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5 Keys To Sustaining A Positive Attitude In Your Team

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as an employee, up to an executive, in large companies as well as small, I’ve found that people who are consistently negative and complain are a big constraint on productivity, as well as the most difficult management problem that most business leaders face. As a leader, publicly reward positive feedback.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

As a long-time business advisor and angel investor, I’m a believer that “two heads are better than one” in building a new business. Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Neither partner needs to be managed.

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5 Key Steps For Launching A Successful Startup Today

Startup Professionals Musings

They have an uncanny ability to find elegant, easy, and fast solutions to pain points in the marketplace, as well as their own challenges. After some review of available resources, I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.

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Why Clients Miss Payments

The Startup Magazine

Do your clients keep failing to pay you on time? But just how can you guarantee that customers will pay you? There is no magic solution and it is often the fault of customers if they choose not to pay you. However, there are ways in which you can discourage customers from missing payments. Is it driving you insane?

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5 Keys to Moving From Entrepreneur Thinking To Action

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m now convinced that serious entrepreneurs relish the startup process more than success. They enjoy the journey more than the destination. They enjoy the journey more than the destination. Starting something new is risky, no matter how many experts have reviewed it, or how much money you have.

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10 Creativity Mistakes Jeopardize Long-Term Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. Sloane is well recognized for his work on innovation and lateral thinking (new ways of looking at a problem rather than proceeding by logical steps).

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How To Get Solutions From Employees That Are Better Than Yours

Mike Michalowicz

Does it ever feel like you could get more done, if only you had fewer interruptions from employees asking you, “How do I do this?” Do you find yourself muttering under your breath, “Why can’t they just figure things out on their own?” If your phone rings repeatedly when you’re at home, pay attention.

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