As a new business advisor and occasional investor, I get approached regularly by people who have a dream or a new business idea, and are looking for support and money to make it a reality. They are usually short on specifics required for execution, so I have to tell them that the idea is the easy p
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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1098 days ago
Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Advantages To Building Your Own Startup Prototypes
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1099 days ago
Made Hot by: sundaydriver on September 24, 2021 9:59 am
Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, and now sites such as SketchUp and Makerspaces have all the tools you need to make almost anything computer related. Thus entrepreneurs were able to build
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Brand Strategy Rules From Elite Consumer Companies
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1100 days ago
Every new business dreams of becoming the premier brand in their space, like Starbucks is to coffee, and Apple is to consumer electronics, but they have no idea how difficult that is to achieve. In fact, only 100 of the 10,000 multimillion-dollar consumer companies around the world can claim to be
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Most Effective Routines Of Notable Business Leaders
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1101 days ago
In my years of working with entrepreneurs, I have heard many times the promise that their new idea will create the next Amazon or Apple, but I rarely hear the more important promise that the founder will practice all the good habits of winning entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. You see,
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Startup Professionals Musings: 9 Messages From Sales Training May Save Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1102 days ago
Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe that a great idea alone will assure business success. Experts argue that it’s more important to have a great plan, and personal business acumen. Hardly anyone mentions selling principles. Yet in this age when customers have a thousand alternatives, and are overwh
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7 Secrets to Leading Others and Enjoying Your Legacy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1103 days ago
By default, every one of you who owns a business or manages a team has the title of leader, but in my consulting experience, I find that just having the title doesn’t make most of us a leader. I also find that leaders are made, not born, meaning that we all can grow into leadership, if we learn fro
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1104 days ago
More entrepreneurs want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find an investor. In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). But ver
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How Starting A Business Fits Into Every Career Today
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 1105 days ago
With the cost of starting an online business today at an all-time low, I can’t imagine why everyone doesn’t have a web site and an LLC to mitigate liability and minimize taxes. You need to have these as backup, in case the gig economy catches up to you, or you need a side hustle for extra income, o
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Keys To The Survival And Success Of An Entrepreneur
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1106 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on September 21, 2021 9:41 am
You can’t survive as an entrepreneur without resilience, because you are going to fail at least once, maybe multiple times. That’s the nature of trying something that’s never been done before. Resilience means not giving up, and being energized by what you have learned. As Thomas Edison said, "I ha
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Startup Professionals Musings: 7 Scenarios Where A Business Plan Is Still An Asset
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 1107 days ago
Made Hot by: advertglobal on September 20, 2021 6:05 am
As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans take too much time, are inaccurate, and rarely add value. They cite sources like Profitable Venture Magazine, “Why Business Plans are a Waste of Time” and this Forbes article. From m
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