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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners. What problems does it solve?

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9 Effective Strategies To Upscale Your Business 

The Startup Magazine

of businesses fail within the first five years of operation. Although it may require stepping away from the security of well-organized projections and plans, taking calculated risks can lead to corporate development. Hire dependable managers It’s no secret that the performance of a team is a reflection of its leadership.

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Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation: Integrating To Drive Growth

ConversionXL

With a tactical understanding of two different marketing strategies: demand generation and lead generation. While your competitors pump out gated ebooks and “state of the industry” lead magnets that generate low-to-no intent MQLs, tap into existing demand to build a pipeline of high intent leads.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. In a business development role you’re out shaping the perception of your company in the market (networking), determining leads, and contacting leads. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. Read part one here.

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8 Keys To Migration From A Consultant To A Freelancer

Startup Professionals Musings

Luckily, I had always been a “hands-on” professional, and I had learned the pragmatics of people leadership, marketing, management tools, and funding. For example, a marketing project would be the number of leads generated or ad impressions, instead of recommendations for improving the process.

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6 Reasons Your Small Business Will Fail (And How to Avoid Them)

Up and Running

Leadership Failure. You will struggle as a leader if you don’t have enough experience making management decisions, supervising a staff, or the vision to lead your organization. Perhaps your leadership team is not in agreement on how the business should be run. Six Reasons Businesses Fail: . Lacking Uniqueness and Value.

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8 Keys To Providing Consulting Services To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, a marketing project would be the number of leads generated or ad impressions, instead of recommendations for improving the process. Leadership by example works at all levels of a company. Specialists today can justify their cost based on more direct return on investment calculations at all operational levels.

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