Act Two: Reinventing Yourself

  By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker  The cocktail party buzz shifts to the identity probe, "So, what do you do?" I draw my answer from whatever phase of life I'm in, but I have learned that the far greater question to address is the one that lingers long after the cocktail party. "What will you [...]

By | October 10th, 2014|

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill By Omar Douglass Contributing Writer for The Purpose is Profit Blog If at first you do succeed, count your blessings because you’re way ahead of the curve. However, if you’re like me, and the vast majority of entrepreneurs, then your [...]

By | October 8th, 2014|

The 7-Step Angel Funding Process vs. the 2-Minute “Cattle-Call” Pitch

Originally Posted On LinkedIn By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker Within the past week, I met with two different entrepreneurs seeking Angel Funding for their ventures. The businesses are completely different: one is a social media application with a transactional business model, and the other is a construction management startup with a fee-based business model. [...]

By | October 6th, 2014|

Take The Shot!

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky   By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker  This blog is about a highly successful entrepreneur who started on an unlikely playing field but always took the shot. His name is Brandon Steiner, and Richard Sandomir calls him  "The Man Who Spins Pinstripes Into Gold" [...]

By | September 26th, 2014|

A Generation Of Innovators Won’t Wait

By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker A new generation of solution seekers who have grown up with nonstop technological innovations are now challenging the mindset of tradition when they hit college. When these young adults encounter inefficient online registration on campuses, they want to fix the kinks or find a way around the old legacy [...]

By | September 22nd, 2014|

PITCH IT FORWARD

By Omar Douglass Contributing Writer for The Purpose is Profit Blog In my last blog, I identified 6 Tips for Attracting Startup Funding that I gleaned from a workshop on raising startup capital. As #4 on the list contends, an important piece of the startup puzzle, quite frankly, is for entrepreneurs to “nail the pitch” [...]

By | September 18th, 2014|