Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2016

You’ve probably already made your resolutions for 2016, but if not, I suggest a renewed commitment to finding happiness and satisfaction in your chosen business lifestyle. The happiest people are the ones who can split their focus between work and family, and get value and satisfaction from both. Keep track of your wins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2016

Full autonomy to go above and beyond in sales and customer-service roles will increase team engagement as well as customer satisfaction. High engagement is more related to high performance than high satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/06/2016. Link rewards and performance to engagement levels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2016

They also get satisfaction from mentoring others. Everyone appreciates a productive worker who does the hard work, makes no excuses, and gets satisfaction from positive customer and executive feedback. Fun is all about satisfaction, doing new things, stretching your mind, and productive relationships with others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2016

When team member solutions work well, everyone wins, while top-down decisions provide minimal satisfaction and learning for the team. It’s time for all of us to ask more, listen more, learn more, and lead the way to our own success and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/09/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Success to you probably includes financial gain, but don’t forget that money doesn’t buy lasting satisfaction and happiness. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/22/2016. The happiest business people don’t work for money, and don’t even think of what they do as work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2016

It’s not only good for your business, but it will add meaning and joy to your customers, and will also enhance your personal satisfaction and well-being. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/21/2016. That’s a win-win-win opportunity you can’t afford to miss.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2016

The best entrepreneurs tackle these one at a time without losing their stride or their passion and many secretly get their highest satisfaction from overcoming an impossible problem. Many entrepreneurs thrive in adversity and get satisfaction from the solving challenges, compared to the relative boredom of business-as-usual.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

Pivoting early brings satisfaction and saves money and time, except when you don’t pivot due to investor evidence required, and the pain of explaining your mistakes. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 06/01/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

If a customer feels like they are doing all the work, satisfaction will never be forthcoming. Waiting for an email response, for a chat session to start, or listening to elevator music on the phone won’t endear you to customers and won’t convince them that their satisfaction is urgent for you. Connect, do not just answer questions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2016

Building a new business is essentially turning a vision into a financially self-sustaining operation that provides satisfaction and value to both the customer and the entrepreneur. The best entrepreneurs recognize that a new business is a journey, not a destination, and they get satisfaction from conquering challenges along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Businesses that focus on the local community have long been the source of satisfaction and financial livelihood of entrepreneurs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/13/2016. I predict that hyperlocal services will continue to emerge and prosper, despite the challenges. Anyone can do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2016

You need the very best to maintain a competitive edge, and get the satisfaction you want for you and your team members. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 07/02/2016. Making late or poor choices will cost you time, money, customers, and may cost you your business. It won’t happen by default.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2016

Of course, an even more important driver of passion than success is happiness and satisfaction with the lifestyle. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/01/2016. Just imagine the potential impact of millions of unrealized innovations -- if only these execution principles were diligently followed.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? His role is to ensure KeyInfo retains its technological leadership and remains focused on client satisfaction. Lief Morin: There are four in particular I can think of. And just for kicks, those who have been claiming tape will die will have to eat their words.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

To be a superstar, an entrepreneur or business professional has to have a high level of personal confidence, a good work ethic, and get high satisfaction from new learning and achieving results. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/27/2016. What’s holding you back from being a superstar in your business?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

These companies, and many others, are finding that strong leadership and personally-tuned benefits are the key to long-term satisfaction and motivation, certainly more effective than high salaries and financial incentives alone. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 06/18/2016. Start today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

In addition, you will like the exhilaration and satisfaction that comes with a successful moonshot. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 07/15/2016. The world is moving faster and faster, so you need to shoot higher to keep from falling behind. It’s the best way to change the world and leave a legacy to remember.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2016

You may decide that your current career is less risky than the alternative, and existing career satisfaction has started to meet your expectations. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/30/2016. Either way, you win and your business wins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

They get their satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/11/2016. The entrepreneurs who work at “seeing around the corner” are the ones who work 80 hours a week or more, just to avoid the predictable 40 hour per week regimen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Ideally, that means a solution has been built, with a proven business model, and real customers who have paid full price with high customer satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/27/2016. They want to fund and work with people who are willing and able to move an idea into the execution phase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Savor the satisfaction of success, and watch the stress melt away. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/31/2016. The key is to get started today, with a goal of hitting all of these items in the first week, and in every week thereafter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That experience helped me to understand the excitement, determination, and satisfaction of an entrepreneur, and it made me a better one when I later worked for and with several real startups back in Silicon Valley. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/24/2016. I still enjoy the journey as well as the destination.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2017

They get more personal satisfaction from giving than from receiving. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/20/2016. Always give more than you get. The most successful business people avoid any feelings of entitlement, never keep score with peers, and never try to extract favors. Never seek excuses when things don’t work.

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