Full Name
Melinda Emerson
Job Title
President
Company
SmallBizLady Enterprises
Speaker Bio
Melinda F. Emerson, “SmallBizLady” is America’s #1 Small Business Expert. She is a media spokesperson, small business influencer, and internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, social selling, and content marketing. For more than 25 years, she has been CEO of Quintessence Group. Her marketing consulting firm serves Fortune 500 brands that target the small business market. Her clients include VISA, American Express, FedEx, Verizon, Google, Chase, Microsoft, Pitney Bowes, and HP. She also runs SmallBizLady Enterprises, an education and training company that develops curriculum and training tools for entrepreneurs. She runs an online school, www.smallbizladyuniversity.com, that teaches people how to start and grow successful businesses and online marketing skills. In addition to being a former New York Times columnist, she is frequently quoted by media organizations including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Forbes, Fortune, USA Today, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC News, Entrepreneur, Inc., Essence and Black Enterprise.
A prolific writer, Melinda has published more than 5000 articles on her blog SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com. Her advice is widely read, reaching one million entrepreneurs each week online. She is founder of www.smallbizladyacademy.com an online community for women entrepreneurs. She is a small business educator at heart. Melinda is an expert with the U.S. Speakers program with the U.S. State Department. She has lectured in China, Singapore, Nigeria, Cambodia, Panama and France. She has lectured at hundreds of conferences and universities, including MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, NYU, Temple University, University of Delaware, Point Park College, Chatham University, Rutgers University, Rosemont College, The Joseph Business School, Howard University, Cheyney University, Morgan State University, Delaware State University, Virginia Tech, The Emlyon Business School in Lyon, France, and University of South-East Asia. She has also been adjunct faculty for Academy of Women Entrepreneurs, Babson College and Drexel University. HubSpot has named her one of the top business coaches in America. LinkedIn also named her a Top Voice for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. Melinda is also the host of The Smallbizchat Podcast.
She is the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, Revised and Expanded (Simon and Schuster, Sept. 2021) and Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business. She holds a degree in Communications Studies from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Drexel University.
A prolific writer, Melinda has published more than 5000 articles on her blog SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com. Her advice is widely read, reaching one million entrepreneurs each week online. She is founder of www.smallbizladyacademy.com an online community for women entrepreneurs. She is a small business educator at heart. Melinda is an expert with the U.S. Speakers program with the U.S. State Department. She has lectured in China, Singapore, Nigeria, Cambodia, Panama and France. She has lectured at hundreds of conferences and universities, including MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, NYU, Temple University, University of Delaware, Point Park College, Chatham University, Rutgers University, Rosemont College, The Joseph Business School, Howard University, Cheyney University, Morgan State University, Delaware State University, Virginia Tech, The Emlyon Business School in Lyon, France, and University of South-East Asia. She has also been adjunct faculty for Academy of Women Entrepreneurs, Babson College and Drexel University. HubSpot has named her one of the top business coaches in America. LinkedIn also named her a Top Voice for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. Melinda is also the host of The Smallbizchat Podcast.
She is the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, Revised and Expanded (Simon and Schuster, Sept. 2021) and Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business. She holds a degree in Communications Studies from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Drexel University.
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