Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts. But if you do it right, the joys and satisfaction, as well as financial returns, of your success can’t be beat. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/08/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

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. Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

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. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

As an angel investor in startups, I often find myself looking harder at the quality of the team and the leadership, than at the details of the product and business model. " Your challenge is to rise above these statistics by smart hiring, effective training, and building a culture of customer, society, and team focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

They don’t realize that according to statistics , more than 90 percent of satisfied entrepreneurs use bootstrapping, since other people’s money always comes with strings, most of them negative. Very few entrepreneurs I know have the patience and time to communicate to the satisfaction of all investors.

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