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Rieva Lesonsky

Contributing Writer

SmallBizTrends.com

I am a small business & entrepreneurship thought leader, advocate and journalist. My mission is to help people start and grow their own businesses, which I've been doing for over 30 years. My company, GrowBiz Media is a custom content creation company focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. We create content for small business websites and major marketers wanting to connect to entrepreneurs. Current clients include Web.com, , AT&T Small Business, Microsoft, Fundera, Fundbox, Intuit, Pitney Bowes, SCORE, Small Business Trends, American Express OPEN Forum and Success Magazine. We also own the small business blog, www.SmallBizDaily.com. I am a best-selling author and have written several books about small business and entrepreneurship. Specialties: Keynote speaking, consulting, writing and editing blogs, articles, whitepapers, podcasts, ebooks and more.


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