Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/31/2015. Many people are happier to stick with the familiar, even if not totally satisfied and happy, rather than deal with the stress and likely failures of starting their own businesses.

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JULY 18, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/10/2015. The startup world today doesn’t need consultants, but they do need specialists and professionals with experience and expertise who can do the job, and provide coaching while producing results, at a predictable cost.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/11/2015. There is no room in business today for entrepreneurs who are worried about how smart they are, how they’ll look or what a mistake will mean. It’s time to step up the game by adopting a growth mindset. Anyone can.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/9/2015. During that period, it is very difficult for either party to get out of the deal, since there is no public market for the stock, and business divorces normally mean bankruptcy. business due diligence entrepreneur investors startups'

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FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report.

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MARCH 7, 2016

billion in 2015. , AltaVista, InfoSeek and others), but according to Investopedia , Google was the first to really monetize search. As a result, Google has become a verb, and the company is a tech giant with record growth rates and a revenue of $74.5 But Google is not unique.

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JUNE 22, 2012

According to Gartner, the opportunity is 100 million by 2015, with 12% compounded growth.” Lead with facts, but skip the details. Skip the generic marketing phrases like more user friendly, massive opportunity, and paradigm shifting. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/3/2015. Some entrepreneurs become stuck in development, fixated on winning just one more grant, rather than moving on to marketing and real customers. The only real funding that counts in startup success comes from customers. They don’t ask for equity either.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/20/2015. Do things in the right sequence, and show the results that you have achieved. For investors, it’s all about confidence in the entrepreneur. Confidence lost early can never be regained.

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APRIL 27, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/17/2015. Long meetings behind closed doors are draining for you and not productive for the company toward these objectives. Start today with five-minute meetings and mentoring to get the fun and productivity back.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/14/2015. Thus it’s especially important to start early, long before that first investor schedules a visit, and long before your first customer puts the team to the test. Your business's growth and success depends on it.

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OCTOBER 19, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/9/2015. I’m personally a technologist, and I’m always disappointed when good technology languishes on the sidelines for 20 years in denial of business realities. Don’t let a few myths stop you from changing the world.

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AUGUST 29, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/19/2015. The old customer paradigm is rapidly going away, and so will your business, if you don’t change. In today’s business, maintaining the status quo is a losing strategy.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/12/2015. Investors and major customers are quick to spot and support the startup founder who is clearly working in and on the business and having fun at the same time. Do you fit that mold?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/18/2015. They are so certain that customers are poised and waiting that they forget the costs of a hard launch -- and the risks of a highly visible failure. It’s one of the few times in a startup when it actually pays to be less aggressive. Proceed with caution.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 2/13/2015. Since there is never enough money to feed the startup beast, I don’t see crowdfunding replacing or crowding out angels or VCs in the near future. angels crowdfunding entrepreneur investor'

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JULY 20, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/08/2015. If you can find and attract a business partner or two that satisfy all these criteria, your company may likely be the next Google, no matter what the business idea is behind it. That’s how important the right people are to a new startup.

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JUNE 26, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/17/2015. Attracting an investor requires building a relationship, not a one-night stand. A great executive summary shows the true depth of your character and your plan.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/16/2015. If that doesn’t get their attention, it probably won’t get any customer attention either, and that’s the best feedback you can get at that stage. CDA entrepreneur idea NDA non-disclosure startup'

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on IvyExec.com on 9/25/2015. It’s time for every professional to take a hard look at themselves and their team to assess how well they stack up relative to the principles and challenges outlined here. All your competitors, investors, and customers are making the same assessment on you.

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APRIL 29, 2011

According to Gartner, the opportunity is 100 million by 2015, with 12% compounded growth.” Lead with facts, but skip the details. Skip the generic marketing phrases like more user friendly, massive opportunity, and paradigm shifting. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

According to Gartner, the opportunity is 100 million by 2015, with 12% compounded growth.” Lead with facts, but skip the details. Skip the generic marketing phrases like more user friendly, massive opportunity, and paradigm shifting. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan.

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

Marty Zwilling Published on TheModernTeam on 11/05/2015. Have you done everything you can do to create this type of environment? What have you found to be the most challenging part of effective collaboration?

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MAY 20, 2016

In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding has already grown to over $30 billion in 2015, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone. In 2015, the new Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Early crowdfunding successes have been undeniable. million, smashing the old Kickstarter record of $13.3

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

That’s down from 69 in the first five months of 2015, and 115 over the same five-month period in 2014, according to Barrons. The total proceeds raised in Q2 2016 from IPOs diminished by three-quarters compared to Q2 2015. In fact, IPOs are down again this year, with just 31 companies going public in the U.S. in the first five months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2016

From an insider perspective, 37 percent of CFOs now see the required target as a significant innovation every one-to-three years, according to the results of a 2015 IMA innovation survey. Getting innovation to happen this regularly requires some real disciple and processes.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

There is a definite connection between the fact that Google has been ranked by Fortune in 2015 as one of the best companies to work for. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/9/2015. Don’t burn yourself out, or let your employees feel like work is a forced march with no end in sight.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

In case you are not yet convinced that these efforts are worthwhile, note that online reputation damage now heads the list of top 10 business risks in Aon's 2015 Global Risk Management Risk Ranking , from a survey of 1,400 risk-management professionals in 60 countries. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/7/2015.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Juniper Research forecasts that by 2014 the global opportunity for LBS will reach $13 billion, and Global Industry Analysts projects that by 2015 the global LBS market could be $21 billion. And comScore tells us that there are already 140 million smartphone users in the US, which now exceeds 60% of the population.

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JANUARY 21, 2017

More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to a 2015 study. Until the recession a few years ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/23/2015. That mindset will help you develop and survive as a person as well, and build better organizations and communities. Isn’t it time you started celebrating problems rather than complaining about them?

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JANUARY 9, 2016

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/30/2015. If career growth and job satisfaction are your objectives, just pretend that you are an entrepreneur and your career is your business. Your real challenge is to thrive -- not just survive.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

As evidence that it does work, VentureBeat calculated in 2015 that YCombinator startups had raised over $7 billion, with a $65 billion total valuation. An incubator won’t help you if the market opportunity is small, the competitors are large, or your solution doesn’t address a real need. In fact, eight were already billion dollar unicorns.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/2/2015. Business success is all about value creation. Your value is in your teams, as well as your solution. Make every one count.

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OCTOBER 31, 2015

Marty Zwilling Published on IvyExec.com on 10/27/2015. If the things mentioned here feel natural to you, and you are young at heart, have a healthy curiosity and zest for life, the entrepreneurial world may have a place for you, too. Give it a try. If you are having fun, you probably have what it takes.

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JUNE 8, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 5/29/2015. Don’t jeopardize the future of your startup, and your chosen lifestyle, by assuming you can wing it. Only preparation will keep you and your image from flying astray.

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JANUARY 31, 2015

Marty Zwilling ** First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/16/2015. In any context, and especially in the high-risk world of startups where more than 50 percent fail, you need every advantage that you can get. business business plan entrepreneur hobby startup'

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