Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Many entrepreneurs still believe they need a traditional multi-level organization to handle growth and scaling, so they start hiring career managers to populate it. By hiring contract experts, less oversight and coaching is needed. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/24/2020. Your success and growth depends on it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

Perhaps you need to do more to be a role model for accountability , and provide more coaching on exactly what it means. I often think of the scope of this example in my role as mentor to a struggling entrepreneur who is quick to blame his problems on employee mistakes, or even changing customer expectations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

That’s why I caution my aspiring entrepreneur clients against proclaiming to investors that they are a great “idea” person. Aspiring entrepreneurs are often impatient in rolling out the business, assuming the hard work was finalizing the idea, and that if you build it, customers will come. A full plan may be no more than 20 pages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

More importantly, I look for entrepreneurs and owners like you who are not afraid to hold themselves accountable for the success of the business. Every investor can recite examples of passionate entrepreneurs who seek funding for a worthy cause, like feeding the hungry, without a real business case for who will pay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2020

With all the uncertainty in the world today, its hard for any business owner or entrepreneur to stay positive. Through mentoring and coaching, you can build a culture of sharing and collaboration throughout the team. Uncertainty has been the norm for startups and entrepreneurs for a long time, and I see no sign of it changing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Too many aspiring entrepreneurs I know are very quick to come up with new ideas, but are not so quick on the execution side. The best business people are also the best mentors and coaches. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/08/2020. Stop dreaming about your passion and start acting on it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2020

Make sure your objectives and rewards motivate employees through innovation, and desired training and coaching. I’m convinced that most entrepreneurs and most teams are operating well below their fully-charged capacity most of the time. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/29/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2018

Today they are in every business, and will likely comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020. What they need now is some coaching from more experienced business leaders, to catch up and overcome some unique qualms and challenges. Their success is now vital to our success. Build more determination by capitalizing on values.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

So part of playing an effective coach is helping the team to see the answer for themselves. My initial blogging inspiration was actually Brad Feld because as an entrepreneur I always wanted to work with Brad after reading his advice on term sheets and the like. Blogging is like Venus Fly Paper.

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