As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I often feel the frustration of someone trying to build a startup in the wrong place and time, and wrongly attributing their struggle to personal limitations. It may not seem fair, but passion and commitment alone are not enough to make your startup successful
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7 Critical Resources For A Thriving Startup Community
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 895 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 9 Business Model Components For New Business Funding
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 896 days ago
New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas, first introduced by Alexand
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Keys To Evolving Your Leadership To Sustain Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 897 days ago
Most of the entrepreneurs I have met are smart, but many are not always wise. That means they may show great insights into a new technology that has marginal business value, their passion may motivate team members more than customers, or they may allow themselves to be pulled over the ethical line
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Keys To Getting Team Decisions You Can Learn From
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 898 days ago
Starting and running a company is a team effort. Yes, it takes a leader (entrepreneur), but you can’t do it alone, without a team. Maybe only you and a co-founder comprise the team at first, to provide key skills, back you up, and test your ideas. As the startup grows, the team has to be able to re
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Ways Of Thinking That Brand You As An Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 899 days ago
Most people agree that entrepreneurs have to think differently and take risks to have much chance of building a successful business. Yet I have found that serious entrepreneurs usually go way beyond these platitudes in their actions and thinking, and often won’t volunteer their real views, for fear
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7 Keys To Being Viewed As Indispensable By Your Team
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 900 days ago
In my experience at all levels within large organizations as well as small ones, the team members valued the most, and usually promoted first, are the ones seen by others as indispensable or “goto” people. The challenge we all face is how to be one of these, without overworking, while still getting
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Reasons Why You May Not Want To Grow Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 901 days ago
It seems like every entrepreneur and business owner I meet is highly focused on fast growth to a large business, and becoming the next unicorn. They don’t realize the running a large business brings a whole new set of problems, and may not be all that much fun, compared to their small business role
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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 902 days ago
Every one of you has had to deal with the conflicting requirements of optimizing your business in the short term versus the long term. In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. Even a million users on your soc
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Tips For A New Venture To Survive The Early Years
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 903 days ago
The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this
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Startup Professionals Musings: Don’t Be Too Busy To Collaborate For Business Results
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 904 days ago
Whether you are trying to motivate your team, close a deal with a customer, or get funding from an investor, a casual conversation is usually a waste of your valuable time. These result is a founder who is always “too busy,” but never seems to get the business done and the team moving. All real bus
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