For over 15 years, Rhonda Abrams has provided business planning expertise to literally hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses. She is the author of the best-selling The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies, now in its fourth edition, and several other business planning books. Her nationally-syndicated column on small business strategies reaches 20 million readers a week in over 130 newspapers. A popular public speaker, Rhonda is frequently invited to speak at conferences, corporate meetings, and workshops. She is a graduate of UCLA and holds a master's degree from Harvard. Learn more about Rhonda, her writings, and her speaking engagements at RhondaOnline.com or visit theplanningshop.com
Guy Clapperton is the UK adapting author for this book and is a highly experienced freelance journalist, editor and broadcaster specialising in business and technology issues.
Guy has extensive experience with a range of newspapers, including Editorial Associate, podcaster and columnist for the Guardian's regular Business Sense section for over eight years. He has also contributed to FT's Business Life pages, the Mail on Sunday, the Observer's Cash section, as well as the Independent, Daily Mirror, the londonpaper, Evening Standard and the Daily Express.
Online Guy has contributed to Reuters.com and been a blogger for Smallbizpod. Guy has done radio and broadcasting work for BBC London Radio Breakfast Show, BBC World Service "Digital Planet", Woman's Hour, Sky Television and the Open University. Guy has authored or edited a number of books and also offers media training.