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8 Grants Women-Owned Businesses Can Apply For in 2024

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HerRise Micro-Grant For: Business owners that are Women of color Grantor: The Yva Jourdan Foundation, Inc and HerSuiteSpot Amount: $1,000 HerRise Micro-Grant is a grant program designed to support women of color through funding, community support, and coaching.

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5 Steps To A Compelling Story For Business Proposals

Startup Professionals Musings

Mark Zuckerberg was not the first to build a social media platform, so he had to find investors who believed in him. She speaks from years of experience coaching entrepreneurs and executives on the magic of a story. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/04/2017.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Use visibility and social media to pull clients in. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/09/2017.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Favor People-Centric Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 04/19/2017. Would everyone on your team agree and return the focus?

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Why You Should Enlist a Business Mentor, Or Be One

Startup Professionals Musings

Shared social media is the new networking. Some people ask me about the difference between a coach and a mentor. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/02/2017. A key value of mentoring is getting access to each other’s networks, who can be new business partners or new mentors.

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5 Steps To Reduce Due Diligence Investment Failures

Startup Professionals Musings

Others schedule long and exhaustive practice and coaching sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone tells the most positive and consistent story. Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references.

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How Future-Proof is Your Company (and Your Career)?

Startup Professionals Musings

These authors, who both have extensive credentials as executive coaches with top tier business leaders around the world, detail six factors of change that every business needs to address today to keep ahead of the wave. Due to social media and the Internet, these relationships now need to extend to customers, partners, and suppliers.

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