Tag Archives: Jennifer Lawton

About 4796 days ago E-Commerce

Does the Internet help small businesses compete — or help large corporations dominate?

Jennifer Lawton, an Internet in Business mentor at inc.com, responds: I think it does both of those things. It’s an inexpensive platform for small businesses to reach out to markets they couldn’t otherwise find. It also gives such rich opportunities to big businesses that they often squeeze out entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs sometimes have no choice but to sell out their product or service. We’re still just at the beginning of a long and wild ride, and I think it’s difficult to determine the direction that it will all go. I’m in wait-and-see mode, not yet drawing any conclusions. We hear so much about the Internet that we forget how new it is. Before something is built to last, it has to go through many iterations. For example, there were many different versions of factories before they figured out that assembly lines worked best. There were many different types of trains before they figured out a standard gauge. Right now, the Internet is going through the same types of changes. It’s just happening much more quickly.

About 4827 days ago E-Commerce

Meet Jennifer Lawton

Jennifer Lawton is a respected company builder, technologist, and advocate for mentoring entrepreneurs. In 1991, Lawton cofounded Net Daemons Associates (NDA), an information technology consulting firm. With Lawton as CEO, NDA’s growth was fast enough to earn it a place on the 1998 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held U.S. companies. NDA also was named to the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 and Fast 500 lists for 1997 and 1998.In 1999, Net Daemons was acquired by Interliant Inc. (formerly Sage Networks), an application service provider. Lawton serves as senior vice president of consulting and technology atInterliant. In addition to her own entrepreneurial endeavors, Lawton is devoted to helping other entrepreneurs realize their potential. She serves on the international board of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO) and is also YEO’s vice president of technology. Lawton also serves on the advisory board for several fast-growth companies, as well as the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating social change through entrepreneurial activity. Lawton contributes a monthly column for the Kauffman-backed e-zine for entrepreneurs, Entreworld. She also is active in a variety of community programs, including the MIT Summer Technology Institute, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s Blue Ribbon Commission Steering Committee on Technology, and the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Youth Tech Entrepreneur program. Before founding a successful company, Lawton’s technology background included managing the construction of a bicoastal computer network and writing code for an airborne radar system. She holds a B.S. degree in applied mathematics from Union College. Selected articles about Jennifer Lawton: ” Security: Case Study — On-Line Crime (Part 1)“ ” Case Study: On-Line Crime (Part II)“ ” How Can I Get Employees to Buy Into Our Strategy?“