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6 Tips For Entrepreneurs To Lock In On The Right Road

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

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8 Tips For Success In Turning A Dream Into A Business

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As an advisor to business professionals and entrepreneurs, I often hear about an innovative new solution that could lead to business growth or a new business. Over time, I have collected a list of new business attributes that go beyond the initial idea or solution, which often are more critical to long-term success and satisfaction.

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6 Keys To Selecting The Right Business Future For You

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of you business professionals that I know have at least thought about or talked about starting their own business, to get more control, make more money, or to get more satisfaction out of their life. The challenge is when and how to make the switch to the entrepreneur lifestyle. You must feel satisfaction.

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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction.

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You Need Customer Loyalty, Not Just Satisfaction

Startup Professionals Musings

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. From my own research, here is a collection of seven top tips on how to build and maintain real customer loyalty: Communicate more personally more often. Not too long ago, everybody thought customer loyalty was dead.

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10 Ways To Learn At a Startup To Be An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some tips from a book by Harvey Mackay a while back, titled “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensible. Not just degrees, but loading up on books, business journals, and blogs that your top executive favors. Marty Zwilling.

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Ten Tips to Make Your Startup Website Memorable

Startup Professionals Musings

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out. They will exit quickly.

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