Every investor is looking for the “dream team” of executives to put his money on. Often I find that experienced investors flip to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. That’s how important the people are. What are investors looking for in the CEO and
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Investors Are Looking for the Startup Dream Team
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4956 days ago
More Startups are Getting Less Venture Capital
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4957 days ago
Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. You need to accept the fact that the down economy over the last couple of years has changed the way in which venture capitalists see the world, so you should adjust your strategy and expectations in dealing with them.
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Five Steps To Social Media Success for Startups
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4958 days ago
Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. So who do you believe, and what are the keys to success for your startup?
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Avoid Hiring Pitfalls When Staffing a New Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4959 days ago
Hiring the right people into the right positions of a new company is critical to getting funded, and the right people are as critical to success as the funding. Yet the hiring process in most small companies is usually haphazard, and low priority compared to all the other work that needs to get don
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Building a Startup is Like Prospecting for Gold
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4960 days ago
Startups are tough. For every entrepreneur and every gold prospector, there are more opportunities to fail than to succeed. Yet experts say that quitting too soon is a prime cause of failure in both endeavors. No one knows how many business founders quit digging when they are only three feet from t
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Eight Action Items to Make Your Startup Bankable
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4961 days ago
A common question I get is “How do I get a bank loan to fund my startup?” The default answer is that it probably won’t happen, because most banks just don’t make bank loans to startups. The failure rate is just too high, and startups typically don’t have the assets or revenue stream to back up the
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Listening to Customers is Becoming a Lost Art
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4962 days ago
It seems like many entrepreneurs are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or even forget to ask. Attention spans have compressed to seconds, and face-to-face conversations, with the hugely important body language, are av
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How to Select the Right Investors for Your Startup
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4963 days ago
If you are looking for an outside investor, you need to know how they see you. Different types of investors look for startups at different levels of maturity. If your startup is at the wrong stage for the investor you are approaching, the courting is a waste of time for both of you.
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Track the Ten Elements of Value for Your Venture
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4964 days ago
We can measure success in many ways. In business, one important measure is the value of the company. That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management tea
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Nine Keys to the Best Social Media Metrics for You
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4965 days ago
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. There are many ‘experts’ out there telling you how to do it, or even offering their services. But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the
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