Business founders are known for their passion for their initial idea, and for their passion to kill every competitor. Thus they often overlook the fact that their biggest growth opportunity may be a win-win collaboration with a serious competitor, known in the business as coopetition. Of course,
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6 Strategies For Success By Working With Competition
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 166 days ago
Made Hot by: deanuk on November 17, 2023 10:42 am
9 Strategies For Implementing An Innovative Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 168 days ago
Made Hot by: thelastword on November 15, 2023 5:23 pm
Whether you are a business professional in a big company, or an entrepreneur with a startup, innovation is a key strategy. Many people believe that new ideas are the critical element of innovation, but in my experience as a mentor and investor, long-term business success is more about implementatio
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5 Keys To A Team That Balances Results With Learning
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 170 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on November 13, 2023 2:41 pm
No matter how hard you work as a business leader or entrepreneur, you can’t sustain consistent results without an equally hardworking team, each with a learning mindset. In fact, in my experience as an executive and a mentor to entrepreneurs, sustainable results require a balance between hard work
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8 Personal Objectives That Should Drive A New Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 172 days ago
Made Hot by: deanuk on November 10, 2023 6:51 am
As a business advisor, I meet many business professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs who are anxious to be their own boss, or have an innovative idea to start or acquire a new business. I have to tell each of you that starting and growing a new business is a long hard road, but can be very exciting
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8 Key Human-Centered Leadership Elements In Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 174 days ago
Made Hot by: Copysugar on November 8, 2023 8:44 am
With today’s rapidly changing environment, I see many business leaders reverting to the “command and control” leadership model, in an effort to be more responsive, rather than leading with their heads and heart. Yet I find in my mentoring practice that more and more team members prefer the human-ce
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8 Fundamentals For Being Relentless In Your Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 176 days ago
Made Hot by: businessluv on November 6, 2023 6:45 am
As an old angel investor in new businesses, I quickly learned to look for certain personality traits that constitute a mindset of perseverance and determination to get things done, versus a passionate dreamer and thinker who could talk well but not deliver a return on my investment. I offer my insi
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6 Keys To Surviving The Realities Of Entrepreneurship
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 180 days ago
Made Hot by: LoopLooper on November 4, 2023 1:20 pm
Based on the many huge success stories we all see in the media today, including Jeff Bezos with Amazon, Elon Musk with Tesla, and the Shark Tank TV show, many people I meet in my angel investing efforts are anxious to jump into the fray with an assumption of similar returns. Yet I see only a few wh
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5 Preconditions for Success in Spawning a New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 185 days ago
Made Hot by: JoshRed on October 31, 2023 12:02 pm
After many years in business, working in large companies as well as startups, I’m no longer surprised at why mature and successful companies struggle with introducing innovative new ventures as the market and environment changes. Their track record is dire, with only twelve percent of the companies
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6 Reasons That Managers Still Add Value In Business
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://www.linkedin.com 187 days ago
Made Hot by: problogger78 on November 2, 2023 9:37 am
As a business consultant with experience in large companies as well as startups, I often hear about dysfunctional management hierarchies, as well as the value provided by exceptional ones. We have all heard about the successes of flattened management organizations in the last decade at Facebook, Va
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Strategies To Position Your Business Against Rivals
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom https://blog.startupprofessionals.com 188 days ago
In their passion and excitement about a new product or service, entrepreneurs tend to continually narrow the scope of potential competitors, and often claim to have no direct competitors. This raises a big red flag with potential investors, who conclude that no competitors means no market, or you h
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