If you can’t solve problems and enjoy it, you won’t make it as an entrepreneur. By definition, an entrepreneur is the first to undertake a given business, and firsts never happen without problems and people frustrations. The toughest problems are people problems, like personnel issues, but there ar
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Dread Startup Problems Or Learn To Enjoy Challenges
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3659 days ago
7 Reasons To Think Positively About Competition
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3660 days ago
Made Hot by: bizyolk on September 19, 2014 12:00 pm
Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements about them to their own team, investors and even to customers. This approach only makes these important constituents question your integrity, intelligence and your underst
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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Ahead For A Startup Exit
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3661 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on September 18, 2014 9:41 am
The last thing a new entrepreneur wants to think about for a new startup is how it will end. Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. The answer you give can make or break your ability to get an investment, so you need to have the right answer ready
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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3663 days ago
Even though the color of their money is always green, all startup investors are not the same. Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like get
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Every Entrepreneur Needs Help In Getting Things Done
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3665 days ago
Made Hot by: FutureVision on September 13, 2014 8:21 am
The universal challenge of every startup founder is to get everything done that needs to get done, and still have a life. Even outside of business, everyone wants to accomplish more, while working less. I’ve been a student of these techniques for some time, but some time ago I saw a great summary t
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Do You Have The Mentality To Be An Entrepreneur?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3666 days ago
Made Hot by: logistico on September 9, 2014 5:33 pm
As an angel investor and a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always disappointed to see founders who seem stressed out most of the time, and more annoyed than energized by the abundance of challenges they see in building their startup. The entrepreneurial lifestyle is a tough one under the best
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6 Principles For Building A Winning Business Culture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3667 days ago
Made Hot by: OpenSourceMedia on September 12, 2014 10:28 am
I’m seeing a renewed appreciation of culture and values in business these days. Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities where people relate to, and expect to interact with businesses
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Entrepreneurs Need To Bridge The Knowing-Doing Gap
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3668 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on September 11, 2014 8:16 am
These days, with the many Internet articles and new courses available, most new entrepreneurs readily cross the gap from lack of business knowledge to knowing, but many never make it over the knowing versus doing gap. Investors I know highlight this problem with the mantra that they fund founders a
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Modern Entrepreneurs Need To Learn How To Write
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3670 days ago
Made Hot by: mikehartman1 on September 8, 2014 6:10 am
Even in this age of videos and text messages, the quickest way to kill your startup dream with investors, business partners, or even customers, is embarrassingly poor writing. Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summ
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Will A Business Incubator Help Hatch Your Startup?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3672 days ago
Made Hot by: MasterMinuteman on September 6, 2014 5:08 pm
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and even new online vers
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