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Marty Zwilling

Marty Zwilling

Marty Zwilling is the Founder and CEO of Startup Professionals, a company that provides products and services to startup founders and small business owners. Marty has been published on Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, Gust, and Young Entrepreneur. He writes a daily blog for entrepreneurs, and dispenses advice on the subject of startups to a large online audience of over 225,000 Twitter followers. He is an Advisory Board Member for multiple startups; ATIF Angels Selection Committee; and Entrepreneur in Residence at ASU and Thunderbird School of Global Management. Follow Marty on Twitter @StartupPro or Circle him on Google+.

7 Characteristics Of Startup Founders Who Enjoy Life

Jan 15, 2021 By Marty Zwilling

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. The entrepreneurial lifestyle is a tough one under the best of circumstances, and it’s one […]

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Positive Mindset

7 Success Factors When Your People Are The Solution

Jan 5, 2021 By Marty Zwilling

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what […]

Filed Under: People Skills Tagged With: Human Resources

5 Keys To Reducing Startup Risk By Building On Trends

Dec 29, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Many […]

Filed Under: Risk Management Tagged With: Legal Issues

How Bill Gates Was A Role Model For New Entrepreneurs

Nov 18, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

Sometimes I like to drop the comment socially that “I knew Bill Gates back when he was a regular guy.” I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that I have been hanging around startups for a long time. The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the […]

Filed Under: Startup Tagged With: Bill Gates, Microsoft

5 Due Diligence Tips Before Investing In A Startup

Nov 16, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

After you have heard a few startup success stories, like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, you may be tempted to invest some money yourself, maybe by pooling your funds with other investors who claim to have a great track record. My advice is to leave the investing in startups to the professionals (or friends and fools). […]

Filed Under: Funding a Startup Tagged With: Angel Investors, Investing

Learn From New Venture Trials & Tribulations

Nov 3, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

Entrepreneurs seem more quickly frustrated these days when their “million-dollar idea” doesn’t turn into a sustainable business overnight. They don’t realize that it takes many skills to build a business under the best of circumstances, and today’s world of instant gratification doesn’t leave room for the patience and practice to develop these skills. Successful sports […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Entrepreneurship, Startup

7 Ways to Get a Bank Interested in Your Startup

Oct 26, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

Many entrepreneurs are convinced that banks are not worth the effort for startups, especially early-stage ones that still don’t have a revenue stream, or collateral to back up their financing needs. A question I get from time to time is “Can I ever expect any backing from my bank for a great opportunity?” The short […]

Filed Under: Working with Lenders Tagged With: Banking

7 Costs To Consider Before Taking Your Startup Public

Oct 21, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. I suspect the exuberance for an IPO is still being driven by the highly visible successes of a few companies several years ago, including Facebook, Yelp, […]

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Working with Investors

10 Steps To A New Venture That Can Change The World

Oct 12, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

As a startup advisor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site (200 on Wikipedia), or another dating site/app (over 1500 in the USA). Startups which display real innovation, such as alternative […]

Filed Under: Startup Tagged With: Entrepreneurship

5 Startup Stages and the Right Investors For Each

Sep 28, 2020 By Marty Zwilling

Time is too precious to waste trying to close a deal with the wrong investors at the wrong time. Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so it pays to know what type of investors are most interested in what your startup brings to the table. The key is understanding how potential […]

Filed Under: Startup Tagged With: Investors

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