LivePlan Contributors

Aaron Chichioco is the managing editor of designdoxa.com. He loves to write about online marketing, ecommerce, and web design. He has a vast experience in overseeing daily operations of several online businesses since 2011.

Aaron Chong co-founded Ace Capital, a Mortgage lending firm specializing in creative finance, after spending the better half of a decade investing in business and property in Australia and the United States. He is passionate about business growth hacking and the co-working space revolution, and runs his company successfully from co-working environments around the world.

Adrian is a writer for Nisbets Australia and recently created a guide on how to start a mobile catering business. He is passionate about entrepreneurship, and with a background in business, marketing, and technology, he gets a lot out of making new discoveries and sharing what he's learned with the world.

AJ Beltis is a blogger and content marketer for Toast POS, a Boston-based restaurant technology company offering an all-in-one point of sale solution for restaurants nationwide. AJ is a certified inbound marketer committed to connecting restaurants with the resources they need to form successful relationships with their customers.

Alan Gleeson is the former General Manager of Palo Alto Software Ltd, creators of LivePlan and Business Plan Pro. He holds an MBA from Oxford University and is a graduate of University College, Cork, Ireland. Follow him on Twitter @alangleeson

Alec Sears is a small-business expert who loves to write about the latest trends in PR, marketing, and SEO. He now lives in the Silicon Slopes of Utah, where he loves trail-running with his dog and snowboarding with his wife.

Alessandro Lazzaro is an entrepreneur and business professional. After years of experience in Southeast Asia and Central Europe as a business advisor, Alessandro founded Globartis, a growing B2B marketplace where small and medium enterprises can find partners, trade real estate, and raise or invest capital.

Alessandro Oliveri is a Content Marketer at Venngage, the design platform, and infographic maker. After many years working as a journalist, he now enjoys writing on visuals, SEO, and content creation. His aim is to help people to simplify the content marketing process and take visuals to the next level.

Alison Gutterman is the president and CEO of Jelmar, the family-owned cleaning products manufacturer of CLR and Tarn-X products. She began her career at Jelmar in 1993 without a title or a desk, and in 2007, she was named president, bringing the company unprecedented success with her modern approach and leadership techniques. She also balances work with parenthood as a single mother of two children, and she resides in the greater Chicago area.

Allie Decker is a content marketer and strategist. When she's not writing (which is quite often), she's likely traveling, reading, or hanging out with her cats.

AMZScout Amazon Expert Team helps sellers maximize growth and generate profit. We love to create engaging content about eCommerce, marketing, advertising, logistics, consumer trends, and more to help users achieve success.

Andrew Armstrong is a technology enthusiast, business owner, and digital marketing strategist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A graduate of UC Berkeley in 2003, Andrew enjoys Cal Football games, networking with other entrepreneurs, and chasing around his toddler son with his wife.

Andrew Josuweit is CEO and co-founder of Student Loan Hero. After he graduated with $107,000 in student loan debt, he realized he wanted to help others become debt-free and financially independent.

Ann is a freelance writer focusing on B2B startups. She focuses on industry trends for SaaS, FinTech, and Telecom startups.

Anna is a creative content writer at Quick Formations, a company formations agency. With a background in design, she has worked in several startups helping with branding, social media campaigns, and general design elements to move new businesses forward. Taking a creative detour into writing, she creates content to help startups get off the ground by cutting the technical business jargon and producing useful articles.

Arlene Soto is the director of the Small Business Development Center at Tillamook Bay Community College.She is the former director the Southwestern Oregon Community College Small Business Development Center Director. She is responsible for outreach to Coos, Curry and Western Douglas Counties in Oregon to provide small business development services through free, confidential business advising and low-cost training programs. Arlene has been working with businesses in the accounting field since 1976 and in management since 1988. She is a Certified Management Accountant and a NASBITE Certified Global Business Professional with a Master’s degree in Management from Marylhurst University and a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Portland State University.

Ashrit Kamireddi is the CEO and co-founder of VeryApt, a personalized apartment recommendation and apartment review startup based out of Philadelphia. Prior to co-founding VeryApt, Ashrit held digital marketing and product roles at TripAdvisor and Nara. Ashrit received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Princeton University and his MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

Blair Thomas has been around the world and back. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Blair studied political science at Oregon State University. He's passionate about the outdoors and loves spending as much time with his dog Cooper as possible. His drive for entrepreneurship has given him keys to the world and he's at full force driving his company eMerchantBroker, which made the Inc 500 list as one of the fastest growing companies in 2016.

Brad Shorr is director of content strategy at Straight North, an internet marketing company headquartered in the Chicago area.

Brandon Chu is a Senior Product Manager at FreshBooks, the Cloud Accounting solution helping 5 million users invoice their clients with ease. Use their free invoice template to easily send an online invoice now.

Brette Sember, J.D. practiced law in New York, including divorce, mediation, family law, adoption, probate and estates, bankruptcy, credit, and much more. She is the author of more than 40 books, many of them legal self-help.

Brian Marcel, author of Raise the Bar, Change the Game, is the founder and chairman of International Bar Code System (IBCS) Group, known for bringing the game-changing barcode technology to a part of the world in desperate need for change. Since its start in 1988, he has built the IBCS Group into the top enterprise mobility integrator in Central and Eastern Europe.

Britt Klontz is a Digital Content Strategist at Distilled, an online marketing company.

Bryce Warnes is a writer for Bench, the online bookkeeping service that pairs you with a team of professional bookkeepers who do your bookkeeping, so you don’t have to.

Buzz Tatom is a lifelong entrepreneur that has built and sold multiple successful businesses in his career. He holds a BBA from Texas Tech and an MBA from SMU. He is a professor at Montana State University in the Jake Jabs Business School, and a partner at Venture West Ranches, a Montana land broker. He enjoys helping mentor other entrepreneurs and students and watching them become successful.

Callie McGill is a content manager at LendingTree. Covering an array of personal finance topics, she works hard to provide unique viewpoints that empower people to make their best financial decisions. Callie earned her B.A. from Penn State University and her work has been published on major networks like Yahoo! and MSN.

Callum is the head of marketing at Warble Media. They are a boutique website design and digital marketing agency based in Dubbo, NSW, Australia.

Carl is Managing Director of Cashsolv. He offers advice and support to overcome cash flow problems and identify possible underlying problems that can be addressed to ensure a positive future for your business.

Caron Beesley is a small business owner, a writer, and a marketing communications consultant. Caron helps businesses deliver value and connect and engage with their target audience through outreach programs, campaigns, and thought leadership. Caron has written for the U.S. Small Business Administration, SCORE, SmallBizTrends, and Allbusiness, among others, on all matters relating to small business management and growth.

Catherine VanVonno is the President and CEO of 20four7VA, one of the fastest-growing virtual staffing companies in the eCommerce industry. She is passionate about helping small business owners scale by giving them access to reliable and highly trained virtual talent. She is also deeply invested in providing employment opportunities for skilled individuals from around the world, especially those in disadvantaged areas.

Charles Dugan is the owner and president of American Image Displays, designers and stock distributors for trade show display equipment. He is an expert in all things trade shows.

Charles Spencer is a freelance journalist who specializes in writing about agricultural issues and topics for Agriaffaires. He works for various magazines across the world and provides writing for the technical, advertorial and marketing needs of farm equipment companies.

For more than a decade, Chase Garbarino has focused on leveraging technology to build networks and communities that help startups and small businesses. As co-founder and CEO of VentureApp, Chase is focused on building a marketplace to help startups procure their business services, saving them time, resources, and money, at scale. Prior to VentureApp, Chase founded Streetwise Media, which was acquired in 2012 by the American City Business Journals. He's also an active angel investor.

Chinwe Onyeagoro has a strong personal interest and a professional track record devoted to helping small businesses raise capital. She is the CEO and Founder of FundWell, an online marketplace that matches small businesses to lenders across the country. With over 300 premier lenders in the network, FundWell has achieved a loan approval rate of 80%, which is two and half times the industry standard. FundWell recently co-authored and released a report with the Federal Reserve on the topic of small business financial health. Chinwe also presented a TED Talk on the small business loan market problem that FundWell is working to solve. Previously, Chinwe co-founded and operated a boutique consulting firm, called O-H Community Partners (OHcp), that successfully raised a total of $120 million in grants, competitive loans, tax incentives, government subsidies, and owner equity financing on behalf of clients across the country. Chinwe’s consulting experience includes advising Fortune 1000 companies at McKinsey & Company and The Monitor Company. She also formerly served as an investment manager for a $3 billion dollar real estate portfolio at the Pritzker Realty Group. Chinwe has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College.

Colin is the CVA of Eqvista, leading in the valuation section of private companies, and specializing in the space around company valuation, investments, VC funding, seed funding, cap table, equity management.

Daniel Wilhelm studied business and creative writing at Susquehanna University, and has written for a global audience ever since. He currently serves as a columnist for the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Eamonn is the associate content manager of Glofox. Glofox is boutique fitness management software that helps you engage your members and grow your business. He is focused on helping small fitness businesses and larger franchises through his informative and educational content.

Ellen is the Marketing Manager for CardFellow, leading provider of free credit card processing comparison tools. She has a degree in English and spends her days researching and writing about everything related to credit card processing.

Ellie Matama is a Kenyan-based freelance writer. She has a background in writing and digital marketing. She also has an interest in subjects revolving around real estate, personal growth, client and employee engagement, entrepreneurship, and small business, among other things.

Emily Ludolf is a business journalist with a BA Hons. and Masters OXON in English Literature and Language from the University of Oxford. Her work has been published in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Daily Mail, Stella Magazine, and on Entrepreneur.com. She writes for Valoso, and is a contributing writer for The Technoskeptic. She also has a Masters of Research from the University of the Arts, London.

Eropa Stein is the founder and CEO of Hyre, an all-in-one HR platform that empowers shift managers to schedule and staff their teams seamlessly.

Fred Schebesta is the CEO and co-founder of global financial comparison site, finder.com. Fred is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, mentor, and regular on the startup speaker circuit.

Gabby Baglino is a digital marketing specialist for Vispato, with several years of experience in business marketing, writing, and content creation.

Hailey is a freelance content marketer and full-time digital nomad blogging about all things digital marketing, freelancing, and the digital nomad lifestyle at haileylucas.com. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.

Hardik Shah works as a Tech Consultant at Simform — a dedicated team of mobile app developers in Denver. He leads large scale mobility programs that cover platforms, solutions, governance, standardization, and best practices.

Heather C. Liston is a San Francisco-based writer, specializing in financial topics.

Holly is the Managing Director of Finance with a background in mortgages, compliance, complaint handling, and internet marketing. Outside of work she enjoys playing video games with her son and making things at home.

Holly is the president of 10x digital. She has more than 20 years experience in marketing, public relations, digital marketing, and content marketing. She has created successful content marketing and digital marketing/PR for diverse sectors; from healthcare and wellness to global retail and commercial real estate.Noteworthy client experience includes promoting and positioning B2B and B2C clients in national and international media—from USA Today to the Wall Street Journal. Her prior experience includes public, private, and nonprofit work spanning global healthcare to economic and workforcedevelopment. She is also a Huffington Post contributor and named a Top Global Content Marketer by the Content Marketing Institute, 2013-2017.She earned a master’s in journalism/global PR from USC and a BS in graphic design/marketing from Appalachian State University. Holly enjoys traveling the world for business and fun, painting, barre workout classes, and her two greyhound pups.