Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Focus on the ultimate customer, and find a way to improve satisfaction, grow revenue, or cut costs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/12/2017. Be an advocate for change in your current role. Keeping a low profile, or fighting change, will not serve you well as a freelancer or an employee.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2017

Part of employee satisfaction is having a well-understood purpose, but they also have to enjoy the execution. By focusing on both employee as well as customer satisfaction, you will balance purpose with execution. A focus on one without the other doesn’t bring personal satisfaction, or financial gain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Real leaders improve the readiness, training, and preparation for these events, so that circumstances are not a source of pain, but are expected and can be accomplished with personal satisfaction. The personal preferences and ego of anyone in the company has little to do long-term business success and satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2017

The little satisfactions can sometimes mean a lot. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/22/2017. Thus you need to look for a healthier small reward, like a trip to the gym, to relieve stress. Small rewards can often be a greater source of motivation than large ones. Identify small moments. It worked for me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

This momentum is what you need for enjoyment and satisfaction, as well as for others to see you as a business leader. Without a store of this psychological capital, your performance and leadership will wane, and your satisfaction will dwindle. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 11/10/2017.

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APRIL 26, 2018

We've had 100 percent, year-to-date growth in our shipments, and our active users grew by 225 percent in 2017. We believe our customer satisfaction and customer service is incredibly strong, which is what our families deserve. We've been shipping live for a year and change, and it's been incredible growth, to say the least.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

Google , for example, has been recognized for years as fostering a culture and work ethic that gives them record levels of productivity, high customer satisfaction, and employees who are known to be driven, talented and among the best of the best. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/05/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2017

Most often, these people are the ones who keep detailed task checklists, and get great satisfaction from crossing off each item as it is completed. These are the business professionals who have a natural default mode of starting immediately on every task, with the goal of finishing early for extra credit and extra satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

New and better technology is becoming available every day to present dashboards and metrics to show how well processes and empowerment are working, assess workload backlogs, and capture customer feedback and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/26/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2017

In either case, you need to understand the dynamics to maximize team performance, and for your own sanity and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 01/10/2017. You may be annoying other people without even recognizing it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Marty: How do you see the climate and opportunity for startups in New York for 2017? The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness…but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/05/2017. It’s fair for you to ask for a few slides from each in advance, and make sure the overall story is complete and consistent. Update reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Just as importantly, every leader deserves to feel success and satisfaction from their efforts, rather than continual stress and negative feedback from employees and customers alike. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/06/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

It’s your success and satisfaction that’s really at stake. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/09/2017. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

As an example, early businesses that were willing to publish their commitment to “customer satisfaction or your money back” became influencers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/02/2017. Demonstrate your commitments and consistency. Now customers look for more. Highlight elements of your exclusivity and scarcity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

Those who extend a helping hand to others always have much to gain, in business as well as their own personal satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/02/2017. In the words of an ancient Buddhist proverb, “If you light a lamp for someone, it will also brighten your own path.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

In my experience, there are still only a small number of key principles and strategies that contribute large amounts to long-term sustainability and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/20/2017. How many of these strategies are you following today?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Takers can never get satisfaction, and they antagonize those around them. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/02/2017. When people feel good about themselves, the business looks positive, productivity goes up, and relationships are a lot better. There are two kinds of people in business – givers and takers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2017

These challenges, with recommendations for addressing them, were detailed nicely for me in a new book, “ The Boomerang Principle ,” by Lee Caraher, who has built several companies, and has helped many others manage Millennials, reduce turnover, and improve satisfaction and the return hire rate. Is your company there yet?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

Then there is the follow-up to provide customer support and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 07/08/2017. These are the important things the business must do to make a specific business model work, specifically creating, communicating, selling, and delivering value propositions. Key partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2017

Many people find great satisfaction in just checking off completed items. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/09/2017. The worst form of procrastination occurs when you pretend the work items don’t even exist, or you don’t remember the important items. Schedule a tough task as the first of the next day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2017

It’s up to you, as well as your company, to stimulate that sense of meaning in your work that leads to satisfaction on both sides. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 08/10/2017. How hard have you been persisting to make it a win-win relationship?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Gets satisfaction from solving business challenges. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/18/2017. Social relationships are important, and you do need to blank out work from time to time, but if social priorities are at the top of your list, you won’t enjoy the business owner role.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Count the number of new projects, time and resources required to implement, and measure the return in revenue, customer satisfaction, or cost savings. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/10/2017. Don’t allow a subjective view to cloud your reality. Look outside for benchmarks. Abandon the concept of “cookie-cutter” stores.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Success in business, as in life, is about turning pain into satisfaction and happiness. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/21/2017. Real entrepreneurs are so busy chasing the dream and building out ideas to change the world, that they see failure only as a learning experience in more tightly focusing their effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2017

Let them go to find a better fit, with real job satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/19/2017. Extending their time in that situation is not compassionate, diminishes self-esteem, and the stress often causes health problems. Don’t chase hearsay, rumors, or gossip.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2017

She provides pragmatic advice for dealing with the three pains of the brain (social, status, and priorities) that erode your control and your satisfaction with work that you really love to do. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 07/20/2017. That’s the best way to enjoy work and life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2017

These have voracious appetites for new knowledge and self-development, and can inspire other team members to look outside the box for new levels of performance and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/11/2017. Life-long learners make great coaches. Inspiration is the best teacher.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires leadership and coaching. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/07/2017. But coaching doesn’t always work the way you expect. Focus on people coaching, and the tools will do the rest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 06/01/2017. The key to sustaining high motivation and a high melting point is feeling that you are making progress on key issues on a daily basis. Save 30 percent of your energy for outside activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

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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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

" Every employee appreciates guidance on both – to do the right thing at the right point in time, towards attainment of the organization’s goals, as well as employee satisfaction and perceived productivity. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/01/2017. Demonstrates extensive and current domain knowledge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 01/31/2017. Turning dreams into reality is never easy. One of the biggest causes of startup failure is simply giving up too early. The time to get started is now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2017

As a long-time mentor and advisor to new business owners, I can attest to both the need for mentoring, and the satisfaction that comes from watching an aspiring but tentative entrepreneur grow into someone capable of changing the world. Today we need it to improve engagement, confidence, and work satisfaction for all business professionals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2017

Experts are convinced that a diverse workforce, including people with different values and different perspectives, leads to better decisions and solutions – ultimately growing business opportunities, profits, and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 08/19/2017. Diversity isn’t going away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2017

Good business people learn from every setback and find strength and satisfaction from overcoming or dodging challenges they didn’t create. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/27/2017. It’s easy to blame product setbacks or the economy, lack of investors, team failures, or customer apathy, but blame doesn’t fix anything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Self-control beats passion for long term satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/27/2017. Any money made is typically poured back into the cause, rather than relished for a high-class lifestyle or extravagances by the entrepreneur. Passion often leads to a need for instant gratification.

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