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Veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech professional, and Angel investor. at Startup Professionals, Inc.

Martin Zwilling is the founder and CEO of Startup Professionals, a company that provides products and services to startup founders and small business owners. The author of Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur? and Attracting an Angel, he writes a daily blog for entrepreneurs and dispenses advice on the subject of startups.

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Bootstrapping Is Much More Fun Than Investors

Bootstrapping does require a full confidence in your own passion with no investors to lean on or blame. But isn't that why you signed up to be an entrepreneur in the first place?

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8 Reasons Online Dating Sites Are a Business Dead End

Dating site customers are fickle, hard to please and will dump one site for another without explanation. Sort of like the worst person you've ever dated.

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Good Chief Financial Officers Focus on Much More Than Finance

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You’ll Never Get New Customers If You Don’t Target New Markets

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Don’t Even Bother Looking for Funding If You’ve Not Yet Assembled the Right Team

There is no more important task than attracting and managing the right people to grow your business. Here's how to find them.

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A Startup Is Like a Home Still Being Built. Don’t Value it at Next Year’s Dream Market Price When Pitching an Angel Investor.

Serious investors want to know about your new venture's real revenue, team strength, registered intellectual property and other important elements.

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Didn’t Know That Uber Is a Unicorn? Time to Get Schooled on Startup Jargon.

Test your knowledge on the latest investor-to-entrepreneur terms and concepts.

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Angel Investors Pumped $24 Billion Into Startups. Here’s How to Get Your Share.

As an active angel investor myself, here is my priority list of eight recommended preparation activities when you're looking for funding.

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7 Ways to Keep Your Focus on Execution After the Idea

Are you sure your startup is moving beyond the idea stage to assure long-term business success?

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10 Startup Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make Again

These stumbling blocks will happen -- just try to avoid them the second time around.

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7 Startup Strategies to Gain From Your Limitations

Focusing your budget on your most expensive projects and finding partners who complement your strengths are just a couple of smart business strategies.

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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Crowdfunding? What is that? Learn it in seven techniques.

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8 Ways to Not Only Survive But Prosper Around Negative People

Negativity will happen especially in times of stress. Use these tactics to turn those frowns upside down.

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8 Big Business Tenets That Don’t Work for Startups

Large companies with existing resources and qualified people have different rules than the little guys for innovative efforts.

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7 Keys to Making the Right Decision the First Time and Every Time

Here's how great decision-makers never fail at getting the job done.

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10 Answers That Will Make Your Startup Plan Worthy of Investment

Having all the answers when you pitch investors will lead them to ask only one question: ""How soon can I sign up?"

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8 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Need More Business Relationships and Fewer Friends

Social networking has changed the definition of "friend." But successful networking isn't about how many friends you have.

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7 Steps to Master the Art of Persuasion

Getting others to see things as you see them is key to build momentum from an idea to a business.

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8 Reasons to Incorporate Your New Company Early

There are many factors to consider when you decide to incorporate your business.

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8 Essential Attributes of a Successful Mindset

Before you decide to start a new business, take a hard look at your own values, discipline and way of thinking.

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Get a Software Patent to Protect Yourself, But Be Prepared for a Frustrating Process

Creating innovative software and getting a patent for it do not line up very well in this day and age. Here are eight reasons why the two are such different worlds.

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8 Initiatives to Make Your Customers Loyal Advocates

You now need more than loyalty from your customers -- they need to be your cheerleaders.

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Deal or No Deal? Here Are 7 Ways Due Diligence Can Help Before a Final Commitment.

Due diligence might sound daunting, but it's really just an in-depth common-sense risk analysis before closing a business deal.

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When Will Siri Be Able to Make That Romantic Dinner Reservation for You?

Here are five ways personal-assistant apps can actually become the personal assistants they claim to be.

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6 Prerequisites for Turning Your Passion Into Profits

Passion is necessary but not sufficient fuel to turn a bright idea into a successful business.

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7 Skills to Thrive, Not Just Survive, in Any Career

If career growth and job satisfaction are your objectives, just pretend that you are an entrepreneur.

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7 Ways to Bootstrap Your Business to Success

You don't need a lot of money upfront to build up a startup. Here's why.

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Smart Startups Don’t Try to Satisfy Every Customer

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The Only Thing Not to Fear Is Success Itself

But so many entrepreneurs have this deep-seated fear. Here are seven ways to over come it and other fears associated with it.

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Don’t Go the Way of the Hydrogen-Fueled Engine. Make Sure Your Product Fits Into Today’s World.

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More From Martin Zwilling

Bootstrapping Is Much More Fun Than Investors

8 Reasons Online Dating Sites Are a Business Dead End

Good Chief Financial Officers Focus on Much More Than Finance

You’ll Never Get New Customers If You Don’t Target New Markets

Don’t Even Bother Looking for Funding If You’ve Not Yet Assembled the Right Team

A Startup Is Like a Home Still Being Built. Don’t Value it at Next Year’s Dream Market Price When Pitching an Angel Investor.

Didn’t Know That Uber Is a Unicorn? Time to Get Schooled on Startup Jargon.

Angel Investors Pumped $24 Billion Into Startups. Here’s How to Get Your Share.

7 Ways to Keep Your Focus on Execution After the Idea

10 Startup Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make Again

7 Startup Strategies to Gain From Your Limitations

7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

8 Ways to Not Only Survive But Prosper Around Negative People

8 Big Business Tenets That Don’t Work for Startups

7 Keys to Making the Right Decision the First Time and Every Time

10 Answers That Will Make Your Startup Plan Worthy of Investment

8 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Need More Business Relationships and Fewer Friends

7 Steps to Master the Art of Persuasion

8 Reasons to Incorporate Your New Company Early

8 Essential Attributes of a Successful Mindset

Get a Software Patent to Protect Yourself, But Be Prepared for a Frustrating Process

8 Initiatives to Make Your Customers Loyal Advocates

Deal or No Deal? Here Are 7 Ways Due Diligence Can Help Before a Final Commitment.

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6 Prerequisites for Turning Your Passion Into Profits

7 Skills to Thrive, Not Just Survive, in Any Career

7 Ways to Bootstrap Your Business to Success

Smart Startups Don’t Try to Satisfy Every Customer

The Only Thing Not to Fear Is Success Itself

Don’t Go the Way of the Hydrogen-Fueled Engine. Make Sure Your Product Fits Into Today’s World.

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