Most entrepreneurs have learned that it’s almost always quicker and easier to get cash from someone you know, rather than angel investors or professional investors (VCs). In fact, most investors “require” that you already have some investment from friends and family before they will even step up to
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Keys To That First Investment From People You Know
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1308 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: Why Every Startup Needs To Select Customers Carefully
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1309 days ago
Made Hot by: businessgross on February 24, 2021 11:41 am
Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they are worth, or lead into commitments they can’t sustain, but no business wants to violate the golden rule that every customer needs to be treat
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Reasons That New Ventures Are All About Execution
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1310 days ago
I’ve always said that startups are all about execution. Sometimes I encounter self-proclaimed entrepreneurs who have been “thinking” about a concept for many years, and haven’t started yet. Some of these may be visionaries, but none are real entrepreneurs - yet. Elon Musk has built several innovati
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Ways To Beat The Odds Of A Consultant For Startups
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1311 days ago
Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image. Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Even consultants don’t like their job, since they don’t often get to see results, and too much of their time is
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It Takes Courage In Business To Change The Status Quo
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1312 days ago
According to recent articles, more than half of the businesses that once appeared on the Fortune 500 list have disappeared in the last twenty years, and the rate of departure is increasing. I’m convinced this is happening because most companies don’t have the courage to keep up with the escalating
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1313 days ago
Made Hot by: LimeWood on February 20, 2021 11:34 am
It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly. A
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10 Collaboration Myths No Entrepreneur Should Believe
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1314 days ago
If you listen primarily to the popular press, you could easily be convinced that all successful startup businesses are built by one smart person, such as Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, or Jeff Bezos at Amazon. In reality, it takes a collaboration of many good people to build and run a business, even
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Ways To Win By Creative Partnering With Competitors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1315 days ago
Made Hot by: marketingvalue on February 18, 2021 10:35 am
Startup founders are known for their passion for their startup idea, and for their passion to kill every competitor. Thus they often overlook the fact that their biggest growth opportunity may be a win-win collaboration with a serious competitor, known in the business as coopetition. Of course, thi
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Keys To Funding Based On Your Marketplace Advantage
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1316 days ago
Made Hot by: bloggerpalooza on February 22, 2021 9:17 am
In their passion and excitement about a new product or service, entrepreneurs tend to continually narrow the scope of potential competitors, and often claim to have no direct competitors. This raises a big red flag with potential investors, who conclude that no competitors means no market, or you h
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Keys To An Unbeatable Solution For Your New Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1317 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on February 15, 2021 3:58 pm
In my role as advisor and mentor to many new entrepreneurs, I often find myself suggesting that they think bigger. I’m a techy at heart, and I love to see real innovation, but too often I see just “copycat” proposals, or at best incremental thinking. For example, I’m not sure the world needs one mo
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