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KDS Small, Home Biz Guide
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Small Businesses
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I've probably been where you are now. I'd like to help you achieve your own definition of success. And if I don't have the answers to your questions--I'll find them, or help y
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"PhD" in Life and Business
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My Expert Service
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I've probably been where you are now. I'd like to help you with your venture. And if I don't have an answer to your question--I'll find it or help you find it. Over the course of 25 years I sucessfully started, managed (a virtual workforce), grew...and sold my business all from home.
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Experience & Qualifications
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Happy to email full bio.
I have 25 years of success in starting, running, and selling my home-based business, with clients and contractors worldwide. I've been a small business consultant for the last 8 years, also conducting numerous business workshops. And I'm a 7-time published author. All created and marketed from home!
Professional Accomplishments
Published Titles
Author
• A Cure for the Common Word (McGraw-Hill, 2007; Chinese translation w/MP3, 2009 in Taiwan)
• Go Ahead…Proof It! (Barron’s, 1996)
• “Go Ahead, Proof It” clinic on the business core skills web site YouAchieve.com
Coauthor
• The McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Writers, Editors, and Proofreaders Book and CD (McGraw-Hill, 2006)
• The Gremlins of Grammar (McGraw-Hill, 2005)
• The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Spanish for Health Care Professionals (Alpha Books, 2004)
• The Art of Styling Sentences, 4th Edition (Barron’s, 2002)
Ongoing Projects
• In the Driver’s Seat: A Roadmap for Independent Professionals book, articles, and blog
• Go Ahead…! book series, covering a wide range of specific business topics
Speaking/Training/Teaching
• How to Start and Manage Your Small Business—From 2000 to present, regularly moderate and conduct seminars at S.F. Bay Area companies and associations.
• How to Start and Manage Your Practice workshop series—2008 and 2009, developed and conducted 10-session workshop series, recently in 2008 and 2009 for American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and used by various professional and business segments.
• Proofreading and Editorial Basics for Non-Editors—Designed and conducted half-day and full-day seminars in the S.F. Bay Area for companies including:
o Cisco Systems
o Lawrence Livermore Labs
o Genentech
o C-Cube Microsystems
o PLM Investment Management
o Solem & Assoicates PR
• For three years, taught proofreading classes The Way You Say It, Says It All, at Media Alliance, San Francisco, a leader in building coalitions for press freedom and media access, accountability and alternatives.
Media
Since 1995, I’ve been quoted in print media and have appeared on television and radio to share expertise on starting and growing a successful business. Most recent articles/profiles:
• The Potrero View newspaper (Dec. 2008)
• TTE Transcripts Worldwide newsletter, Sept. 2009
• Translorial magazine (Journal of the Northern California Translators Association, Sept. 2008)
Volunteer
Since 2000, volunteered with SCORE San Francisco (www.sfscore.org), as chapter chair in 2000 and as workshop committee chair 2007-2009. SCORE is a national business-consulting not-for-profit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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