Guest Experts

We are pleased to announce the addition of guest authors for the Small Business Finance Forum Blog in 2011. To learn more about our experts click on their names below.

Stephanie LH Calahan
Laura Petrolino
Rob Place
Dr. Shannon Reece
Kirsten Simmons
Natalie Sisson


Stephanie LH Calahan

Stephanie LH Calahan Guest Expert Blog Author Small Business Finance ForumBottom Line: Stephanie helps entrepreneurs boost their ability to get things done. Guaranteed.

Stephanie LH Calahan is the founder of Calahan Solutions, Inc. and is a business/office and personal productivity adviser. She has been helping business owners leverage their time, space, information and thoughts to get more clients, opportunities and balance life since 1995. Visit SocialWithSteph.com for all of Stephanie's social media connections.

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Laura Petrolino

Laura Petrolino Guest Expert Blog Author Small Business Finance Forum
Laura Petrolino serves as Chief Communications Officer at Ignite Venture Partners, which brings together consulting, capital, and concept incubation to build value in businesses of all sizes and stages, and across industries. Find her on twitter @lkpetrolino and @365startups

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Rob Place

Rob Place Guest Expert Blog Author Small Business Finance ForumRob Place has been working as a trainer and coach to entrepreneurs since 2007. He works with clients in developing strategy, business plans and financial projections. His customer base is the startup or young Solopreneur (coaches, consultants, freelancers), armed with skills but unclear on how to build a business around them. He has a Yale MBA.

Find Rob at www.solventurer.com on Facebook and on Twitter


Dr. Shannon Reece

Dr. Shannon Reece Guest Expert Blog Author Small Business Finance Forum
Sport psychologist and former competitive athlete, Dr. Shannon Reece is a leading authority on how smart women can launch and grow their business in a man's world, leveraging their unique strengths to drive peak performance.

Find Shannon at www.drshannonreece.com on Facebook and on Twitter

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Kirsten Simmons

Kirsten Simmons Guest Expert Blog Author Small Business Finance Forum
Kirsten is the creator of Personalized Productivity, which uses personality type to create customized organization, time management and productivity systems for successful entrepreneurs. You can find her on Twitter @kirstenasimmons.


Natalie Sisson

Natalie Sisson Guest Expert Blog Author Small Business Finance Forum
Natalie Sisson is a Suitcase Entrepreneur and Kiwi Adventurer who shares creative ways to run your business from anywhere in the world. She is passionate about using online tools, social media and outsourcing to create more freedom in business and adventure in life.

You can also connect with Natalie on Twitter and Facebook.