About Melinda

Over 1,500 small business owners have grown their businesses based on Melinda Emerson’s proven small business advice. She is a well-known expert in achieving bottom-line results and business success.
Melinda is a seasoned entrepreneur, author, speaker and small business coach whose area of expertise includes small business start-up, niche marketing and supplier diversity.  Under her brand, Building Your Business with Melinda Emerson, she has developed a TV News segment and published several articles and special reports including 44 Things To Do Before You Go Into Business. She also has an audio CD, 10 Things You Must Never Forget in Business. Her first book Be Your Own Boss! How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business in 18 months or Less! is scheduled to be released in Spring 2009.
Melinda has won numerous awards including Top 50 Women in Business in Pennsylvania, Top 30 Leaders of the future by Ebony Magazine, and the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman of Distinction Award. Melinda has been featured on NBC Nightly News and in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report and Black Enterprise. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech.