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  Barbara Weltman
Big Ideas for Small Business
Barbara Weltman is a trusted authority on small business.  She has written more than 25 books, including perennial top-sellers "J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business." She blogs for Business.gov and Startup Nation, and is a sought-after media commentator who has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Reuters, Forbes.com, Marketwatch.com, WABC-TV, Fox News, CNNRadio, and CNBC. She hosts her own weekly radio show called Build Your Business.

Barbara publishes the highly-popular Idea of the Day® and monthly e-newsletter, "Big Ideas for Small Business®," online publications at www.barbaraweltman.com that address the unique needs and interests of the small business community and explore market-impact issues such as health insurance, technology, legal issues, raising capital, energy costs, taxes, and employee retention.

Barbara is an adjunct at Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, where she teaches Principles of Entrepreneurship. Barbara is also an active member of the Small Business Advocate Brain Trust and an advisory board member for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Women Entrepreneurs Inc., and Boardroom's Bottom Line/Personal. She serves as Staple.com’s online tax expert and is a contributing editor to the J.K. Lasser Tax Institute. She is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a member of the New York Bar.

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