What sparks paradigm-shifting innovation in any business? It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this
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How To Kick Innovation Up a Notch to Nanovation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4602 days ago
Entrepreneurs Challenge The Gartner Hype Cycle
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4603 days ago
The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc. back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it recently, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at
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Entrepreneur: Challenge Yourself Before You Invest
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4604 days ago
The first question most people seem to ask when contemplating a new startup is where they will get the money. That’s certainly a valid question, but all the money in the world won’t make your business a success if you hate what you are doing, and you aren’t prepared to do the job. I suggest that th
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Top Startup Success Factors Include Some Surprises
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4605 days ago
We can all dream about what it takes to make our startup a success. From recent survey feedback, it seems evident that the urban legends leading to success are wrong. The average entrepreneur is not the one who dumped a promising career, sketched his idea on the back of a napkin, and accepted milli
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Most Entrepreneurs Should Never Bring On Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4606 days ago
There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Yet, according to many sources, over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no
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Entrepreneur Success: It’s Not Always About You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4607 days ago
Made Hot by: PeaceNLove on September 23, 2011 2:06 pm
Many entrepreneurs forget that their success is more about helping other people than about personally becoming famous, or overcoming the odds and getting rich. A successful business has to satisfy customers with a strong team, by helping them solve problems, save money, or experience more pleasure.
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Gen-X Sets High Standards for Gen-Y Entrepreneurs
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4608 days ago
What happened to Generation X? They are generally defined as anyone born between 1965 and 1980, sandwiched between 80 million Baby Boomers and 78 million Gen-Y (Millennials). Gen-X has just 46 million members, but they continue to lead the way and set the standards in the startup world.
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Adopt the New Startup Model: Nail It Then Scale It
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4609 days ago
I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Maybe it’s time to look harder at the mantra of a new breed of gurus and successful entrepreneurs, including
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How to Get Your Startup from Point A to Point B
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4610 days ago
I enjoy the ride on a good commercial airline flight. It’s time that I can use to catch up on tasks that require focus. I throw the headphones on, listen to the best music ever created by mankind (70s music - as if I needed to spell that out), and get to work on the laptop. Nary a thought is given
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Mentor Secrets for Keeping Your Startup Alive
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4611 days ago
Behind most great startup success stories is a long list of mistakes! Unfortunately, for every success story you see, there is an even longer list of failure stories with mistakes that you don’t see. But rather than dwell on the failures, I’ve tried to extract from them a list of practical action i
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