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Founders Need A Vision and A Plan, Not Just An Idea
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3949 days ago
A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” The initial monologue usually ends with the question “How much money do you think this is worth?” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity,
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Keep Your Business Plan Succinct Yet Impressive
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3950 days ago
Made Hot by: FutureVision on November 28, 2013 8:54 pm
If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. Don't confuse your business plan with a doctoral thesis or the back of a napkin. Keep the wording and formatting straightforward, and keep the plan short. For minimum content, see my a
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Your Venture Is All About You, Not Your Invention
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3951 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on November 30, 2013 9:59 am
If you expect to succeed in the thrill-a-minute, roller coaster ride of a startup, let me assure you it takes more than a good idea, a rich uncle, and luck. In fact, the idea is often the least important part of the equation. Most investors tell me that they look at the people first, the business p
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Entrepreneurs Can Revitalize The Image Of Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3952 days ago
Large corporations and conglomerates, the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have lost their edge and their image. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create. My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, E
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7 Key Realities Many Startup Founders Never Learn
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3953 days ago
Made Hot by: steefen on November 25, 2013 1:41 pm
When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical questions, but instead I more often hear things like “Where do I start?” I find that the basics are actually the hardest to answer, just like your parents found out when they f
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Too Many Startup Founders Sabotage Themselves
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3954 days ago
Made Hot by: robinandy58 on November 25, 2013 3:18 pm
In working with entrepreneurs and other business people over the years, I often hear stories of entrepreneurs who were so close to success, but somehow let it slip through their fingers. They could always give a rational excuse, like the market changed, but somehow it seemed that they were actually
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Entrepreneurs Should Rollout Local, But Plan Global
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3955 days ago
Made Hot by: centrifugePR on November 24, 2013 1:05 pm
New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which
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Intrapreneurial Efforts Need Tough Love to Compete
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3956 days ago
“Intrapreneurs” are entrepreneurs inside big companies, who do corporate spin-offs. A spin-off is merely a startup spawned by a mature parent (company), and conventional logic would dictate that it has a survival advantage over the lowly startup. Yet spin-offs seem to most often fail to launch in t
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Investors Do Not Fund Research And Development
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3957 days ago
I still get business plans, looking for an investor, that say all too clearly that the primary “use of funds” will be to do research and development (R&D) on some promising new technology, like superconductivity or cancer cures. Entrepreneurs forget that investors are looking for commercial product
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How To Make An Ethical Difference In Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3958 days ago
Many people seem to have the sense that ethics are spiraling downward in business, yet most business professionals and entrepreneurs I know don’t believe they can make a difference. They don’t realize that if they don’t take an active role in the solution, they really become part of the problem.
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