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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Smart Entrepreneurs Make Better Decisions Faster
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3379 days ago
Made Hot by: logistico on February 12, 2015 12:18 pm
4 New Customer Loyalty Rules Drive Business Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3380 days ago
Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than product and service quality. They are all about how customers broadcast their pleasure or unhappiness to others. With incredible ease, they ca
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7 Steps For Establishing The Right Business Model
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3381 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on February 11, 2015 5:24 am
Most technical entrepreneurs focus hard on building an innovative product, but forget that an elegant solution doesn’t automatically translate into a successful business. Businesses require an equally elegant business model, with the right price, messaging and delivery channel to the right target c
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10 Keys To Giving The Right Entrepreneur Your Money
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3382 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on February 8, 2015 1:47 pm
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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10 Keys To Evolution From A Startup To An Enterprise
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3384 days ago
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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6 Ways Businesses Win By Doing Fewer Things Better
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3386 days ago
Made Hot by: LimeWood on February 5, 2015 8:51 am
Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. Since we all have limited resources, and can’t add more hours to the day, the result is usually more things done poorly, rather than a few key things done better
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Taking Your Startup Public Is Fraught With Negatives
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3387 days ago
Made Hot by: JoshRed on February 4, 2015 11:21 am
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 less than half the rate of 15 years ago. Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option lik
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How Introverts Like Mark Zuckerberg Build A Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3389 days ago
Made Hot by: luvhealthcare on February 2, 2015 1:57 pm
You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply.
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Startup Founders Face Serious Business Culture Myths
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3391 days ago
Made Hot by: profmarketing on February 3, 2015 9:19 am
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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7 Keys To Being Seen As A Superhuman Startup Founder
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3393 days ago
In the beginning all businesses are just people playing out an idea. It’s never the other way around – there is no idea so big that it doesn’t need people to make it succeed. Investors know this, hence the saying “Bet on the jockey (founder), not the horse (idea).” A great jockey is a great role mo
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