Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

While you all recognize that reacting to weak market signals is critical to staying in business and staying competitive, I find that many don’t have the skills and focus to trigger change decisions on a timely basis. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/15/2021. Now is the time to take a hard look at your own operation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

If your innovation is real, it brings added value to the table, so most customers, especially early ones, are willing to pay a premium over competitive products. Your goal is to make each of these elements complement the others, and deliver a more competitive and successful business. Offering a lower price to penetrate the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

People-centric leaders realize that the right motivated and accountable people are their real competitive advantage. Your team, properly selected, trained, and engaged, can focus on tomorrow’s requirements, learn from mistakes, and implement the constant improvements required to stay competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

You can fail by not being there at all (see the United Breaks Guitars story ), or making a big mistake (see 10 Social Media Fails to Avoid in 2021 ). See some recent examples in the 10 of the Top Social Media Campaigns of 2021. More positively, social media also brings many more ways to succeed. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

Investors know that operational and employee expenses are always higher than anticipated, not to mention customer acquisition costs, capital expenses, and ongoing competitive initiatives. Convince me that you understand your competition. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/13/2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2021

Show that others are an inspiration, not competition. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/01/2021. Ego and arrogance must never be perceived as covering shortcomings in the plan. In addition, you will be motivated to learn and communicate a broader view of your project. Never degrade others, including competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

Yet every change can cause brand dilution or competition you don’t need. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/09/2021. Evaluate the brand impact of proposed market moves. The push is always on to grow your market with new geographies, new products, and new market segments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2021 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Postulate competitive reactions and your responses. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/16/2021. Building a sustainable business is more like a marathon than an event. You need to talk about partnerships, employee roles, distributors, and strategic alliances.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $114 billion globally by 2021, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Thus crowdfunding is clearly not the panacea for funding and success that many entrepreneurs envision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Only you can turn these questions and related decisions into your competitive edge, as well as satisfying results. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/09/2021. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and are driven by different values and expectations. It’s easier to set your direction early than to change it later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2021

Marketing is necessary via social media, traditional media, and personal visibility, to attract customers, loyalty, and a competitive brand image. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/10/2021. You need to sell yourself, as well as your product. Relish being a “jack of all trades,” rather than expert.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Your strengths are your real competitive advantages, so focus on them. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/02/2021. In today’s rapidly changing world environment, you can easily loose an opportunity by not moving quickly and decisively. There is always room to learn and pivot as required, and things change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

That customer experience is the best competitive advantage you can have, and the best predictor of long-term success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/09/2021. Today is the time to start down that road.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

You need to show you have a “Plan B,” and a never-give-up mindset, in handling any competitive threat or customer reaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/09/2021. As an investor, I have seen many great ideas fail by the wrong entrepreneur, and other less grandiose ones sail to success by world-class entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2021

Overall, it’s important to remember that business uncertainties lead to the opportunities for you to win competitively, and succeed in the long run. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/27/2021. Your challenge is to resolve these challenges more quickly and more effectively for your customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2021 reached record highs of almost $330 billion, up significantly from the last few years. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Today’s generation of customers assign value to uniqueness, flexibility, and a perfect fit, so this is a competitive advantage you can highlight with credibility. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/15/2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

You must recognize that change is the new norm in business, so problems represent opportunities to learn something new, improve your productivity and competitiveness of the business. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/12/2021. Write down your top 5 core values and review them often.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In reality, the business plan is for you, to make sure you have answers for all the relevant requirements, including costs, revenue projections, competition, marketing, and operational considerations. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/29/2021. Don’t take shortcuts to make it happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Later cleanup can double your costs and risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In this very competitive age, with the current high rate of change in the marketplace, it behooves you to maximize your self-leadership, and be perceived as the business leader you always wanted to be. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/21/2021. It’s never too late to learn and improve.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low. . Glossier’s commoditized feminism aside, it’s no easy task to launch a $1.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. 58 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2021, up 5 million since 2014. The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Every business I know needs to be on a constant lookout for new ideas, both in what they offer to customers, and in their internal operations, to stay competitive. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/12/2021. They don’t realize that it may be keeping revenues down as well. You too can join that team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2023

New and old entrepreneurs submitted over five million startup business applications in 2021 and again in 2022, making these the most popular years on record , according to data released by the U.S. Layoffs from bellwethers make headlines and scare us, but these are now mostly behind us. Census Bureau.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2021

Some franchising business, such as McDonald’s, have taken their systemization to the Olympic level as a key to their competitiveness in a highly saturated market. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/19/2021. Build a dashboard to measure performance, and listen to the needs of the business for new requirements.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

million in 2021, which includes both immediate and long-term effects. Tech startups looking to stay competitive should stay informed on the latest consumer experience and industry trends. Always install the latest software patches and updates to increase security. Data Breaches. Learn strategies to plan for long-term success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/08/2021. Above all, don’t forget that delighted customers are the key to your business in the long term. Make them happy, and they will make you, your team, and your business a success.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. And the valuation party lasted until November 9th, 2021. I find it funny when people try to blame VCs or LPs or CEOs as though anybody could choose to control a market. Ask Xi or Putin how that’s going for them. Valuations were a measure of success.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

We also offer some advice for writing your application, to make sure your proposal is as competitive as possible. The competitive program is open to select small businesses and specifically encourages participation from women and socially or economically disadvantaged persons.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

The most effective leaders marshal existing resources and incent people to create innovative yet competitive solutions. True leaders don’t let their ego or competitive nature create a façade. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/17/2021. Create innovative change from existing resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2022

I’ve learned over the years that you need to start with specific goals, a focused strategy , and a motivated and prepared team in order to penetrate competitive defenses. They assume their innovation will overwhelm any competition, anywhere. Capitalize on territory the competition has not penetrated.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Despite that apparent hunger, two scooter operators – Lyft and Spin – recently exited the Los Angeles area, blaming a lack of favorable regulations and too much competition, which apparently made it difficult to turn a profit. In 2021, over 1.2 It’s so car dominated and hungry for alternatives to the automobile.”. million car trips.

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