You may be surviving in the marketplace, but is your business really thriving and winning? In my role as a mentor, I challenge every business leader to be more open-minded as they face the challenges of change and new competitors entering their space. Most are reluctant to tip that balance between
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Keys To Winning In A Sea Of Competitors and Change
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 845 days ago
9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 846 days ago
Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could make them one of the next ones. Most of you prefer to ignore the feedback from analysts that your chances of creating the next unicorn startup
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Steps To Second Stage Success For Your New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 847 days ago
Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. After celebrating success at that level, they often find themselves ill-prepared to move to the next stage, for scaling their business into a high-performing enterprise. That’s where I see too much entr
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Real World Hazards With Taking Your Startup Public
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 848 days ago
Made Hot by: businessgross on June 4, 2022 2:01 pm
In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Smart entrepreneurs are now start
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Key Ingredients to Address the Challenge of Growth
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 849 days ago
Made Hot by: LimeWood on May 31, 2022 4:45 pm
Once your business is running and sustainable, everyone these days expects it to grow, as an indication of long-term health and competitiveness. Thus continued growth becomes the biggest challenge for many of you business owners I meet in my consulting practice. Everyone is looking for that magic s
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Business Transformation To Meet Competition
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 850 days ago
Made Hot by: Digitaladvert on May 30, 2022 9:03 am
In my experience as a business advisor, most organizations, large and small, struggle to keep up with the pace of change and competitive forces today. You may have a brilliant product strategy, but your operational teams seem to fight change, as well as each other, resulting in turf battles and con
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5 Steps To A Winning Strategic Plan Execution Process
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 851 days ago
In my years of advising business leaders, from entrepreneurs to enterprise executives, I often hear a passion for strategic change planning, but seldom see the same commitment to strategic execution. I fully understand that real change is hard, but I’m convinced that more focus on the execution is
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Due Diligence Goals When Vetting Business Partners
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 852 days ago
Made Hot by: AmyJordan on June 2, 2022 3:17 pm
Business partners can be co-founders in a startup, multiple owners of an existing business, or a joint venture. In every case, a partner can be an asset, bringing new skills and perspectives to the business; or a burden, making every decision more difficult, and taxing your lifestyle satisfaction.
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7 Keys To Moving Your Best Of Breed Odds Up A Notch
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 853 days ago
Everyone who starts or owns a business expects to be the best of breed, but only a few achieve that status. As a startup mentor and advisor, I often contemplate what makes the difference between winners and losers. I’m convinced that it’s a lot more than the foibles of any specific market, availabi
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 854 days ago
New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. Building an ethical business
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