A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. After exchanging a couple of notes, I concluded that she was more likely a vict
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Eight Ways to be Your Own Worst Enemy for Funding
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4846 days ago
The Power of Negative Events in Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4847 days ago
Made Hot by: Monsieur Eraser on August 15, 2011 12:40 am
Managing and motivating a team in a startup is more than just using the right interpersonal skills. It’s more than providing recognition, tangible incentives, and clear work goals. A key influencer of satisfaction and motivation, top-ranked by employees, is positive progress and the completion of m
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Startups Can Make You Work Hard and Still Be Happy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4848 days ago
Building a startup is hard work for low pay, it’s risky, and it requires total responsibility to make it work. Yet, many entrepreneurs are the happiest people I know. On the other hand, I know many unhappy individuals who are always partying, have minimal commitments, and little responsibility. I s
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Entrepreneurs Can Beat Corporate Spin-offs Any Day
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4849 days ago
A spin-off is merely a startup spawned by a mature parent (company), and conventional logic would dictate that it has a survival advantage over the lowly startup. Yet spin-offs seem to most often fail to launch in the real world. I was part of one myself a few years ago, and felt the pain, so the p
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Research and Development are Investor Red Flags
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4850 days ago
I still get business plans, looking for an investor, that say all too clearly that the first goal of the new business is to do research and development (R&D) on some promising new technology, like superconductivity or cancer research. Investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rat
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Six Ways Corporations Can Kill Your Startup Dream
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4851 days ago
I hear many executives and professionals in large corporations talking about their dream of jumping ship, and starting their own company. What they don’t realize is that the longer they wait, the more big-company habits they are acquiring, which will make their eventual decision harder and entrepre
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Entrepreneurs Need Every Secret to Persuasion
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4852 days ago
Being a good entrepreneur means being able to effectively convince an investor that you have a great idea, persuade partners that your approach is right, and convince potential customers that the solution is right for them. If all your ideas are intuitively obvious to everyone, you probably aren’t
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Six Ways to Overcome the Urge to Procrastinate
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4853 days ago
One of the toughest challenges of an entrepreneur in building a startup is the fact that there are so many things that you don’t know how to do, or don’t like to do. Things like raising money, building a business plan, or hiring and firing people. These aren’t fun, especially for a visionary. That’
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Don’t Let Investor Negotiations Kill Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4854 days ago
Every entrepreneur seeking funding loves the challenge of getting customers and investors excited, but dreads the thought of negotiating the terms of a deal with potential investors. They are naturally reluctant to step out of the friendly and familiar business territory into the unfamiliar battlef
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You Won’t Find Startup Funding From These Sources
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4855 days ago
Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. One would think that with all the sad stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this problem would be behind us. But pe
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