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Startup Professionals Blog
http://blog.startupprofessionals.com
Selected ideas and assistance to startup founders in finding business funding, executive mentoring, and business networking to incorporate a business, file patents, add an advisory board, and address operational issues.
- Added on: Jan 11th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Martin Zwilling
- Listed in: Small Business Business Coaching
Recent Posts
Work-at-Home Scams are an Epidemic
If your confidence is low about starting your own business, and you are tempted to “reduce the risk” by signing up for one of the many “work at home” startup offers you see, think again! These offers that you see on every social network and C...
Ten Twitter Traction Tips for Entrepreneurs
A few months ago, I wasn’t sure if Twitter was relevant to my business of helping startups, or if it would be a waste of time. Now I have over 140,000 followers on Twitter as StartupPro, and the business is fun as well as profitable. I’m sure you...
What is Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage?
One of the most important questions you will be asked by potential investors is how your solutions beats the competition, not just today, but over the three to five year life of their investment. There is no perfect answer to this question, but there...
Entrepreneurs Lead in Sex Drive
I was surprised when I read recently that Napoleon Hill, in his book “Think and Grow Rich” said that he looked at all the great entrepreneurs, and the one thing he found is that they all had a huge sex drive. On the business side, we all know tha...
Investors Avoid High Risk Startups
We all know that every startup is risky. No risk means no reward. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. You need to know these guidelines to set your expectation...
How to do Due Diligence on Investors
Due diligence should always be a two-way street. A while back, I published an article on “The Mysterious Due Diligence Process,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Here is the inverse, sometimes called rever...
