Small Business Expert Award Nominees

Dequiana Brooks, MBA is a small business marketing coach, speaker and author. As CEO of Inspired Marketing, Inc., she specializes in teaching women entrepreneurs the marketing fundamentals they need to…   Read More

A coach with passion for her work and her clients' success, Marian Banker is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur and professional and shares that expertise with her clients. She founded Prime Strategies…   Read More

Adria has been in the IT industry for 12+ years and launched her own consulting company in 2006. Adria has appeared on the news and various media outlets due to her citizen journalism on her tech blog…   Read More

An accomplished venture investor, private equity principal, company advisor, and entrepreneur, Chris Sacca manages a portfolio of over fifty consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology startups as well…   Read More

Wendy Piersall forged the road for mom bloggers in the early 2000s. As a serial entrepreneur, she transformed her personal blog into a powerful blog network, selling it to private investors soon thereafter.…   Read More

Carla Young is the founder & CEO of MOMeo Community and publisher of MOMeo Magazine. Carla built her copywriting agency on a virtual, work-from-home model, leveraging her time with the help of a talented…   Read More

Jeffrey Weber earned his MBA from Loyola University of Chicago School of Business and entered the technology industry during the start of the dot com era. The company he founded grew rapidly earning a…   Read More

Josh Turner is the founder of LinkedSelling.com. In addition to the training and managed services his company provides, Josh is a true thought leader in the area of Linkedin and online marketing. The…   Read More

For over twenty years, Denise O'Berry worked for a large Fortune 500 company helping company leaders, departments and teams create and put their plans into action to make change happen. She started her…   Read More

Adrian Ott is CEO of Exponential Edge, a top Silicon Valley strategy and go-to-market consultancy. She assists start-ups and large businesses to gain a market edge in today’s fast-changing economy. Adrian…   Read More