Some entrepreneurs are so caught up in their dream that they jump immediately into implementation, with no focus on strategy and tactics first. The result is that when they hit the first obstacle (and there will be many), it seems like the end of the road. They don’t have any idea which way to turn
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Strategy and Tactics Make Dreams A Reality
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5168 days ago
Eight Questions Every Startup Hopes You Won’t Ask
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5169 days ago
If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. These are the questions that get past the hype of a founder “vision to change the world,” and into the realm of real business strengths, weaknesses, and current health
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Your Startup Can’t Fail If You Don’t Quit
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5170 days ago
Made Hot by: dreamwithdeadline on August 19, 2010 7:45 pm
When I heard a friend make this statement the other day, I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt it as their mantra. I certainly have. If we all do it, we can drastically improve the statistic that over half of new startups fail within five years. Nothing is more discouraging to future entrepreneurs than a failed startup
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Six Management Strategies That Work With Gen-Y
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5171 days ago
What positives does Gen-Y (Millennials) bring to your startup, and what management strategies will work most effectively and productively with them? Everyone is quick to point out their shortcomings and idiosyncrasies, but I see some attractive attributes from a business perspective, including the following
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Nine Keys To A Winning Startup Channel Strategy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5175 days ago
Once you have succeeded in developing a solution and obtained initial funding, the next challenge is to penetrate the relevant domestic and international markets. For that, you need to implement a winning distribution channel strategy. Common channel strategies include direct to customer, distributor, and joint venture arrangements
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Gen-X May Be Forgotten, But They Run Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5176 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 Millennials (Gen-Y). Gen-X has just 46 million members, making it the lost child demographic
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Many Entrepreneurs Charge The Hill Too Soon
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5177 days ago
Made Hot by: steeldawn on August 13, 2010 8:23 pm
Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. They approach key potential investors way too early, trying to talk their way up the hill, with no supporting business plan, and before they have a support team around them. Needless to say, they get shot down, and get no second chance
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Entrepreneurs Can’t Afford To Be Email Deadbeats
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5178 days ago
Like it or not, email is still a major business and personal communication vehicle, just like telephone calls. Your business and your integrity are being judged every day by your responsiveness to emails, and no one likes to do business with a dead-letter box. Unresponsive people and businesses lose friends and customers quickly
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Why It’s Not Healthy To Be A Stealthy Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5179 days ago
Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast
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Competitor Traps Every Startup Pitch Should Avoid
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5180 days ago
Every entrepreneur should spend plenty of time thinking about competitors, and how they relate to your business, but you need to be very careful what you say out loud about them to your team, your investors, and your customers. What you say speaks volumes about how you think about your startup, how smart you are, and your personal integrit
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