With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. I can attest from experience that publishing a regular blog to properly showcase your bra
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How To Build Startup Credibility Before Your Brand
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3735 days ago
Made Hot by: thelastword on July 4, 2014 2:48 pm
5 Keys To Product Differentiation For Fun And Profit
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3737 days ago
Every entrepreneur believes that their product or service is different, and that every customer will quickly see the advantage over competitors. Yet true product differentiation in the eye of the customer is rarely achieved. According to a survey by Bain & Company a while back, 80% of businesses be
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7 Critical Success Factors For A Services Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3738 days ago
Made Hot by: LoopLooper on July 3, 2014 5:19 pm
The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s
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What Entrepreneurs Should Never Say To Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3740 days ago
Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers,
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How True Entrepreneurs Make Themselves Accountable
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3742 days ago
Made Hot by: businessluv on June 30, 2014 1:31 am
Everyone seems to like the aspect of being an entrepreneur that goes with “being your own boss” and “able to do things my way.” But sometimes they forget that this kind of freedom comes with a price of personal accountability. Accountability means “the buck stops here,” and “all the failures are mi
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The Maker Movement Is A New Mecca For Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3744 days ago
Made Hot by: fundpr on July 1, 2014 5:14 pm
Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, Google's SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop, with all the tools you need to make almost anything. Thus entrepreneurs began building prototypes and d
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Improve Your Future By Thinking Like An Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3745 days ago
Maybe starting a new business isn’t your passion, but in these days of rapid change, where everyone is dealing with uncertainty, I believe that thinking and acting like entrepreneurs will help you get ahead in any profession. In simple terms this means taking control of your life, going after somet
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10 Key Outsourcing Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3747 days ago
These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. These approaches allow your startup to g
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High Performing Virtual Teams Have 8 Key Attributes
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3749 days ago
Almost every startup is a virtual team these days, since most don’t start out with dedicated office space, and some or all members of the team work part-time or out of their own home. It’s a small world, so these team members may not even be in the same town, or the same country. Outsourcing is jus
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Lessons For Entrepreneurs From The ‘Art Of War’
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3750 days ago
Made Hot by: marketingvalue on June 22, 2014 11:29 pm
Winning customers as an entrepreneur in a startup has many parallels to a young army trying to penetrate some formidable new and unfamiliar territory. You need a strategy as well as a goal, and you need to pick your battles well. Even in this age of purpose before profits, a business won’t survive
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