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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10 Tips on the Value of Collaboration in Startups
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4542 days ago
The Best Entrepreneurs Are Undaunted by Failure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4543 days ago
If you haven’t had a failure, you aren’t pushing the limits. If you are really an entrepreneur, you are a risk taker and less cautious by nature, so failures should be expected. Wear you startup failure as a badge of courage. Don’t go after failure, but embrace it when it does happen and grow from
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An Entrepreneur Has to Learn the Art of Saying No
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4544 days ago
Entrepreneurs have to know when and how to say ‘no,’ and be good at delivering the message. All startup leaders are besieged with requests for their time, attention, talent, money, or influence, and sometimes even good requests won’t fit into the time and energy you have available.
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How to Show Your Customers a Little Extra Love
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4545 days ago
I deal often with early-stage startups, and many of these don’t have any customers yet (but wish they did), so it’s not surprising they still don’t think of customers as their friends. More disturbingly, others do have customers, but the customer service program consists of an informal focus on “pr
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6 Reasons Why Startup Prototypes Attract Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4546 days ago
It’s a long way from an entrepreneur’s “idea” to a working product with a real market and paying customers. A necessary intermediate step for proof of concept, credibility with potential investors, and communication with your team, is a working prototype. Building a prototype should be an early and
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How to Succeed in Living the Entrepreneur Lifestyle
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4547 days ago
As we recover from some tough economic times, more and more people seem to be turning to entrepreneurship as an alternative to traditional employment. I applaud this trend, but caution all of you thinking this direction to approach entrepreneurship with your eyes wide open. It is not for everyone,
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Startup Investors Bet on the Jockey, Not the Horse
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4548 days ago
In the beginning all businesses are just people playing out an idea. It’s never the other way around – there is no idea so big that it doesn’t need people to make it succeed. Investors know this, hence the saying “Bet on the jockey (founder), not the horse (idea).” A great jockey is a great role mo
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Inventor-Entrepreneur Pairs are Ideal for a Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4550 days ago
In my experience, inventors aren’t interested or aren’t very good at building a business, and entrepreneurs aren’t usually good scientists. These people need to find each other, and can jointly make a great team for a new startup.
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Startup Founders Need to Build a Dream Team
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4551 days ago
If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding and kick start your company? It makes logical sense to scour the job boards, engage an executive recruiter, or scan the networking sites like LinkedIn for a good array of candid
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7 Success Maxims from Savvy Business Leaders
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4552 days ago
Even though I have seen many business leaders succeed, and many that failed, I still struggle with what really makes the difference. It seems like some CEOs are just more tuned in to the market realities, customer dynamics, people interactions, and are better leaders. But what does that really mean
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