Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Start each day with the highest priority task you need done that day, and leave the emails and phone calls till the end of the day, if you have time. Schedule time off work with your family, sporting events, and sign up for community activities you enjoy. Savor the satisfaction of success, and watch the stress melt away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

With the current strong economy, and sparked by the last recession, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. An unprecedented number of startups, almost 200 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to a recent Forbes article.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

One of the myths I often hear as an advisor to many entrepreneurs is that their lifestyle would somehow be better if they could more easily find other people’s money to build their startup. Usually it pays to move a startup slower rather than risk relationships. Many times friends and family have been broken by failed investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2016

Business success begins in the mind of the startup founder and the team. A winning startup is built by an entrepreneur as an embodiment of who you really are rather than an artificial façade built on the myths around Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. So before you decide to start a new business, take a hard look at your own mindset.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2016

They don’t realize that strong team engagement leads to even stronger customer engagement, which can more than double your startup revenue and growth, according to experts. Startup founders and leaders need to get out of their office, and demonstrate engagement with the team every day. Link rewards and performance to engagement levels.

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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 right reason to start a business is not the money, challenge, or the prestige, but the chance to follow your dream. Keep track of your wins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

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. Thus if you want to change the world with your new business, you need to follow the example of startups like Zappos , which hires according to cultural fit first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2016

Take an honest look at your motivation, resources and relationships before initiating a startup. No amount of passion and startup planning will make everything work exactly right the first time. Don’t set up such a frenzied schedule that you will burn out after a few weeks or even a few months. And he is an optimist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

The report also indicates that customer problem experiences continue to increase, up four percent to 54 percent since the last study. As an adviser to startups, I’m convinced that most understand the need, but many still simply don’t know how to show their customers that extra love and support. Carey School of Business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

No consideration can be given to experience running a startup, breadth of skills, or even thinking like an entrepreneur. Like startup investors several layers deep, parent company executives often demand approval rights and exert their power, without understanding the issues of starting a new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Does it sometimes seem like people all around you are getting promoted, or leaving to start their own business, while all your hard work and experience are getting you nowhere? Particularly in an innovative startup, everyone has to expect problems and change. They certainly would be unlikely to succeed in a new startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2017

They get more personal satisfaction from giving than from receiving. Mark Zuckerberg started Facemash as a dating site for Harvard elite, but found success only after morphing it to Facebook social media for all. Never give up until you achieve your dream. Show up for more opportunities. Always give more than you get.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

In reality, that’s the definition of a successful startup these days, so every aspiring entrepreneur should take note, as well as every existing corporate executive. For buy-in and commitment, ask for team proposals in a specific timeframe to start the process. Entrepreneurs who prefer to work alone have a hard road ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Whether you are starting a paper route, or commercializing a complex technology, the same basic principles of success apply. 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?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Commitment means signing up willingly, showing up mentally, standing up for the customer, and never ever giving up. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Maybe it’s for this reason that as professionals advance in their career, they tend to start asking fewer questions and providing more answers. This question-based leadership approach starts with humility and a firm belief in the old adage, “There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2016

In my years of business experience as an employee, a startup investor, and an executive, I have seen a host of reasons for these results, including: People work more productively on things they love to do. They also get satisfaction from mentoring others. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/04/2016.

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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. Also, most people don’t realize that Richard Branson has dyslexia, which made him a poor student, so he faced adversity well before his first startup effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2016

It’s no wonder that half of startups fail in the first five years , and an even smaller percentage ever see a return for their years of effort. I’m not suggesting executive search firms for every startup position, but national recruiting organizations will get better results. Don’t bother with previous employment follow-ups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are so passionate about their new startup idea that they can’t believe any intelligent being, investor or customer wouldn’t react just as excitedly after a quick introduction. Indeed, all entrepreneurs have to start at the beginning with passion for an idea. Are you convinced?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Whether it be in a startup or a large enterprise, everyone can name those few individuals who stand out as unstoppable, and always seem to be in the forefront of results. One of the best antidotes to procrastination is setting up a personal reward system for results, not tasks. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/27/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

They get their satisfaction from the journey, as well as the destination. As a mentor and advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, my advice is to hone your development of these extended attributes by first working in a challenging startup environment under the tutelage of a more experienced entrepreneur that you respect and trust.

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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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DECEMBER 23, 2015

What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? Vendors and startups will embrace OpenStack and Dockers. 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.

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