Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Yet I find, as a mentor and outside consultant, that many of you focus only on working conditions and compensation as the key factors determining team engagement , health, and productivity. Let your team members feel that they are constantly learning new things, and allow them to share their talents through coaching and mentoring assignments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2022

I urge you to force yourself to be a regular new learner, by tackling new problems, listening to expert mentors, and finding time for leadership books. As another example, many entrepreneurs I know enhance their leadership skills by taking on roles mentoring college students and younger peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

You need to step out of your comfort zone to socialize, meet new people, and collaborate with peers, company leaders, and mentors. Seek expert mentors and always evaluate feedback. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/19/2022. Career enhancing relationships still need real-time communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

One of the attributes that I often recommend to the business professionals and entrepreneurs I mentor is to always be totally accountable for your actions and ideas. Be available for mentoring and coaching to others. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/24/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As a mentor to young aspiring entrepreneurs , I often get asked for tips on a strategy to get started. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/24/2022. The ability to pivot quickly is a key to success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Many of you business leaders I work with, and entrepreneurs I mentor, have a great strategy and an innovative solution , but struggle with building and motivating the team necessary to run your business. Spend time coaching and mentoring team members. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/9/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In my experience as a mentor and advisor, I find that many of you expect these relationships will just happen , without any overt effort on your part. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/9/2022. In business, you need positive relationships with others to do your job, further your career, and manage your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

In my role as a business mentor and advisor, I now always look for a culture and recommend team roles that nurture collaboration rather than contention, communities rather than silos , and transparent communication at all levels. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/17/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

That means making sure you are utilizing coaching and mentoring, as well as training to keep up with changes in technology and the marketplace. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/18/2022. New blood and new ideas are keys to agility. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2022

Look for a mentor, or expert in this area, and ask their advice. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/22/2022. The challenge for many bosses is to recognize when their team should be coaching them. Get advice before jumping to conclusions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As a mentor to many business professionals and owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find a wealth of innovative ideas, but often less insight on what it really takes to transform ideas into an income stream that can excite new customers into long-term business success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/16/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Mentors and coaches are always willing to help you find creative ways around roadblocks, even ones you don’t even see. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/25/2022. Barriers open up new possibilities, which themselves will likely have barriers. The end goal is to dissolve the roadblocks getting in the way of your success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

They mentor each other, and seek out experts in domains outside their current expertise and experience. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/16/2022. Assembling a winning team and delivering results. Here your challenge is to show that you can lead and motivate others to make things happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2022

Too many business people let the daily challenges cause them to revert to emotional and autocratic demands, failure to communicate, and inability to coach and mentor team members. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 6/2/2022. Be a leader role model, with strong communication skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

One way to do this is to nurture mentoring relationships with experts in other disciplines, as Bill Gates did with Warren Buffet. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 7/13/2022. Here are a few key initiatives that I always recommend: Look outside your normal scope for alternatives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example , Bill Gates shared a mentoring relationship with Warren Buffett that increased the credibility of both, although their business domains were quite different. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/7/2022. Seek out people who are already known in your space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2022

As a mentor to many early business leaders, I always emphasize that need to switch from a product focus to a team focus. You need to use active listening to unlock the underlying causes, and start giving your best encouragement and mentoring. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/18/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One of the dysfunctions I often see in my coaching and mentoring work with small businesses is team member burnout. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/2/2022. The impact is low employee engagement , low productivity, and ultimately business failure or lack of growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Don’t be hesitant to use coaches, mentors, and other resources to test and improve your image by others, and your perceptions of business realities and biases. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/10/2022. Build and maintain your emotional intelligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I find that even very smart and successful business leaders, like Bill Gates , still seek and use a mentor they can learn from, such as Warren Buffett. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/31/2022. Even the smartest team members and executives humble themselves and listen, although the message is often difficult to hear.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In my experience as an advisor and mentor, I have assimilated the following most frequent negative reactions from others to your ideas, with my own suggestions and feedback from other experts on how to counter them, build your credibility, and be more productive: The implementation does not fit the way we do things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You can’t find the time for coaching and mentoring. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/26/2022. As United Airlines found out a few years ago, delays in addressing customer or vendor problems can cost you more in a single day than many companies make in a year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I recommend that you supplement your own synthesis with artificial intelligence and mentoring from experts in related disciplines. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/12/2022. To truly comprehend the value of multiple data sources, you must stay open to new ideas, and ready to learn new lessons from uncharted territory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2022

Thus, over the years of my mentoring and consulting efforts with entrepreneurs, I have a key list of practices that I recommend to everyone starting and growing a business. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/11/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

After years mentoring young aspiring entrepreneurs , I am now convinced that getting along and becoming more productive with other people is a skill that any professional can learn, or accomplish via a dedicated strategy. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/25/2022. We all need these in the changing work environment today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As a mentor to business professionals, I find that many are frustrated that peers and managers don’t recognize the true value of their contributions. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/22/2022. These people expect their results have self-evident value, without requiring any effort on their part.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2022

In my role as a mentor, I challenge every business leader to be more open-minded as they face the challenges of change and new competitors entering their space. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 5/17/2022. You may be surviving in the marketplace, but is your business really thriving and winning?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

You have to be willing to learn from your mistakes, humble enough seek help and advice regularly from peers, mentors, and coaches, and smart enough to recognize good people are the key asset of every organization, even more important than good processes. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/07/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2022

Mentoring and coaching are also important. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 6/10/2022. You need to be proactive in regularly communicating to team members one-on-one, understanding their needs and aspirations, and making sure they understand your strategy and goals. Foster a culture that rewards risk taking and innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2022

As an advisor and mentor, I’m always looking for more ways to improve communication, get people more engaged , and get more done. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/05/2022. Great communication inside the organization and outside is the key to value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and business owners, I find that many of you have a real fear of uncomfortable interaction situations with individuals on your team, and often delay these discussions endlessly until a crisis occurs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 1/24/2022. That’s a win-win for everyone.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. I am having fun again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

Your role is to provide this enablement, through listening to their needs, and providing personal coaching and mentoring as required. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 4/5/2022. Jeff Bezos , founder of Amazon, attributes much of his success to building a motivated and enabled team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

I believe these same mindsets are equally applicable to the entrepreneurs I mentor, and all of you small business leaders, so I offer you my summary of the authors’ conclusions, paraphrased here, with my own insights: Be bold in vision, strategy, and resource allocation. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/16/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

According to a recent article on Thrinacia , there are now aver 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to 2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2022

In my experience as a mentor and consultant, it is not just the words, but also your tone, approach, body language, and the context in which you choose to engage that can make all the difference. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/24/2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2022

But the more you get involved with mentoring and training, the less time you have to enjoy the creative process. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/22/2022. No one else can do the solution delivery like you can. You may be able to train others to do the work you do, but they may not have your passion or unique quality.

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