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Safety First!

When a small business launches, one of the last things the management team thinks of is compliance with Occupational Safety & Health...

Business Plan or Business Model: What’s the Difference?

I often hear entrepreneurs say, “I don’t have time to write a business plan.” Sometimes they even trot out the words of business experts...

Crowdfunding: Is It Right for Your Company?

I recently attended a town hall meeting featuring Scott Case of StartUp America entitled “The Impact of the JOBS Act on Michigan...

New JOBS Act brings Crowdfunding to Start-up Companies

With President Obama signing the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act on April 5, the word “crowdfunding” is getting a lot of...

LLC vs L3C

I am frequently asked if the new business organization called a Low-Profit Limited Liability Corporation (L3C) is a suitable structure...

Business Incubator vs. Accelerator--What's the Diff?

I am often asked what the difference is between a business incubator and a business accelerator. Until recently, the term "accelerator"...

Hello & Welcome

I am the Assistant Dean of the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) Innovation Center. As the director of the Innovation Center, I manage the activities related to business incubation, co-working, and the Business Accelerator Fund.

I am an entrepreneurial junkie, loving anything pertaining to commercialization, startups, crowdfunding, business incubation/acceleration, and angel/venture capital. I'm also a huge social media fan and frequently post on Twitter as @scochrane. Occasionally, I like to blog about my observations, which you can read about here on my site.