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7 Personal Decisions That Delineate Your Best Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs I know are just waiting for that unique idea to strike them that will kickstart their new venture, put them in control of their lifestyle, achieve financial independence, and maybe even change the world. Timing is critical for every startup. Of course, if you wait for the perfect time, you may never start.

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7 Viewpoints Required To Be A Satisfied Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

As an angel investor and a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always disappointed to see founders who seem stressed out most of the time, and more annoyed than energized by the abundance of challenges they see in building their startup. Investors and strategic partners look for entrepreneurs who can execute.

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7 Ways To Raise Your Visibility As A Business Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

By definition, all of you entrepreneurs are leaders, by taking the initiative to start a new company. Yet I have learned over the years as a startup advisor that all business leaders are not the same. You generally don’t fix things by throwing them away and starting over. Create innovative change from existing resources.

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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. Today people over 55 are almost twice as likely to create successful startups as Gen-Y, age 20 to 34. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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7 Considerations For Setting Your Bottom Line Balance

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s always been tough to start a new business, even when the bottom line was just making a profit to stay alive. Entrepreneurs are now measured against the “triple bottom line” (TBL or 3BL) of people, planet, and profit. Entrepreneurs are now measured against the “triple bottom line” (TBL or 3BL) of people, planet, and profit.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. Today people over 55 are almost twice as likely to create successful startups as Gen-Y, age 20 to 34. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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More Entrepreneurs Are Seeking Purpose In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, these top priorities of many entrepreneurs seem to have reversed. I used to think this purpose phenomenon was primarily associated with Gen Y (Millennials), who grew up in a world of plenty. He starts by debunking the key myths that most successful business people in my generation have long held as facts. Are you there?