Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

He went on to start many successful companies, including General Electric. You will learn to recognize that some friends and colleagues are always downers, and get their satisfaction from snuffing out your aspirations through negative thinking. The business world today is very competitive, and customers are more and more demanding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2022

In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. As a team member, low self-esteem leads to low confidence, poor productivity, and no job satisfaction. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. Your display of pride in the company and respect for the customer will translate directly into motivation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. Unfortunately, work and satisfaction have become an oxymoron in many businesses. I loved it when my boss gave me the additional responsibility of mentoring others in solving tough problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. Customers won’t know that vendors are not employees of your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2022

These authors have enjoyed leadership positions in big companies, as well as small, and distill their advice from interviews with dozens of business owners of all sizes around the country. But the more you get involved with mentoring and training, the less time you have to enjoy the creative process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2022

They are not having the impact they expected, and they are not feeling the personal satisfaction they need for next level motivation. This is a tough challenge for every coach and mentor. Embrace the real you as your competitive advantage. Accept the fact that authenticity is necessary for leadership effectiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The result is fewer and fewer new ideas are volunteered by prospective leaders and key team members, and the business suffers from poor customer satisfaction or loss of market share. Your challenge is to show examples of forward-thinking companies that are ahead by doing things differently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In my role as a mentor to business professionals and entrepreneurs over the years, I have found that it’s important to take a hard look at the relationships around you on a regular basis. But, like most other skills, you can learn from these priorities: Everyone benefits from active mentoring. A good coach is not a critic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. As a team member, low self-esteem leads to low confidence, poor productivity, and no job satisfaction. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs, I don’t believe that it is only a birthright, and there are several key strategies, including the following, that you can learn and practice which will lead to success: Give your own judgement a high priority in decisions. Every person and every company needs a set of core values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Real leaders improve the readiness, training, and preparation for these events, so that circumstances are not a source of pain, but are expected and can be accomplished with personal satisfaction. The personal preferences and ego of anyone in the company has little to do long-term business success and satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2019

Get out of dead-end jobs, and don’t be afraid to move on to a new company if the current one is not healthy. Owners realize that customers and the market change rapidly these days, and innovative change is necessary to keep ahead of competition and survive. Realize that your growth is related to business success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2015

In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. As a team member, low self-esteem leads to low confidence, poor productivity, and no job satisfaction. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2016

In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground. Good hiring, training, and mentoring are the best motivators. Your display of pride in the company and respect for the customer will translate directly into motivation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. As a team member, low self-esteem leads to low confidence, poor productivity, and no job satisfaction. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Companies that have focused on sustainability and social responsibility, in addition to ethical business practices, such as Patagonia and Zappos , claim more than three times the return of average companies over the last 10 years. Manage your company based on long-term priorities. You must be the model of the culture you want.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2014

In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. As an employee, low self-esteem leads to low confidence, poor productivity, and no job satisfaction. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2012

But very quickly, it is becoming obvious to startups that the value and satisfaction exceeds the costs. I believe this option will spread quickly to other companies, states and countries. Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage. Socially responsible products typically sell at a premium price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2018

In top current companies, such as Google, Apple, and Netflix, cultural strategies that include greater employee freedom and fostering creativity are the norm. Thus creating the right company culture must be a top priority of every entrepreneur and business leader. Recruit, mentor, and promote talent to highlight opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

The company has since gone public, and is still a market leader. In most companies, maintaining momentum requires the right strategic partners and acquisitions, in lieu of short-term price adjustments and special sales. Utilize outside expertise and mentoring. Track competition to stay ahead of copycats.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. On the other hand, executives who come from a large company to a startup tend to delegate too much, resulting in high costs and lack of control. Give public and written credit. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2021

In my role as mentor to business professionals, I often get the question about your potential of going out on your own as an entrepreneur, versus your current role of working for a boss at an established company. Relish being a “jack of all trades,” rather than expert. Others look to you for the path to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2023

Most companies I work with, like yours, are still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, the rise of inflation, and talent shortages. They are rightly thinking about a strategy to be better prepared for future challenges , recognizing that more are coming in this age of accelerating change and global competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2010

Quite possibly your perception is the young adult working dutifully in the company mailroom. Due in large part to the current economy and an ultra-competitive job market, a Gen-Y entrepreneurial tsunami is already upon us. More and more, they choose to intern at a dynamic small company or startup. Satisfaction vs. Stress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2022

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on. They assume that new tools and structures will have to be built along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2020

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on. They assume that new tools and structures will have to be built along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Conventional wisdom has them looking for a painful problem, a very large opportunity, and minimal competitive barriers to entry. Good big companies provide the training, mentoring, and experience managing teams that entrepreneurs need, but can’t afford. Self-control beats passion for long term satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on. They assume that new tools and structures will have to be built along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2018

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on. They assume that new tools and structures will have to be built along the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it. Progress on the learning curve is their satisfaction. They don’t have a comfort zone or protocol to fall back on. They assume that new tools and structures will have to be built along the way.

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