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Investors invest in people, not ideas. Customers buy from people, not companies. Employees rally for a great leader. As an entrepreneur, you need relationships to succeed. That means relationships with team members, investors, customers, and vendors. One of the best ways to build a good relationshi Read More

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The general rule of thumb is to outsource as many tasks as possible that are outside of your core competency to someone else. But I don't agree with this and I rarely follow this advice. Here's why. Read More

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Where did this pervasive sense of entitlement in our business culture come from? I’ve written about this before, but I was surprised again recently at a conference for startups when a couple of entrepreneurs started berating investors for their low rate of funding for early-stage startups. It sound Read More

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I was chatting with a client recently about new products that she wanted to launch. She was so pumped about what the products could do for her clients. Her enthusiasm was contagious and I was actually happy for her. Until I started thinking - how is she going to make any money? Read More

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10 Surprising Assertions From Elite Entrepreneurs

10 Surprising Assertions From Elite Entrepreneurs Avatar Posted by martinzwilling under Startups
From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 40 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on April 14, 2013 10:47 pm
Most people agree that entrepreneurs have to think differently and take risks to have much chance of building a successful business. Yet I have found that serious entrepreneurs usually go way beyond these platitudes in their actions and thinking, and often won’t volunteer their real views, for fear Read More

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Despite the drop in real incomes, Americans as a whole are actually spending more.

Read on to decide if it's the right time to start a business. Read More

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Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism” was published by EKS&H. It shows a return to cautious optimism despite growth lower than expected in 2012, and muc Read More

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Lean Business: Pivot Point

Lean Business: Pivot Point Avatar Posted by RossKimbarovsky under Startups
From http://blog.crowdspring.com 44 days ago
Made Hot by: sophia2 on April 12, 2013 9:13 am
Many small businesses launch based on a theory of how their product will interact in the market, who and who their customers are and where they will be found, and a revenue model that they believe will work. But at the end of the day a theory is just that and many startups find that they have been Read More

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How to Set a Growth Culture in Your Startup Early

How to Set a Growth Culture in Your Startup Early Avatar Posted by martinzwilling under Startups
From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 44 days ago
Made Hot by: bizyolk on April 12, 2013 4:50 am
One of the big advantages of being an entrepreneur and starting your company from scratch is that you get to set the culture, which is much easier than changing the culture of an existing business. The challenge is how to do it, and how to do it right. Why not learn what you can from companies like Read More

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The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc. back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it a while back, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, Read More

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