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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6 Key Attributes of a Winning Business Culture
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4450 days ago
You Can’t Be the Victim as an Entrepreneur
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4451 days ago
People with a victim mentality should never be entrepreneurs. We all know the role of starting and running a business is unpredictable, and has a high risk of failure. For people with a victim mentality, this fear of failure alone will almost certainly make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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7 Ways to Gauge Your Commitment to Your Startup
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4452 days ago
We’ve all heard the old joke “In a bacon-and-egg breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed.” This quote epitomizes the true essence of commitment. We all know at least one self-professed entrepreneur who claims to committed, but seems to treat it like a part-time hobby, won’t put
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Keep a Grand Vision but Execute With a Laser Focus
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4453 days ago
It’s great to dream big, but your startup needs a laser focus in the beginning to get market and investor attention. Google did it with search engines, Apple did it with a personal computer, and even Wal-Mart did it through low prices. A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good feat
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Know the Right Resources for Your Startup Stage
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4454 days ago
Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. That’s like trying to sell part of something to a stranger for big money when you haven’t fully defined it yet. It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your
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Great Businesses Evolve Innovation to a Revolution
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4455 days ago
Great businesses these days start with innovation, and then take it up a few notches to make it a revolution. An example is Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without. As an entrepreneur, how do you know if you have the potential to innovate, and wh
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Test Your Business Model Against These 10 Elements
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4456 days ago
You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because ever
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Successful Startups Often Come With a High Price
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4457 days ago
Made Hot by: bigmoneyweb on May 14, 2012 9:45 am
Most entrepreneurs expect to face the “normal” challenges of starting a business, which include finding the right opportunity, building and executing a winning plan, and financing their venture. But many forget the pitfalls associated with traditional business jobs which can apply even to the smart
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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Multiple Rollout Iterations
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4458 days ago
The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete only once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration,” where you assume you won’t get it right the fir
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10 Tips on the Value of Collaboration in Startups
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4459 days ago
Any entrepreneur with a vision can postulate a new business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. Today the complexity of forces required for success include multi-disciplinary skills, competencies, and experiences in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
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