Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t make equity investments in nonprofit good causes. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. Yet as an active angel investor, I still get this question on a regular basis, so
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Some Good Startups Don’t Qualify For Equity Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1841 days ago
8 Indications Of An Entrepreneur Sought By Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1842 days ago
An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” The best new businesses are ones that have never been done before, so mastering creativity and recognizing creativity are key skills and mindsets. But how does one recognize and nurture creativity in a person or team?
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10 Keys To Making Money By Investing In Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1843 days ago
Made Hot by: bizyolk on September 9, 2019 8:04 am
Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money. Secondly, the
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8 Keys To Business Success For Entrepreneur Introverts
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1845 days ago
It really is possible for an introvert to succeed as an entrepreneur, even though you can’t expect to start and build a business alone. You need to build business relationships with partners, team members, investors, and of course customers. In fact, all you need to do is follow the model of some f
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Real Entrepreneurs Must Make Good Decisions Quickly
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1847 days ago
Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. Why is it that his idea which seemed so fundable only months ago fails to attract investors today? The team is the same. The company's market is the same.
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10 Keys To Surviving From A Startup To An Enterprise
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1848 days ago
Made Hot by: thecorneroffice on September 4, 2019 8:35 am
Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. After celebrating success at that level, they often find themselves ill-prepared to move to the next stage, for scaling their business into a high-performing enterprise. That’s where I see too much entr
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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1849 days ago
In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at t
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5 Ways Writing a Book Will Kick-Start Business Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1850 days ago
Made Hot by: luvhealthcare on September 1, 2019 3:42 pm
What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these,
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7 Delusions About Business Ethics Limit Future Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1852 days ago
New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. Building an ethical business
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6 Myths On Starting A New Business That Can Kill You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1854 days ago
Made Hot by: robinandy58 on August 30, 2019 10:03 am
Starting a new business is fraught with challenges, and none of us has the bandwidth to kill them all. As an advisor to business owners, and an occasional angel investor, my job is to separate the actual challenges from the common misconceptions that distract many promising entrepreneurs while buil
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