Friends tell you what you want to hear. Mentors tell you what you need to hear. When the message is the same from both, you don’t need the mentor anymore. In that sense, you should think of a mentor more like your advisor who has done all he can. You always need the friend.
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Don’t Ask a Best Friend to be Your Startup Mentor
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4136 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on July 23, 2013 8:04 am
How Do Entrepreneurs Build an Innovative Team?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4137 days ago
Most entrepreneurs I know are individually very innovative, but a successful startup can’t be a one-man show (for long). That means they need to build an innovative team, which is not a skill that most people are born with. In fact, some very innovative individuals, known as ‘idea people’ or invent
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Business Plan Financial Forecasts Test Your Savvy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4138 days ago
Made Hot by: SimplySmallBiz on July 22, 2013 6:09 am
Many entrepreneurs actually refuse to do financial projections beyond the first year, insisting that no one can predict the future. They need to realize that investors ask for projections, not merely as predictions, but more as commitments from the founder and his team. If you are not willing to co
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10 Reality Checks to Verify Your Entrepreneur Fit
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4139 days ago
Made Hot by: bigmoneyweb on July 15, 2013 11:25 am
Making the decision to become an entrepreneur is a major commitment, with huge implications for skills and lifestyle. Yet there is no standardized testing or certification required or available anywhere to help you decide if you are a good fit for entrepreneurship, or entrepreneurship is right for
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The Bar Keeps Going Up for Venerable Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4140 days ago
Made Hot by: logistico on July 17, 2013 11:47 pm
It’s always been tough to start a new business, even when the bottom line was just making a profit to stay alive. A few years ago, a second focus of sustainability (“green”) was added as a requirement for respectability. Now I often hear a third mandate of social responsibility. Entrepreneurs are n
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Why Would a Business Avoid any Internet Presence?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4141 days ago
These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approac
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How to Make a Real Social Media Customer Connection
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4142 days ago
Made Hot by: businessgross on July 16, 2013 12:23 pm
As I visit the websites of many startups, as well as more mature businesses, I still too often see a “contact” page offering nothing but a sterile form for customers to submit, never to be heard from again. Social media connections, if they exist, are buried elsewhere or reserved for monitoring pur
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Entrepreneurs Face Serious Communication Barriers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4144 days ago
Most startup mentors tell me that the single biggest problem they have to deal with in small companies is the lack of open, honest, and effective communication, both from the top down and from the bottom up. Some entrepreneurs forget that talking is not communicating. Fortunately these skills can b
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An Entrepreneur Platform To Put You Above the Crowd
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4145 days ago
The space for startups is more crowded than ever. First of all, it’s now international, so you have startups from every country in the world competing for your customer’s attention and their business. Then there is the Internet, delivered through every media, including your smart phone, where the v
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Internet Entrepreneurs Think Beyond Get Rich Quick
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4146 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on July 11, 2013 6:36 am
Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The reality is that if you build a business you love, you may in fact make big money, but
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