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7 Keys To Teaming With The Right Mentor For Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Why is it that only the most successful entrepreneurs , including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, admit to having a mentor and actually use them? Obviously, I’m a big fan of business mentors based on my own experience, since I have been at different times on both the contributing and receiving end of the relationship.

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8 Initiatives To Make Your Customers Loyal Advocates

Startup Professionals Musings

It must be written down, with measurable team objectives, validated by metrics and compared against competition. Provide coaching and mentoring as well as training. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/14/2016. Most importantly, your actions speak louder than words.

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How To Move From An Entrepreneur To Manager Or Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

Implement metrics and set objectives for every organization. Growing the company means growing people through mentoring and training. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/05/2016. Now the experiments are over, and high productivity is the objective. You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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8 Essential Attributes of a Successful Mindset

Startup Professionals Musings

As a startup investor and mentor, I look beyond the façade to find these eight keys traits in the mindset of every entrepreneur. Sets realistic goals with milestones and metrics to gauge progress. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 01/20/2016. Vision of providing real customer and social value.

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