Rhonda Abrams is an American small business expert, syndicated columnist, best-selling author and speaker.

Biography

Abrams was born in Los Angeles, CA and earned degrees from both UCLA and Harvard. She has advised, mentored and consulted entrepreneurs and small business

Small business

A small business is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. Small businesses are normally privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships...

 owners since 1986. Her knowledge of the small business market and her passion for entrepreneurship have made her one of America's most recognized advocates for small business. Abrams' weekly newspaper column, “Small Business Strategies,” is the nation’s most widely-read column about small business, reaching more than 20 million readers through 130 newspapers, USATODAY.com, Inc.com, and Costco Connection magazine.

Abrams' first book, The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies, was acclaimed by Forbes magazine as one of the two best books for small business and by Inc. magazine as one of the six best books for start-ups. Now in its fourth edition, it is used as the primary text for business plan

Business plan

A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals....

 classes by hundreds of business schools.

Works

• The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies, 4th ed. ISBN 978-0966963564
• Successful Marketing: Secrets & Strategies ISBN 978-1933895055
• Passion to Profits ISBN 9780974080192
• The Owner's Manual for Small Business ISBN 978-0974080154
• Business Plan In A Day, 2nd ed.: Get it done right, get it done fast! ISBN 978-1933895079
• Six-Week Start-Up ISBN 978-0966963595
• What Business Should I Start? 7 steps to discovering the ideal business for you ISBN 978-0966963588
• Successful Business Research, Straight to the Numbers You Need—Fast! ISBN 978-0974080130
• Winning Presentation In A Day: Get it done right, get it done fast! ISBN 978-0974080161
• Finding an Angel Investor In A Day ISBN 978-0974080185
• Trade Show In A Day ISBN 978-0974080178
• Wear Clean Underwear: Business Wisdom from Mom ISBN 0-440509076

Speaking Engagements

Abrams, one of the foremost speakers in the U.S. on the subject of small business, regularly addresses conferences, corporations, industry groups, business associations and others. She has provided keynotes, workshops, corporate training seminars and has served as panel moderator and conference emcee for some of the nation’s most prestigious business events and largest corporations.

Speaking Events & Clients Include:

• California First Lady Maria Shriver's Women's Conference
• Intuit National Media Tour
• Hewlett-Packard
  Hewlett-Packard
  Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
  
  
• American Express
  American Express
  American Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best...
  
  
• Iowa Statewide Entre-fest
• Federal Reserve Bank
  Federal Reserve Bank
  The twelve Federal Reserve Banks form a major part of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. The twelve federal reserve banks together divide the nation into twelve Federal Reserve Districts, the twelve banking districts created by the Federal Reserve Act of...
  
  
• The Salon Association
• Greenville YWCA
• UCLA Women’s Business Conference
• Association of Small Business Development Centers
• National Better Business Bureau
  Better Business Bureau
  The Better Business Bureau , founded in 1912, is a corporation consisting of several private business franchises of local BBB organizations based in the United States and Canada, which work through their parent corporation, the Council of Better Business Bureaus .The Better Business Bureau, through...
  
  
• New Zealand Software Association
• Caribbean Cellular
• Universities, Trade associations, Economic Development Associations, Corporations

External links

• Rhonda Abrams' official blog
• The Planning Shop Website
• The Planning Shop Facebook Fan Page