If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually l
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 624 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Mistakes Often Made By Entrepreneurs Due To Passion
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 625 days ago
Made Hot by: leonesimmy on January 13, 2023 10:57 am
As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Many are just not facing the reali
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Startup Challenges That Can Be Mitigated With Focus
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 626 days ago
Made Hot by: thecorneroffice on January 11, 2023 1:51 pm
Many passionate entrepreneurs fight to add more features into their new products and services, assuming that more function will make the solution more appealing to more customers. In reality, more features will more likely make the product confusing and less usable to all. Focus is the art of limit
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7 Keys To Being An Exceptional Business Leader Today
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 627 days ago
Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news. Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. To be
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Reasons To Market Globally While Selling Locally
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 628 days ago
Made Hot by: JoshRed on January 9, 2023 4:47 pm
The world of marketing is changing faster than technology these days. Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile (SoLoMo) to the mix. Mobile and global
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6 Ways To Get From Linear Thinking To Real Innovation
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 629 days ago
Every entrepreneur and every business I meet in my consulting and mentoring role has great intentions of bringing real innovation to the market, yet I find that most ideas are merely small extensions to existing solutions. I believe we need more non-linear “out of the box” thinking, to come up with
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Tactics To Ensure Your Team Is Happy And Productive
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 630 days ago
Made Hot by: Digitaladvert on January 7, 2023 2:33 pm
Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. According to a classic study from Deloitte, happy employees have been shown to be up to 20 percent more effective in the work
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Keys To More Satisfaction In Your Business In 2023
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 631 days ago
Made Hot by: thelastword on January 5, 2023 5:57 pm
Welcome to another challenging new year ahead! You’ve probably already made your resolutions for 2023, but if not, I suggest a renewed commitment to finding happiness and satisfaction in your chosen business lifestyle. After all, most of us spend more hours in this role than any other, and life is
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 New Venture Surprises With Ways To Recover Quickly
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 632 days ago
Made Hot by: fusionswim on January 4, 2023 8:03 am
Most entrepreneurs are so convinced that they are the disruptive element, they fail to anticipate that unknown facts or events can and will occur to disrupt their own well-laid plans. While it’s true that there is no way of know specifically what might happen, you need to anticipate the worst, and
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 633 days ago
Made Hot by: steefen on January 2, 2023 12:54 pm
Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “disruptive” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. They don’t realize that these are still rar
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