1183 days ago
Made Hot by: luvhealthcare on June 30, 2021 9:59 am
The entrepreneurs I see are always talking about “disruptive innovation” ideas, but the plans I read are more often linear extensions of a current hot offering, like one more social network with the best of Facebook and Twitter, one more dating site dimension, or another “must-have” accessory for s
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Ways Of Using An Immigrant Culture In Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1184 days ago
Made Hot by: FutureVision on July 5, 2021 6:55 am
As a long-time advisor to new entrepreneurs here in the USA, I’ve long been impressed with the number that come here from other countries, and the positive traits that most of these seem to bring with them. Logically, I would expect these non native-born entrepreneurs to be at a big disadvantage, h
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Success Stages Every Entrepreneur Idea Has To Pass
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1185 days ago
It seems like everyone wants to be an entrepreneur and get rich these days. As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. In reality, I like most ideas, but I have to tell them that the real challenge is taking the inspiration from a
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Use Key Strategic Elements To Avoid Business Plateaus
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1186 days ago
One of the biggest challenges I find for new business owners is for them to move from working in the business to working on the business. You are so engaged in building and selling your product or service, that you “don’t have time” to focus on strategy and the next round of changes for the busines
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Ways To Ensure Customer Interactions Are Memorable
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1187 days ago
Made Hot by: centrifugePR on June 27, 2021 12:23 pm
As a consumer, I rarely pay attention to your marketing pitch, but I certainly always remember a exceptionally positive total experience with your team, based on a memorable set of interactions from first contact to discussions with friends. Yet, as a business consultant, I often find minimal focus
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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1188 days ago
While everyone agrees that the “gig economy” is really here, the practical realities, other than not counting on long-term employment, are not so obvious. In my role as a mentor to many business professionals, I still see some who have no idea how to adapt to the new realities. The simple answer is
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Reasons To Initiate A Startup While Career Probing
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1189 days ago
Made Hot by: LimeWood on June 25, 2021 12:18 pm
If you are one of the many professionals still trapped between jobs by circumstances outside your control, or are about to dump the loser job you have now, you should be actively defining and starting your own business, in parallel with looking for that ideal job. Let me explain why this is a win-w
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Ways To Turn Business Connections Into New Ventures
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1190 days ago
Made Hot by: LimeWood on June 23, 2021 10:25 am
I often hear the popular notion that successful entrepreneurs are built from a single heroic insight or a single innovation. This is just plain wrong. The business world is a symphony of players and elements that only works when everything interconnects harmoniously. Continuous innovation and conti
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Keys To Ethical Solutions To Tough Business Issues
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1191 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on June 22, 2021 6:09 am
Many people seem to have the sense that ethics are spiraling downward in business, and unfortunately most startup professionals and entrepreneurs I know don’t believe they can make a difference. They don’t realize that if they don’t take an active role in the solution, they really become part of th
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