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7 Strategies For A Low Entry-Cost Sustainable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition to legal and local requirements, you need a business name that is available as a website domain name, and a user name on key social media channels, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. All marketing costs money, including viral marketing, search engine optimization, click-through, and social media support.

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8 Strategies For Winning As A Freelancer Or Employee

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers. 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.

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6 Keys to Becoming an Influencer for More Business

Startup Professionals Musings

People follow influencers on social media to find what they buy, who they vote for, and which social causes they support. Actively participating in social media is the place to start, including blogging and positively responding to customer feedback, to build a growing crowd of followers.

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5 Steps To Reduce Due Diligence Investment Failures

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. 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. Make it work for your new venture.

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Don’t Let Your Business Dreams Die Full Of Potential

Startup Professionals Musings

The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Venture where no business has gone before.

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Why You Should Enlist a Business Mentor, Or Be One

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Shared social media is the new networking. 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. Build and maintain a trusting partner relationship (Trust).

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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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