Trying to be a business leader by instilling fear in your employees and partners is never a good approach, but it is particularly devastating in a startup. Yet I see this approach used all too often by new entrepreneurs, most of whom are not natural tyrants, but who are fighting to mask their own i
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Driving Your Team With Fear Has Negative Consequences
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1868 days ago
10 Startup Quandaries That May Redefine Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1869 days ago
Made Hot by: kingofcontent92 on August 13, 2019 12:29 pm
Most entrepreneurs struggle with many startup founders quandaries in building their business, and these key dilemmas are probably the biggest source of pain and failure for the entrepreneur lifestyle. People may jump into the lifestyle to be their own boss, achieve great wealth, start a new trend,
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10 Business Areas Where Data Is The Key To The Future
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1870 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on August 11, 2019 3:45 pm
Even though ‘big data’ has now been around for several years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. According to IBM, companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. This data comes from sensors, socia
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8 Keys To Enjoying Work, And Enhancing Your Career
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1872 days ago
As a business advisor, one of the most frustrating things I see is the number of employees who are unhappy at work. Business owners don’t like it, the new generations think promotions will solve it, and productivity levels continue to suffer. According to the polls, only 32 percent of workers are e
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7 Common Causes Of Failure To Communicate in Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1874 days ago
Made Hot by: AmyJordan on August 8, 2019 6:38 am
Most business mentors tell me that the single biggest problem they have to deal with in small companies is the lack of open, honest, and effective communication, both from the top down and from the bottom up. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can
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6 Keys To Marketing That Many Entrepreneurs Overlook
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1875 days ago
Made Hot by: MarketWiz on August 9, 2019 1:33 pm
Marketing is everything these days. You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and to
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7 Emigrant Entrepreneur Traits We All Should Emulate
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1876 days ago
Made Hot by: Webdev1 on August 6, 2019 7:07 am
In my experience as a business advisor and angel investor these days, I seem to more frequently hear from entrepreneurs and business owners with “can’t-fail” or “get-rich-quick” ideas. In my view, these are the least likely to succeed, partially because the people behind them have the wrong expecta
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5 Stages In Leading Paradigm Shift Levels Of Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1877 days ago
A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Their assumption is that customers and investors will be wowed by this into buying, ignoring the evidence that large-scale chan
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Don’t Wait To Catch Up Until Your Customers Hate You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1879 days ago
After working in business at all levels, and consulting to entrepreneurs for years, I’m still surprised to see so many situations where things that should be easy are painful to customers, and lead to customers hating your business. How could any rational employee or executive fail to do his or her
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9 Success Inhibitors To Overcome For Rapid Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1881 days ago
Made Hot by: DigiTechBlog on August 3, 2019 7:45 am
A common complaint I hear from my startup clients and many entrepreneurs is that rapid growth is more difficult than ever anticipated. The assumption usually is that more money is needed for marketing, or another round of new development is needed on the product. Yet I find in digging deeper, the c
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