It’s always been tough to start a new business, even when the bottom line was just making a profit to stay alive. A few years ago, a second focus of sustainability (“green”) was added as a requirement for respectability. Now I almost always hear a third mandate - social responsibility. Entrepreneur
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7 Keys To Balancing Profits Versus A Higher Purpose
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1882 days ago
10 Techniques For Enhancing Your Personal Trust Level
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1883 days ago
One of the first harsh realities that every entrepreneur has to learn is that most of the things that are critical to startup success are outside of their direct control. Just because you dream it and build it, doesn’t mean they will come – that encompasses not only customers, but also investors, p
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10 Elements of a Coaching Culture and Why You Need It
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1884 days ago
Every entrepreneur and business person I know wishes he had more time for coaching all the members of his team. I often hear the excuse that coaching takes more time than simply diving in and doing the job for the other person, but is that really true? In fact, studies have shown that the long-term
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4 Laws Of Natural Selection Relate To Every Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1886 days ago
Made Hot by: advertglobal on July 28, 2019 11:02 am
The good news is that the latest Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two decades, and the cost of entry at an all-time low. The bad news is that it’s still a jungle fight for survival for entrepreneurs of all ages
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9 Ways to Use Pull Marketing When Push Doesn’t Work
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1888 days ago
Made Hot by: businessgross on July 25, 2019 12:24 pm
More and more customers these days are doing their own marketing research, scanning internet reviews and feedback from friends, rather than trusting messages that you push out through advertising. This is called inbound marketing, where customers are pulled to you, rather than feeling accosted at e
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7 Myths And Reality On Employees Thinking Like Owners
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1889 days ago
Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. Then they are surprised to see productivity and creativity take a big dip. What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” m
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8 Self-Check Questions That Keep Leaders Up At Night
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1890 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on July 23, 2019 12:00 pm
Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. These
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What the 5 Stages of Grief Teach Us About Technology
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1891 days ago
How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy probl
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Use Key Strategic Elements To Avoid Business Plateaus
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1893 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on July 20, 2019 12:03 pm
One of the biggest challenges I find for new business owners is for them to move from working in the business to working on the business. You are so engaged in building and selling your product or service, that you “don’t have time” to focus on strategy and the next round of changes for the busines
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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1895 days ago
Made Hot by: AmyJordan on July 18, 2019 7:41 am
As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The chal
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