Continuous innovation is required to survive in all businesses, beginning with a startup, and increasing in importance as your business matures. Technologists often insist that new things can’t be invented on a schedule, but successful companies seem to be able to do it on a regular basis.
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10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4576 days ago
7 Reasons for Entrepreneurs to ‘First Know Thyself’
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4577 days ago
If you are going to be a real entrepreneur, it’s important that you know yourself well. After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you feedback, and your team probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think. Entrepreneurs need to recognize their own strengths and limi
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Startups Are All About the Execution, So Tell Me How
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4578 days ago
When entrepreneurs come to me with that “million dollar idea,” I have to tell them that an idea alone is really worth nothing. It’s all about the execution, and investors invest in the people who can execute, or even better, have a history of successful execution. Execution is making things happen,
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6 Key Attributes of a Winning Business Culture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4579 days ago
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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You Can’t Be the Victim as an Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4580 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
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4581 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
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4582 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
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4583 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
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4584 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
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4585 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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