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8 Strategies For Winning As A Freelancer Or Employee

Startup Professionals Musings

In essence, as a contractor, you are a consultant who is competing regularly for new work, and you constantly have to differentiate your offering from other candidates, including price. Focus on the ultimate customer, and find a way to improve satisfaction, grow revenue, or cut costs. Be an advocate for change in your current role.

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8 Steps To A Positive Mindset And Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Many business executives and entrepreneurs I know are convinced that business success is all about having the right solution for the right price. Takers can never get satisfaction, and they antagonize those around them. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/02/2017. Only givers build self-esteem.

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6 Keys to Becoming an Influencer for More Business

Startup Professionals Musings

As an example, early businesses that were willing to publish their commitment to “customer satisfaction or your money back” became influencers. Scarcity is one of the best justifications for higher prices. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/02/2017. Demonstrate your commitments and consistency.

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8 Ways Ownership Thinking Will Make You An A-Player

Startup Professionals Musings

Everyone wins when more efficient work on the right items results in higher customer satisfaction, lower prices, and more profit per employee. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/13/2017. Enhance team engagement and business culture. In every business, large or small, there must be no “us versus them.”

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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Marty Zwilling.

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Abodu raises $20M to build prefabricated backyard homes

TechCrunch LA

The California legislature changed laws in 2017 to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Pricing starts at $190,000, but the average project cost across all sizes is around $230,000, Geary said, inclusive of permits and site work. The result has been very high levels of customer satisfaction and rapid growth.”

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10 Signs That The Age Of The Entrepreneur Is Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

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.