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10 Strategies to Make Startup Work Seem Like Play
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4205 days ago
Made Hot by: businessluv on March 19, 2013 9:17 am
Every startup and every big business wishes that all their employees were star performers, but wishing doesn’t make it happen. Some coaches and leaders seem to have the magic for bringing out the best in everyone. Research has shown that it isn’t magic, but a focus on engaging people in their work,
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Entrepreneurs are Starting Young and Learning Fast
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4206 days ago
Made Hot by: thelastword on March 19, 2013 11:05 pm
I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, like this article on Business Insider, with pre-teens as young as 9 years old who make millions more than their parents. This makes me wonder what starts that entrepreneurial drive in kids, and how early parents and schools should start teach
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8 Steps to a Startup That Can Transform the World
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4207 days ago
Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. But unfortunately, most of these ideas fail at the execution level, or are not truly innovative. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs an
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10 Entrepreneur Quotes Leading to Hiring Mistakes
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4208 days ago
Every startup with any traction quickly reaches a point where they need to hire employees to grow the business. Unfortunately, this always happens when pressures are the highest, and business processes are ill-defined. At this point you need superstars and versatile future executives, yet your in-h
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How to Minimize the Red Tape and Taxes of a Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4210 days ago
One of the first questions that I get from many entrepreneurs is “How should I set up my company to minimize my setup costs, tax liabilities, and risk of lawsuits?” The answers are different in every part of the world, but the parameters here in the US should give you the considerations you need in
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10 Entrepreneurial Lessons From the ‘Gang of Four’
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4211 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on March 12, 2013 9:43 pm
Every startup, as well as mature business, needs to learn as much as possible from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, who have set the standards for fast growth and success in today’s business world. These companies, designated the “gang of four” by Eric Schmidt a couple of years ago, are clearly
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7 Reasons Why Startup CFOs Become CEO Candidates
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4211 days ago
Every investor is looking for the “dream team” of executives to put money on. Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. That’s how important the people are. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role is u
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Your First 7 Seconds Better Be Positively Memorable
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4212 days ago
Made Hot by: lyceum on March 14, 2013 8:20 pm
Entrepreneurs are all about firsts, and the most important is you making a great first impression – on investors, customers, new team members, and strategic partners. Poor first impressions can be avoided, but I’m amazed at the number of unnecessary mistakes I see at those critical first introducti
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8 Morale Boosters All Entrepreneurs Should Practice
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4214 days ago
Most successful entrepreneurs will tell you that their primary motivation is to “change the world” and to build something lasting, not to make a lot of money. But the conventional wisdom is that employees work for money, above all else. Yet my own experience, and a relevant McKinsey survey, leads m
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10 More Creative Ways to Finance Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4215 days ago
Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee. Most entrepreneurs think first of bank loans as the primary source of money, only to find out that banks are really the least likely benef
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