Penny C. Sansevieri, 2/13/12

Author and CEO, Marketing Experts, Inc.

PR firms spend a lot of money on yearly subscriptions to online databases that give them access to every media contact. As a business owner, speaker, or author, you don't need to have that big of a media list; you just need a strong set of contacts.

Sandy Abrams, 2/16/12

Founder & CEO, Moisture Jamzz, Inc./Author Your Idea, Inc.

Mompreneurs are in love with technology. It allows us to be uber productive, run a biz from home affordably and professionally while being a mom, and even have fun on social media while building our own brands.

Gene Marks, 2/15/12

Small business management columnist, author, speaker, and business owner

Wouldn't it be great if small business owners had facts and stats whenever we needed to make a critical investment decision? Wouldn't it be great if every decision came down to a mathematical exercise, a simple calculation of return on investment without any other factors needing to be considered?

Bill Robinson, 2/14/12

Tech & Entrepreneurship Journalist

GeoEdge provides the technology -- a software service -- that allows publishers, advertisers and their agencies to track, view and validate ad campaigns on any device platform, virtually anywhere in the world.

Ben Uyeda, 2/14/12

Chief Architectural Officer, Free Green

Tech innovators and web entrepreneurs are the new rock stars. Their stories are fueling a sub-culture of entrepreneurial-obsessed students that see start-ups as exciting alternatives to traditional employment.

Sandy Abrams, 2/13/12

Founder & CEO, Moisture Jamzz, Inc./Author Your Idea, Inc.

As a mompreneur, Leslie Danelian has less guilt than many as she waited for her kids to be in college until she opened the Sweet Butter restaurant.

Scott Gerber, 2/13/12

Founder, Young Entrepreneur Council

Want to train yourself to tell your company's story in 60 seconds or less? Here are tips for doing so.

Bill Robinson, 2/13/12

Tech & Entrepreneurship Journalist

Ankur Jain, a recent Wharton grad has created a potential juggernaut of students from all over the world -- all looking to "do well by doing good." This is a business model I can get behind.

Stanley A. Dashew, 2/8/12

Innovator; Entrepreneur; Industrialist; Philanthropist

What bothers you? I mean, what really grates on your nerves? Chances are, whatever the problem, others feel the same way. I made my first fortune in starting a company that automated the credit card industry, because paper cards were very problematic and really grated on the nerves of bankers.

Steve Blank, 2/9/12

Author, 'The Four Steps to the Epiphany'

While MBA's have had a stack of texts to help them "execute" a business model, The Startup Owner's Manual joins the growing library of books for practitioners in "search" of a business model.

Patrick FitzGerald, 2/6/12

MBA Lecturer On Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School Of The University Of Pennsylvania

You have an idea for a phenomenal company. Problem is you have zero background in that industry, no prior entrepreneurial experience, never got an MBA and can't lean on your family for financing or business resources. At first glance, you're facing an uphill battle. But personal and empirical evidence has proven that it can be done.

Gene Marks, 2/8/12

Small business management columnist, author, speaker, and business owner

Let the big names like New York and Chicago host the Olympics and be "world class". I can always visit those places for a day. But create a "world class" school system in my city and I'll have customers (and employees) for life. That's what my small business needs.

Michael Parrish DuDell, 2/7/12

Managing Editor of GE's ecomagination.com, innovation chaser, marketing ninja, Gen Y aficionado, sustainable superstar

No matter what business you're in, there will come a day when you'll be forced to sit someone down for a good old fashioned confrontation

K. Sudhir, 2/6/12

Fellow, Yale Center for Customer Insights

The more a firm can flatten this hump, the more it will profit from customers who do not bleed the firm. So the question stands: when should a firm fire a customer?

Lisa Earle McLeod, 2/7/12

Keynote speaker; Author, 'The Triangle of Truth'

A purpose is a concrete reason to get out of bed in the morning. It's how you and your company make a difference today. A clearly articulated purpose restores the nobility and meaning to work.

Ebong Eka, 2/8/12

CPA, personal finance expert and small business champion

A tax break that rewards American small businesses for staying at home is a tax break that matters! Now if we can only get past the rhetoric and back to the economy!

Vivian Weng, 2/6/12

Co-Founder, FashionStake

It's no secret that the relevancy of the American shopping mall has plummeted with the rise of e-commerce, but the question still remains: What will happen to the vacant shells that previously housed America's most beloved stores?