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 direct reports probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think.
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Entrepreneurs Need to Recognize Their Limitations
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4839 days ago
Ten Tips to Business Risk Without Reckless Abandon
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4840 days ago
Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Nevertheless, the word “risk” has a negative connotation to most of us, implying danger and possible loss. For true entrepreneurs, risk is viewed as a positive, with its implied challenge to overcome the unknown and hitting the big r
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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4841 days ago
I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one go
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A Victim Mentality Will Doom an Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4842 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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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4843 days ago
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. Or does it? Actually numbers and locations are just the beginning. The challenge is to find the right angel for your, and for you
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Learn Strategies for Tapping into Foreign Markets
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4843 days ago
Is your business tapping into foreign markets? If you haven't broken out of your domestic market, you are missing out on a big business opportunity. The idea of selling overseas is attractive to many small and medium-sized businesses. But many small business owners abandon any thought of selling ab
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How to Succeed With Today’s Empowered Customers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4845 days ago
You can’t succeed in your new startup if you can’t win customers, and the new Internet-empowered customers are tough. They are in control, and they no longer care where or from whom they buy. They do have a specific purchase progression with key milestone moments that determine your win or loss out
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Six Reasons Why Big Dreams and Laser Focus Succeed
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4846 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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Managing Risk is the Essence of an Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4847 days ago
Willingness to take a risk is the hallmark of a serious entrepreneur. That’s why one of the first questions that potential investors ask is “How much of your own money, and friends and family, have you put into the new business?” If you won’t risk yours, you won’t get investors to risk theirs.
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Boomers are Driving a New Entrepreneurship Boom
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4848 days ago
Contrary to what most of you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity over the last few years is not Gen-Y young upstarts, but Baby Boomers in the 55-64 year age group. In fact, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, these Boomers are actually driving a new e
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