During my many years in business, both as a professional and an entrepreneur, I always wished I knew the secret to success. Although I was never able to pinpoint any single one, I have gathered some insights which I’m certain are key. In more recent years as a mentor and angel investor, I’ve been e
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7 Leadership Insights That Lead To Business Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 564 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Business Leadership Styles To Avoid For Real Impact
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 565 days ago
Made Hot by: justretweet on March 13, 2023 12:59 pm
One of the keys to your success as a business professional and leader is your ability to nurture relationships and select associates who have the attributes to help you build your career or lead a team, rather than people who will never challenge you or may be looking out only for themselves. I hav
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6 Ways A Business Can Lead With ‘We’ Rather Than ‘Me’
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 566 days ago
The recent world-wide health pandemic has highlighted again how fast things can and do change in the environment today, and it’s up to you to make sure your business can survive and thrive in this new world. As the current supply chain problems illustrate, we are all interconnected, and can no long
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Entrepreneurship Principles For Anticipating Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 567 days ago
Made Hot by: kingofcontent92 on March 11, 2023 11:55 am
Aspiring entrepreneurs who rely only on traditional learning vehicles (teachers, classrooms, and risk-free practice) are doomed to failure in anticipating change today. Either they are never really ready to commit, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a b
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Specifics Show How Startups Are All About Execution
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 568 days ago
Made Hot by: problogger78 on March 9, 2023 11:55 am
In my experience with entrepreneurs, there seems to a wealth of self-proclaimed “idea people” who aspire to start businesses, but only a few who are willing and able to dig in and get the job done. All the great ideas in the world won’t make a business, if the ideas never get implemented. Only rare
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Strategies For Accelerating Growth In Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 569 days ago
Made Hot by: steefen on March 7, 2023 4:58 pm
The military has long recognized that machine guns are force multipliers for rifles, but businesses have been slow to capitalize on this concept. Sometimes all the planning in the world isn’t enough for business survival, when things change as fast as they do today. Every business, especially start
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Startup Professionals Musings: Every New Venture Needs A Product And A Business Plan
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 570 days ago
Made Hot by: logistico on March 6, 2023 10:19 am
Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan.
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10 Ways to Ensure Creative Ideas and Results at Work
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 571 days ago
Creativity in business is the key to innovation, and in this era of rapid change, can mean the difference between your long-term business success and failure. Unfortunately, in my role as a business advisor, I still find too many owners who fall into the rut of rejecting creativity to minimize chan
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Startup Professionals Musings: 9 Communication Risks That Jeopardize Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 572 days ago
Every business communication you initiate, both internal and external, involves some risk to your credibility, has legal implications, and may impact your relationship with peers. Most of these risks are rational and reasonable, but in my role as business consultant, I still see many experienced pr
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6 Ways To Expand Your Thinking To The Next Big Thing
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 573 days ago
Many of the startup investors I know are disappointed that so few of the startup ideas they see are really innovative or disruptive. Most of us are incremental or linear thinkers, and we miss the really big opportunities, like the next smartphone or space travel. That ability to “see around the nex
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