In today’s fast moving world of business startups, learning trumps knowing every time. What established businesses know through experience keeps them from looking for the new and innovative ways to do what they do better, cheaper, and faster. I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowi
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4 Reasons Why Learning Beats Experience In Startups
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2385 days ago
Made Hot by: centrifugePR on March 15, 2018 12:08 pm
7 Modern Business Values Lead To Sustainable Profits
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2386 days ago
Made Hot by: fusionswim on March 13, 2018 4:44 pm
As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to set the culture you need for a thriving business, as well as thriving employees, customers, partners, and vendors. In fact, in my experience, cultures are very hard to change, so if you don’t get it right the first time, the road ahead will forever be dif
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5 Motivations That Bode Well For New Venture Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2387 days ago
Made Hot by: ObjectOriented on March 12, 2018 7:40 pm
As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or get rich quick, or avoid anyone else telling them what to do. Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that st
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The Good The Bad And The Ugly Of Funding From Friends
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2388 days ago
In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Other entrepreneurs never start their adventure, because t
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6 Ways To Incent Breakthrough Innovation In Your Team
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2390 days ago
Made Hot by: businessluv on March 11, 2018 5:25 pm
Breakthrough innovation is the dream of every entrepreneur, but it’s still a scarce commodity. Selecting and nurturing people who are likely to help you in this regard is an even more elusive capability, and one that every angel investor, like myself, wishes he could get a lock on. In fact, every m
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10 Investor Approaches To Avoid When You Need Funding
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2392 days ago
Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential inv
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6 Mindset Elements Required For Disruptive Startups
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2393 days ago
Made Hot by: problogger78 on March 7, 2018 10:17 am
One of the business ironies that many entrepreneurs have learned the hard way in the past is that ideas which are truly disruptive carry the highest risk of failure, take the longest to gain traction, and thus are the least likely to get external funding. So some entrepreneurs stick with incrementa
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6 Growth Slowdowns That Can Quickly Lead To Disaster
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2394 days ago
Made Hot by: centrifugePR on March 5, 2018 8:33 am
Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth b
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7 Keys To Success With An Employee Ownership Culture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2395 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on March 6, 2018 9:06 am
One of the lessons I have learned over the years as a business executive, and now as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is that if you really want employees who enthusiastically take ownership of their work, you have to start treating them like owners, not renters. Owners feel they have skin in the game, a
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10 Rules For Business Success That Haven’t Changed
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 2397 days ago
Made Hot by: BizWise on March 3, 2018 9:15 pm
In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. Business success is still more about the people than the technology or idea involved.
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