About the Author
Ed McLaughlin
Author of "The Purpose is Profit"
Ed McLaughlin is the author of “The Purpose Is Profit: The Truth about Starting and Building Your Own Business”, a book for entrepreneurs, frustrated corporate managers, and transitioning professionals with a burning desire to start their own business. He is also the founder of multiple B2B businesses and an investor in start-ups and real estate. He founded a real estate services company – United Systems Integrators Corporation (USI) in 1991, grew it into an Inc 500 Company and sold it to a Fortune 100 company, Johnson Controls in 2005, becoming the CEO of JCI’s Global Workplace Business for the Americas from 2005 to 2007. Ed has been a partner at Trammell Crow Company, regional marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard and salesman for IBM.
Interview By
Vaishali Jain
Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist
Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.
Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.
