Ed "Skip" McLaughlin's Blog, page 4
October 27, 2016
Should Startup Fever Have a Place on Campus?
Previously Published on eCampusNews
.fusion-fullwidth-3 { padding-left: px !important; padding-right: px !important; }By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker
The startup ambitions ofMBA students and college undergrads have spawned discussion about whetheraspiring young entrepreneurs should launch new business ventures while still in sch...
October 25, 2016
What’s the Difference Between Angels, VC’s, & Private Equity Firms?
By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker
Every entrepreneur needs some sort of funding for his or her business. While I continue to believe that bootstrapping is best, it is not always an option for businesses with a long ramp-up to profitability or for a capital-intensive business.
After reading my post,When Bootstrapping is Not an Option,a reader on LinkedIn asked:
“What is the difference between venture capital a...
What Is An Ideal Age to START UP a New Business
Previously Published in Home Business
By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker
News from a recent2015 Kauffman Reportsuggests that the best time for you to start your own business – at any age – could be right now. The report said we showed the greatest surge in U.S. entrepreneurial activity that we’ve had in the last 20 years. In fact, in 2014, 310 out of every 100,000 adults started a new business every month, which meansthere were 530,000 new business owners each month!
What does this mean for y...
October 20, 2016
When a Big Business Buys an Entrepreneurial Company: How to Make the Marriage Work
Previously published in The CEO Magazine
By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker
Most entrepreneurial companies thrive on innovation, creativity, and speed as key ingredients for driving success. Entrepreneurs are willing to take risks to increase the probability of breakthrough achievement at the cost of possible failure. In many respe...
October 18, 2016
Don’t Start Up – Just Yet!
Previously published in YoungUpstarts
By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker
You have a great idea for a new business and can’t wait to start up. Should you rush to market with a minimal viable product (MVP) and risk the cycle of failing, pivoting, and then starting again? Or should you do some planning first? The trend toward launching without planning may be why the failure rate for venture capital-backed business...
October 13, 2016
Should You Build Your Own Software?
Eat the World with Proprietary Software
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By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker
Five years ago (August 2011), Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Andreessen-Horowitz, famously said, “Software is eating the world.” His point was that most of the fastest growing co...
October 11, 2016
September 28, 2016 – TheStreet TV Interview with Ed and Wyn
You Have a Great New Product. Here’s What You Need to Think About Next
By Ed McLaughlin
Previously Published in FORTUNE
Questions every entrepreneur should ask when thinking about sales, pricing and production.The following is an excerpt from Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker’s new book The Purpose Is Profit ( Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2016 ), which recounts how, after quitting his high-level corporate...
September 30, 2016
“The Purpose Is Profit” Media Coverage – Full List Summary
September 29, 2016
Published in Entrepreneur.com: Here’s a Book Every Entrepreneur Needs to Read
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