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Mary Claire Allvine is co-author of The Family CFO: The Couple's Business Plan for Love and Money and The 7 Most Important Money Decisions You'll Ever Make. She is a certified financial planner and principal at Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth Inc., a national fee-only financial advisory firm. She also contributes regularly to PINK as its finance editor.
Barbara Weltman, a respected attorney, is known nationwide as a professional advocate for small businesses and entrepreneurs. An expert on financial, tax and legal matters that concern small business owners, she shares her knowledge at BarbaraWeltman.com, including her "Idea of the Day" and her monthly e-newsletter, Big Ideas for Small Business. She hosts the weekly radio show Build Your Business; writes frequently for PINK and other publications; and has authored more than 25 top-selling books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, Third Edition, and the perennial J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes.
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Karen Benjack Glatzer is president of GH Consulting, a consultancy specializing in leadership development and organizational enhancement. Her 10-year tenure in corporate America allows her to leverage her own practical, hands-on and frontline experience. This, in combination with her training as a psychotherapist and her studies in theology, has fueled her success in working with senior-level executives and teams, who describe their work with Glatzer (and her team) as "life-transforming." GH Consulting works with boards of directors, senior executives and "high-potentials." She has expertise in one-on-one executive coaching, high-performance team coaching, assessments, legacy creation, and executive and organizational change.
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Karen Spencer is PINK's franchise editor and founder and CEO of Fran-Systems Worldwide Inc., a franchise education and consulting company. She has more than 20 years of experience with all levels and types of franchise companies, including Arby's, Back Yard Burgers, the Original Cookie Co. and Jamba Juice. Spencer has written and published more than 100 franchise-related articles and is currently on the board of trustees for the Educational Foundation with the International Franchise Association. She also serves as an Ambassador to Franchising for the IFA. Through the Small Business Association, she volunteers her time to conduct free classes on purchasing franchises, teaches franchising at many universities and has been an industry speaker for more than 10 years.
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