Melinda Emerson - The Small Biz Lady

Melinda F. Emerson, known to many as SmallBizLady, is one of America’s leading small business experts. She is an author, speaker and small business coach whose areas of expertise include small business start-up, business development and social media marketing. Melinda‘s mission is to End Small Business Failure. She publishes a bi-weekly resource blog, www.succeedasyourownboss.com.

She hosts a weekly talk show on Twitter called #Smallbizchat for emerging entrepreneurs. Melinda has been featured on NBC Nightly News and in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report and Black Enterprise. Melinda is the author of the bestselling book “Become Your Own Boss in 12 months; A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works.” Forbes Magazine named her one Top 20 Women for Entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. She writes a column for www.secondact.com and www.smallbiztrends.com and is an instructor for the Black Enterprise Small Business University.