Most of you will start your business with plenty of passion and purpose, but all too often I see both disappearing after months of facing unanticipated setbacks and challenges. Indeed, it is even more critical that you keep your key team members energized with a high level of passion and purpose, o
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7 Ways To Optimize Passion And Energy In Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 944 days ago
Made Hot by: BizWise on March 2, 2022 1:25 pm
Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Ways To Reinforce Team Behavior For Startup Success
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 945 days ago
In my consulting work, when I ask team members in startups and small businesses how they know whether they are doing a good job, the typical response I get is “Nobody has yelled at me today,” or “No news is good news.” This means you are missing the positive impact of catching people doing things r
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Essential Elements For Kickstarting Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 946 days ago
Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. Every entrepreneur assumes their product or service is so great
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Qualities That Will Make You Stand Out In Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 947 days ago
Made Hot by: NolanGreen on February 28, 2022 10:48 am
To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on, like the judges are searching for on American Idol. But the entrepreneurs that have it, including Elon
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Ways To Solidify The Confidence You Need To Succeed
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 948 days ago
Made Hot by: mikehartman1 on February 26, 2022 12:56 pm
You can’t win as an entrepreneur or business owner without full confidence in your own ability, as well as in your solution and business model. As an angel investor in startups, I always look for this self-confidence, no matter how innovative the solution. Of course, you can be overly confident or
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8 Business Accountability Lapses And How To Recover
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 949 days ago
As a business investor, I look for investments where I see founders really holding their people accountable for their actions. More importantly, I look for entrepreneurs and owners like you who are not afraid to hold themselves accountable for the success of the business. If I see or hear evidence
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Sure-Fire Ideas Just Pending The Right Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 950 days ago
Made Hot by: kingofcontent92 on February 24, 2022 1:09 pm
As a business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. Yet I still too often hear the question, “Can you give me a really sure-fire idea for starting my own business?” My standard answer is
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7 Ways Investors Assess Your Focus As An Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 951 days ago
In my experience as a business mentor, one of the biggest challenges I see is a failure to focus. Most of you aspiring entrepreneurs have new ideas on a regular basis, and find it hard deciding which to pursue, or try to tackle several at the same time. The result is that nothing ever really gets d
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Key Points Of Focus For Every Scalable New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 952 days ago
Made Hot by: Digitaladvert on February 22, 2022 11:46 am
I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Maybe it’s time to look harder at the mantra of a new breed of gurus and successful entrepreneurs, including
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Strategies From The Military For Tackling Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 953 days ago
Made Hot by: businessluv on February 20, 2022 1:09 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 s
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