Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2017

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often recommend attacking bad habits and efforts to improve using the six basic strategies outlined by the authors. The little satisfactions can sometimes mean a lot. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/22/2017. Identify small moments. It worked for me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The best entrepreneurs relish the challenges, and get great satisfaction from overcoming and learning from adversity. Ask for help from advisors and mentor your team. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 01/31/2017. One of the biggest causes of startup failure is simply giving up too early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

In the same way, you may think that people assessment is all about skills and experience, but as a mentor to business owners, I have learned to look more for the right attitude, persistence, and determination, as success factors. Takers can never get satisfaction, and they antagonize those around them. Only givers build self-esteem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

Based on my current role as a mentor to entrepreneurs, I will paraphrase and recommend Whiddon’s top techniques in business terms: Build an image of likability and rapport. As an example, early businesses that were willing to publish their commitment to “customer satisfaction or your money back” became influencers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

As an advisor to startups, and a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m still surprised at the number who are determined to go it alone. It’s your success and satisfaction that’s really at stake. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/09/2017. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires leadership and coaching. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/07/2017. But coaching doesn’t always work the way you expect. Focus on people coaching, and the tools will do the rest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2017

A key part of her message that resonated with me, as a mentor to entrepreneurs, is her guidance on how to deal with the constant demands and requests that every business founder faces. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 07/20/2017. That’s the best way to enjoy work and life.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2017

As a long-time business advisor and entrepreneur mentor, I see this problem all too often. Many people find great satisfaction in just checking off completed items. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/09/2017. Otherwise, your business and your career suffers, and you may never even see it coming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2017

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Set aside time to seek out experts in your field for ideas, as well as mentoring and coaching. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 06/01/2017. Sometimes it means reserving daily dedicated time for key issues, to facilitate visible progress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2017

These have voracious appetites for new knowledge and self-development, and can inspire other team members to look outside the box for new levels of performance and satisfaction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/11/2017. Life-long learners make great coaches. Inspiration is the best teacher.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2017

As a long-time mentor and advisor to new business owners, I can attest to both the need for mentoring, and the satisfaction that comes from watching an aspiring but tentative entrepreneur grow into someone capable of changing the world. Building relationships, and finding ways for a win-win, is what mentoring is about.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Sonnenfeldt presents a rich array of strategies in his forty lessons from the trenches, including the following paraphrased insights that I find often overlooked or even rejected, based on my years of experience mentoring entrepreneurs: Experience at a first-rate company is really valuable. You are never to smart or too old for a mentor.

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