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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Successful Startups Often Come With a High Price
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4590 days ago
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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Multiple Rollout Iterations
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4591 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
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4592 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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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Undaunted by Failure
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4593 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 4594 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 4596 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 4597 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 4598 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 4599 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 4601 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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