As an entrepreneur, you should treat gossip among the members of your team as a reduction in productivity at best, and at worst, an indication of unhappy, un-empowered, or non-collaborative employees. As a leader, you should be asking yourself if you are the problem, and working hard to improve the
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Gossip At Work Undermines Every Business Leader
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3454 days ago
Made Hot by: robinandy58 on November 18, 2014 4:41 am
Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3456 days ago
Made Hot by: FutureVision on November 15, 2014 3:11 am
Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money and equity for qualified startups, and fu
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Leadership Mistakes Plague Every Startup Founder
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3457 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on November 17, 2014 10:36 am
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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Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3458 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on November 14, 2014 11:23 am
If you aren’t willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then don’t expect any gain. Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters
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A Perspective On When A Business Plan Adds Value
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3459 days ago
Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on November 13, 2014 12:11 pm
As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans” and this Forbes article. From my perspective, much of this advice
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10 Ways Entrepreneurs Fail Their Way To The Top
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3461 days ago
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs seem to prefer to fail their way to the top, rather than do some research and learn from the successes and mistakes of others. It seems to be part of the “fail fast, fail often” mantra often heard in Silicon Valley. As an advisor to many startups, I’m convinced it’
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Bootstrapping Organic Growth Makes Startup Sense
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3463 days ago
Made Hot by: luvhealthcare on November 9, 2014 12:45 am
When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Despite
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Disruptive Businesses Face Some Extra Challenges
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3464 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on November 7, 2014 12:19 pm
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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More Successful New Entrepreneurs Are Baby Boomers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3465 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on November 7, 2014 12:17 pm
One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the mark
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Escape From Corporate America - Be An Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3466 days ago
Made Hot by: OpenSourceMedia on November 6, 2014 2:59 pm
According to several recent reports, job satisfaction for employees is at an all-time low. An online survey published earlier this year found that nearly two-thirds of the respondents were not happy at work. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepre
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