A tax and business attorney since 1977, Barbara has the knowledge entrepreneurs need to get ahead and stay ahead. Whether she’s writing books on small business taxes, legal issues for business and business finance topics, speaking to corporate groups, teaching and consulting, guesting on popular radio shows, or publishing her Big Ideas for Small Business® newsletter, Barbara isn’t just in the game—She’s ahead of it. Nationally recognized small business expert on taxes, finances, legal and other issues, publisher of Big Ideas for Small Business and Idea of the Day, and host of Build Your Business Radio.

CaZ, as Candy is known about the web, is a technology coach, writer, teacher, and solopreneur. CaZ is, to quote from one of her websites, “like the Reese’s commercial where they take the peanut butter and smash it with chocolate or the other way around…Entreprenuer ‘smash’ Teacher ‘smash’ Writer.” CaZ believes in communication and conversation and content energized by honesty and fun. When asked about her unusual role as a technology coach, CaZ says, “Technology has changed the face of business and while the ‘big boys’ have the resources to fully use the latest gadgets, the small to mid-sized companies struggle to keep up. In my role as a Tech Diva, I can and do make a difference in the business life of my clients." CaZ writes content, creates websites, and provides training to those whose needs run to the technical

Hi - I'm a journalist, marketing expert, and founder of WomenCentric, a hip business networking hub that connects, informs & inspires ambitious women around the world. Our directory, blogs & videos amplify women's voices and their found-ability, so they can connect with better leads & opportunities. Business groups & companies hire me to speak to their teams & at their meetings and Conferences. Entrepreneurs, authors & experts work with me to help them leverage new media and content marketing. I also produce creative promotional and educational videos for companies & individuals. TIP: New media can help you engage & sell! Use misc. online Profiles, blogs, Twitter, fb, videos, etc., to showcase your uniqueness, expertise & brand benefits, and increase your organic search rankings! LATEST NEWS: I'm working on the ultimate transmedia guide to powerful communications & looking to produce a documentary about women entrepreneurs.

Sylvia Lafair, PhD, a business leadership and communications expert, and President of CEO – Creative Energy Options, Inc., a global consulting company focused on optimizing workplace relationships. Dr. Lafair’s talents to make the complex simple, has revolutionized the way employees cooperate and teams collaborate. Her award winning book “Don’t Bring It to Work” (Jossey Bass) has been ranked in the top of Amazon’s Best Selling Workplace books.

Chia-Li Chien, CFP®, CRPC, PMP; Chia-Li like “JOLLY!” She is chief strategist at Value Growth Institute, dedicated to helping private business owners increase the value of their firms. She is the award-winning author of Show Me The Money and faculty member of American Management Association. Her blog and newsletter was named a top small business resource by the New York Times “You’re the Boss” blog.

Charged to help you develop your online presence, Kim Beasley, is enthusiastic and energized to help you develop yours. She helps business owners develop their Social Media and WordPress websites along with their Online Networking. Kim does this by sharing Dynamic DIY Tips or offering VIP services to those who want her to manage their online presence. She is very excited to share information with you that will challenge your paradigm. You will be challenged in the areas of social media strategies, website interactivity planning,and online presence to growth so that you and your business will grow.

Kathryn is one of the leading experts in feng shui on the Internet with her world recognized feng shui e-zine (Internet newsletter), the Red Lotus Letter. The Red Lotus Letter is one of the most popular and longest running feng shui ezines and the only that focuses solely on feng shui for wealth. Kathryn has been featured in national and international publications such Seventeen, First for Women, Faces, Conceive, Natural Health, Martial Arts Professional, Asia Pool and Spa magazines, on radio and is a popular teleseminar and speaking guest. She is a syndicated newspaper columnist with Tribune Media Services.

Leslie Grossman has been a leader and advocate for women's business success for more than 20 years. She is cofounder of Women's Leadership Exchange, and its leadership development program, LEXCI; she is an expert in marketing to women in business; the author of SELLsation: How Companies Can Capture Today's Hottest Market: Women Business Owners and Executives; and was an entrepreneur for 25 years, starting her first business at the age of 25. As owner of a leading NYC marketing/PR firm in the 1990's, Leslie was responsible for the 8-year campaign that brought platinum jewelry back from the dead to become the preferred metal for brides all over the US. Her marketing to women strategy evolved into a focus on business women as a result of her experience as a leader of many women's business associations.

Andrea March has successfully reinvented herself several times as a woman business owner & leader. She has a background in real estate, selling & designing jewelry for a multi-million dollar family jewelry firm, as well as founding the Investment Expo, which became the largest financial strategies trade show/seminar program in the Northeast & South Florida. In 2001 Andrea co-founded the Women's Leadership Exchange with Leslie Grossman, another experienced woman business owner who shared Andrea’s powerful commitment to women entrepreneurs. Andrea believes this is the fulfillment of her destiny, the culmination of all her previous experience, in business & in life. WLE is a multimedia company - live conferences around the country, a website & virtual resource, which provides the connections & knowledge women need to propel their businesses & careers.

Lisa Goodwin is making an indelible impact in the personal development and business arena. Having been an entrepreneur since the age of 17, Lisa has the first hand knowledge necessary to help individuals and businesses find their unique opportunity within the marketplace. Lisa’s experience in diverse industries merges the expertise of sales and marketing, business development, technology, ministry, and the health and fitness arena. She is the CEO of LTG International Inc., the parent company of the Professional Network 4 Women and The Success Coaching Group. As a successful CEO and serial entrepreneur, Lisa is always inspiring others to find and live their

Publishing is my passion. At Woodpecker Press, we help people become authors by guiding them through the self-publishing process. An exciting project we're working on for Fall 2011 publication is a book highlighting New Jersey women business owners, called "Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business Advice from 100 New Jersey Women Business Owners: Practical Pointers, Solutions, and Strategies for Business Success." Visit www.BigBoldBusiness.com for more details. I'm also owner of drtEnterprises, LLC (www.drtEnterprises.com), which provides editorial services to publishers.

Wendy Piersall is an internet entrepreneur and an accomplished online media and marketing executive. In addition to establishing 2 blog networks, she has also written for Entrepreneur.com and appeared on the Today Show to speak about digital mom entrepreneurs. She currently is growing her Woo! Jr. Network into one of the largest kids activities destinations on the web. She was one of the first women to start a blog network, establishing Sparkplugging/eMoms at Home as a hub for small business resources in 2006. She sold this business in 2009 to private investors.

Entrepreneur Jaclyn Mullen, the “Carrie Bradshaw of business”, is a social media marketer, philanthropist, speaker and strategic connector. By day, she services small business and individuals in the lifestyle space through her company Jaclyn Mullen Media with regard to creating content, community and conversations--online and offline. By night, she is currently developing an e-book and motivational community, Startups and Stilettos™, which helps women “dig their heels in” and breakthrough personal and professional plateaus to obtain lives & careers they truly desire.

Elisa Balabram is the founder and editor of WomenandBiz.com, an online magazine for women business owners established in 2003. She is a business and alignment coach, speaker and author of Ask Others, Trust Yourself: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Key to Success. Ms. Balabram was named the U.S. Small Business Administration New York District 2008 Women in Business Champion of the Year. She holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship Management from Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, CUNY, and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Are you ready to make more money and create more freedom by exploding your productivity, and releasing your brilliance? Work with me and I can help you put the systems and processes in place to automate your business so you can focus on doing what you really want to do – make money doing what you love. As a productivity coach I can help you achieve the maximum results with the least amount of effort. During our coaching program we’ll put in place a series of systems and strategies that will radically improve the efficiency of your business.

Tai Goodwin is a writer, teacher, and coach committed to helping women go from bright to brilliant. Leveraging over 14 years of experience in training and development for national and global companies like Williams Scotsman, Barnes & Noble, and CA Technologies, participants leave Tai's presentations inspired, more confident and ready to take action. Published on ForbesWomen.com and SmartBrief.com, she is the founder of the Career Makeover Coach blog. Tai serves as co-host of #SmallBizChat, a weekly Twitter interview show that taps the minds of the some of the best small business leaders. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Launch While Working.com, the official online magazine for Employedpreneurs - individuals who are launching their business while working full time.

Born in Uganda & “raised” at the United Nations, Liz is an international speaker, entrepreneur & educator, currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University and on the New Media Faculty at NYU’s Heyman Center for Philanthropy. Liz is an authority authority on women / minorities in entrepreneurship & leadership; as well as technological innovations advancing causes, empowering disenfranchised people & improving service delivery. She obtained Master's & Bachelor's degrees from Cornell University & Syracuse University, respectively. Additionally, she graduated from the United Nations International School.

Natasha Benjamin is a 2011 graduate of Syracuse University obtaining her B.A. in Political Science and African American Studies along with a minor in Public Communications. She stands as a scholar, visionary, music connoisseur and PR enthusiast. She is tirelessly working to build her empire within the music space while diligently giving back to her community. As a scholar, she has done extensive research within the Hip Hop realm including contemporary research on American rapper, Nicki Minaj and the correlation of Hip Hop and Secondary education. You can reach her via email for any speaking inquiries.

Tracy Brisson is the Founder and CEO of The Opportunities Project, an organization that specializes in helping young professionals create their own career opportunities quickly and confidently and assists organizations in finding the right talent. Tracy's career advice has appeared in the New York Post and Time Out New York, and on Mashable and The Ladders.

Author/Editor + Performing Artist + Creative Entrepreneur: Stacey R. Louiso was the former Founding Editor/Executive Director of the popular (now defunct) online publication, attributemagazine.com. Louiso is happy to announce the release of her first full-length book, Walking Through Fiery Trials: A Year of Loss, Learning and Faith, which she co-authored and edited. Stacey also has approximately 30 years of experience as a performing artists; having been in front of an audience/film camera in some way shape or form, since age 7. She is a classically trained soprano as well as an actress, dancer and choreographer.

A graduate Business student, I am currently finishing up my Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Lebanese American University in Beirut (LAU) with a final project about Leadership and Motivation in Non-Profit Organizations. Heavily involved in social work, I have founded an NGO called Tripoli Youth Forum in North Lebanon. I also occupy a Board Membership in the Maurice Fadel Prize entrepreneurship competition for the best business plan in Northern Lebanon www.mauricefadelprize.com. In addition, I am also a Board member in the Fadila Wassef Fattal Cultural Salon. Youth, Women, and Entrepreneurship are thus my main focus

Teresa Alexander Jordan, MBA, a business leader and financial coach for young adults. Kids Achieving Financial Success (KAFS) is a non-profit organization that offers an education foundation for teaching young adults smart Living. Through workshops and one on one interaction. At KAFS, we believe an early financial education will ensure a successful and prosperous future.

For more than 20 years LaTanya Orr, an award-winning designer and seasoned marcom professional, has provided creative and strategic “makeovers” for corporate, academic, civic & nonprofit institutions throughout the US and abroad. Time after time, her tenacious resolve, savvy marketing genius & innovative design skills have consistently leveraged brand value & significantly enhanced the overall image of the organizations & clients she has served. LaTanya holds a BA in Social Psychology from the Univ. of Michigan and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Davenport Univ. Her debut book, The Fashion-Forward CEO, is due out Spring 2012.

Risa B . Hoag, president of GMG Public Relations, Inc.

Author, consultant, trainer and founder of Marketing Edge Consulting Group, Beth Goldstein has empowered hundreds of entrepreneurs to successfully grow their companies. Beth Goldstein helps companies gain an understanding of how their customers think, what they value and what influences their purchasing decisions then applies this knowledge to create targeted sales and marketing programs that drive revenue growth while increasing profitability and customer loyalty. Her books, The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Toolkit (McGraw-Hill) and Lucky By Design are designed to teach business owners the critical skills they need to accelerate growth and control the destiny of their company.

Anastasia Ashman is founder of GlobalNiche.net, a work-life initiative for cultural creatives and mobile progressives that she calls “creative self enterprise for the global soul”. The Californian with 14 years of expatriatism under her belt has directed the online neoculture discussion community expat+HAREM and coedited the critically- and popularly- acclaimed expat lit collection that inspired it, Tales from the Expat Harem. She's currently writing a memoir repped by Foundry Literary & Multimedia in New York. Her pop-classical point of view is girded by her degree in classical Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and a decade of experience in American media and entertainment.

Margy is an Inbound & Outbound Customer Service and Administrative professional. She has 15+ years of experience supporting large, dynamic offices & senior level staff members. After facing a few family hardships, Margy decided it was time for a career change. She founded Global Virtual Assistants because she loves helping small businesses to be organized & efficient. GVA does a variety of outsourced work, including: wedding planning help, travel planning, secretarial tasks, reservations, booking & appointment setting. Margy loves helping people - especially business owners - to be more productive. Her virtual assistants are available 24-hours a day to help with your projects and concerns. Contact her today for a free quot

I've had a freelance writing and editing business since 1985. My specialty is medicine and health care. I work on material for all readers, from physician specialists to the general public. I also am the author of the award-winning and highly praised book What to Charge: Pricing Strategies for Freelancers and Consultants.

Passionate marketer looking to inspire and guide solopreneurs to create the business of their dreams. Using our soulStartup programs, I will help you better connect to your soul's wisdom to develop, define and clarify your business's marketing message--it's the key to successfully marketing your passion for your life's work.

I am excited to be connecting with other women on this site! I have begun an amazing career with Millennium Harms Software. With Millennium I can build a career that blends my love of the beauty and wellness industries with my desire to motivate others to be happy and successful in life and in business. I can “talk hair and makeup AND Yoga,” and at the same time present a tool to help professionals grow and succeed doing what they love. My entrepreneurship began with my beauty business, and I have also recently expanded into the health and wellness industry through Yoga and Reiki. I'm open to opportunities to connect through each of my career paths.

Hunter Phoenix is an executive coach and small business mentor. She is also a national speaker and author of “Perfect Lives and Other Fairy Tales”. Work with Hunter to get out of overwhelm, manage your time and energy to get maximum results, relieve high-stress situations and re-evaluate challenges from a fresh perspective. Create a marketing plan that gets you noticed and gets more clients on your schedule. Gain clarity, focus and direction. Start crossing the important things off of your to-do list and create more time for family and friends. Hunter helps you strike the sweet spot between simple self-care and accelerated growth. You can read more, connect with Hunter and download cool, free resources at Hunter Phoenix Coaching.

Dynamic, results-oriented entrepreneurial executive with great practical judgment and memory for details is seeking a position to use her international financial expertise, her creative out-of-the-box approach and her extensive network to conceptualise, innovate and implement sustainable social and economic development projects. COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS Mentoring: Mentoring women in Africa (Kenya). Assisting them into becoming Social Entrepreneurs and thereby, financially independent. Impact investing: Public/Private Partnerships. Connector. Capacity building, strategic planning and community organisation. Research for Development. Monitoring and Evaluation. Publishing and Writing.