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“FOCUS ON
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LINDA PINSON |
LINDA PINSON is the author of nine business books (including two
Spanish language entrepreneurial books) and the developer/publisher of the
popular stand-alone business plan software, Automate Your Business Plan.
Linda's twenty-seven-year-old entrepreneurial publishing company, Out of Your
Mind...and Into the Marketplace™ was named Small Press Publisher of the
Year. Her best-seller book, Anatomy of a Business Plan (winner of the
Ben Franklin Award for "Best Business Book of the Year") now in its
27th year and 7th edition, has been utilized by over 1 million business
owners. Linda was selected by the U.S. Small Business
Administration in Washington D.C. to write its government business plan
publication (How to Write a Business Plan - MP52), recently slated to
come out in a newly revised edition. Her books are in libraries and
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Linda’s books and business planning software are
currently used as course material in universities and colleges, SBDCs, BICs,
technical schools and economic development agencies. Customized versions of
the Automate Your Business Plan
software have been developed for corporations including Dale Carnegie®
Training Centers Worldwide and The American Bar Association. Linda was Home Front columnist for Small Business
Start-Ups Magazine and has written numerous business features for magazines
newspapers and for the Internet (including Time Magazine). She has repeatedly
been the featured guest expert on television, radio shows, newspapers and
magazines including CNBC, PCTV, The LA Times, The Orange Co. Register, Inc.
Magazine, Salt Lake Tribune, Philadelphia Enquirer, Home Office Computing,
Investor's Business Daily, and others. Linda has been the invited speaker at
many national conferences and association trade and industry shows (National
SBDC Conference, LA Times Small Business Conference, Outdoor Retailers
Marketplace, Hispanic Finance Forum, etc.)
Linda's dedication to the small business community led to her being honored as Education Advocate of the Year, Small Press Publisher of the Year, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Business Advisor of the Year, SBA Regional Women in Business Advocate of the Year, and NAWBO Remarkable Women Hall of Fame. She was the founding California State President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO California). Linda currently serves as Business Advisory Board member for SIFE and is Board Secretary for the Small Business Financial Development Corporation OC (California State Loan Corporation). Linda was appointed by Governor Wilson to a seat on his California Council to Promote Women Business Owners. Linda was an elected delegate and Tax Issue Chair to the White House Conference on Small Business. She has worked extensively for over 25 years with the U.S. SBA Santa Ana District office and is the recipient of a special SBA award for support of small business. |
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OUT OF YOUR MIND...AND INTO
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