As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs and occasional angel investor, I often see and hear innovative product pitches that sound exciting, but are missing one or more of the key business elements that investors deem critical for funding consideration. We all hate to see your proposal rejected, whe
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Startup Professionals Musings: 9 Crucial Elements Of Every New Venture Funding Pitch
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1245 days ago
Made Hot by: marketingvalue on April 29, 2021 8:50 am
Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Ways Fun At Work Leads To Innovation And Creativity
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1246 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on May 4, 2021 8:06 am
I’m convinced that people who have fun at work are more innovative, as well as happier. I don’t have any big scientific studies to prove this, but in my considerable business experience, I haven’t seen many successes come out of a group of fearful pessimists or unhappy people.
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Paths To Snag That Key Leader For Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1247 days ago
If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding or complement your skills to kick start your company? It makes logical sense to scour the job boards, engage an executive recruiter, or scan the networking sites like LinkedIn f
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Tips For How And Why To Say ‘No’ To Most Requests
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1248 days ago
Made Hot by: fusionswim on April 26, 2021 7:30 am
Entrepreneurs have to know when and how to say ‘no,’ and be good at delivering the message. All startup leaders are besieged with requests for their time, attention, talent, money, or influence, and sometimes even good requests won’t fit into the time and energy you have available.
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7 Strategies For Brand Leadership Through Influencers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1249 days ago
These days, the influencers at the top of your business make your brand, rather than a brand making influencers of your leaders. Consider Jeff Bezos at the top of Amazon, or Howard Schultz at the top of Starbucks. They were influencers before they were a brand. You too can become an influencer thro
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Ways To Increase Your Thinking Power On Key Issues
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1250 days ago
Startups and entrepreneurs are drowning in the information overload, where the volume of data created is like a new Library of Congress every 15 minutes. That creates a huge gap between data and meaning, and makes quick decisions and action ever more difficult. We all need to take a little more tim
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6 Keys To Turning Your Failures Into Business Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1251 days ago
We all have had setbacks in business – the challenge is learn from each one to improve skills and decision making, rather than let failures get you down and reduce your chances of ever achieving success. The best entrepreneurs and business owners have experienced failure multiple times before bounc
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 New Venture Funding Rejections And How To Recover
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1252 days ago
Made Hot by: ObjectOriented on April 23, 2021 3:52 pm
New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Certainly a non-viable business should be not fundable, but many viable businesses are also not fundable. Thus when an investor declines your funding request, you need to curb your anger and understand the real reason for this outc
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Startup Professionals Musings: Can Your New Venture Pass The Scrutiny Of Investors?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1253 days ago
Made Hot by: kingofcontent92 on April 21, 2021 7:06 am
If your startup is great enough to get a term sheet from angel investors or a venture capitalist, the next step for the investor is to complete the dreaded due diligence process. This is the last step of the process, where surprises in the evaluation of the management team, documentation, and perso
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Entrepreneur Actions To Grow Beyond A One-Man Show
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1254 days ago
Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on April 27, 2021 12:12 pm
Success in a startup is not possible as a “one-man show.” An entrepreneur has to engage with team members, partners, investors, vendors, and customers. In my experience, the joy of positive engagement is sometimes the only pay you get in an early startup. Amazingly, many successful startups are bui
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