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10 Good Reasons Not to Seek Investors for Your Startup

Apr 8, 2019 By Tim Berry

Before you buy into the myths about startup investors, first consider whether you actually want startup investors for your new business at all. No, I’m not bitter … I had VC money in Palo Alto Software for a few years and they were helpful, collaborative, and good people. I’m not a bitter victim.  And I’ve […]

Filed Under: Finance, Working with Investors Tagged With: Investors, Startups

Are You Willing to Bootstrap Your New Business Venture?

Mar 22, 2019 By Jamshed Chaudhary

You have this great idea you are convinced will make for a very profitable business. You set out to convince a few angel investors to help you get started only to be told “no” by every one of them. Now you are questioning whether or not you can even secure a round of start-up business […]

Filed Under: Funding a Startup, Startup Tagged With: Bootstrapping, Funding, Startups

Your Passion Can Breed Biases That Kill New Ventures

Mar 20, 2019 By Marty Zwilling

I’m sure we have all seen entrepreneurs with high levels of passion and confidence touting an idea that seems to make very little sense to us. Of course, we never see ourselves in this mode, yet we need to recognize that all humans see reality differently through a built-in set of “cognitive biases,” based on […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Strategic Planning Tagged With: Mistakes, Passion, Startups

The Average Startup Overnight Success Takes Six Years

Mar 13, 2019 By Marty Zwilling

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule. So once in a while it’s good to look at some facts to temper our imagination. I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where […]

Filed Under: Creating a Plan, Startup Tagged With: Startups

The Average Startup Overnight Success Takes Six Years

Mar 13, 2019 By Marty Zwilling

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule. So once in a while it’s good to look at some facts to temper our imagination. I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where […]

Filed Under: Creating a Plan, Startup Tagged With: Startups

Franchise vs. Startup: What’s Your Entrepreneurial Journey?

Mar 8, 2019 By Bill Bradley

Owning your own business can be an exciting, liberating and lucrative experience. But it’s a big change to go from corporate employee to head-honcho, so it’s important to know what you’re getting into before you get started. And it all depends on the kind of business you want to own. Do you want to launch […]

Filed Under: Franchise Center, Startup Tagged With: Franchise Business, Getting Started, Startups

Risk, Insanity, and the 50% Startup Rule

Jan 25, 2019 By Dave Berkus

Fifty percent of all businesses formed fail within the first two years. There are many variations of this number since there are a number of ways to measure failure. But the number is a startling reminder that creating a business is not easy, nor is it any assurance of success. How to define “success” for […]

Filed Under: Risk Management Tagged With: Risk, Startups

6 Ways to Promote Transparency in a Startup (and Why You Should)

Dec 19, 2018 By Wagepoint

Transparency in the workplace is both a mantra and a model. While it’s true that transparency has become a bit of a buzzword, when actually put into practice it can have a real impact on your business’s bottom line. Namely better communication, ideation, engagement, and loyalty. We’re talking about real transparency here—not just being open […]

Filed Under: Creating a Plan Tagged With: Startups, Transparency, Values

Startups: From the Basement to a Shared Office Space

Oct 31, 2018 By SmallBizClub

One of the first indications a startup is growing is when the business moves from the basement into an office. What we call startups today were some of the earliest businesses to explore “shared office space” because often they could not stay in the home but also couldn’t afford traditional office space, so often they […]

Filed Under: Getting Your Office Ready Tagged With: Coworking, Office, Startups

10 Reasons to Market Yourself More Than a Great Idea

Oct 17, 2018 By Marty Zwilling

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts. That means that selling yourself is more […]

Filed Under: Marketing Your New Business Tagged With: Getting Started, Marketing, Startups

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