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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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A Paperboy Explains The Keys To Success In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Although just seventeen years old, Patel has some great insights that I can extrapolate for every aspiring entrepreneur to answer the most common question I get as an advisor and mentor – “Where do I start?” Success to you probably includes financial gain, but don’t forget that money doesn’t buy lasting satisfaction and happiness.

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7 Key Principles of Question-Based Leadership To Win

Startup Professionals Musings

When team member solutions work well, everyone wins, while top-down decisions provide minimal satisfaction and learning for the team. The best leaders focus on coaching and mentoring people on decision making, rather than giving orders. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/09/2016.

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8 Reasons to Find Joy in Your Job

Startup Professionals Musings

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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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. 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.

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You Need A Motivated Startup Team To Change The World

Startup Professionals Musings

In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 06/18/2016. Practice every day what you preach.

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