A continuing question I hear from young entrepreneurs is whether a university degree is important to startup success, or just a distraction in achieving their purpose in the world. They are quick to point out that many of today’s top entrepreneurs, including Evan Williams (Twitter), Bill Gates (Mic
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1460 days ago
7 Growth Choices That Can Make or Break Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1461 days ago
Most of you new venture founders I meet as an angel investor seem convinced that starting the business is the hardest part. You look forward to the day when your business becomes self-sustaining, and settles into a long-term growth curve, ensuring financial success. Unfortunately, sustainability is
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Basic Ingredients For A Startup Recipe For Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1462 days ago
Made Hot by: advertglobal on September 24, 2020 7:38 am
I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe, even though it may look simple. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Yet you may not be so sure where
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Business Relationships That Will Get You To The Top
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1463 days ago
Made Hot by: LimeWood on September 29, 2020 10:45 am
In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. There are people you only recognize on the str
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Startup Professionals Musings: How To Pull Customers To Your Website With Real Value
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1464 days ago
Made Hot by: marketingvalue on September 22, 2020 12:23 pm
Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. You pull people in by providing ne
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Being Willing To Risk Your Neck In Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1465 days ago
Willingness to take a risk is the hallmark of a serious entrepreneur. That’s why one of the first questions that potential investors ask is “How much of your own money, and friends and family, have you put into the new business?” If you won’t risk yours, you won’t get investors to risk theirs.
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7 Equity Crowdfunding Risks Feared By Many Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1466 days ago
Although professional investors may discount the impact of crowdfunding, they can’t argue with the growth of this new industry in the last few years. According to statistics by Fundly, crowdfunding contributed $34 billion in funding last year around the world, including peer-to-peer lending. That e
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Ways To Make Customers Remember You As Exceptional
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1467 days ago
Made Hot by: sophia2 on September 20, 2020 9:45 am
For decades, efforts to satisfy customers have been built around demographics – capitalizing on race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other attributes. Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Customer pers
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8 Management Behaviors Drive Change Without Crisis
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1468 days ago
In this era of rapid market and technological change, I know I have to challenge my small business advisory clients to keep innovating and stay ahead of the game. As you can imagine, it is human nature to look for a stable and unchanging business process, after all the pivots and chaos of starting
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Types Of People Who Get Results With Minimal Motion
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1469 days ago
Made Hot by: Digitaladvert on September 17, 2020 10:03 am
Isn’t it amazing that some people you know always seem to be working hard, but never seem to get anything done? As an entrepreneur, you need to avoid partnering with these people, or hiring them into your startup. The challenge is to find people who get things done, as well as work hard. LinkedIn p
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