Our guest on this segment is an expert in startups, business incorporation and personal and business finance.

Scott Letourneau is a busy lecturer, consultant and author, who is recognized worldwide for helping entrepreneurs get their businesses off to a fast start. He’s the founder and CEO of Nevada Corporate Planners, Inc., and a contributing author for the new book from Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Up series; “Start Your Own Information Marketing Business—Your Step-by-Step Guide to Success.”

Ruth Hedges is a founder-partner of Unismart Capital Software Inc .and creator of the Funding Roadmap Electronic Business Plan and Due Diligence Reporting System.

In this segment, we’re joined by Charles Duhigg, reporter for the New York Times, and the author of the “Golden Opportunities“series, which began in December 2006 and for which he received numerous awards including the George Polk Award, the Sidney Hillman Award, the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and several others.

I interviewed Stephany Alexander, CEO/Founder of WomanSavers.com

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain is currently the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Women Impacting Public Policy, {WIPP} a non-profit, public policy organization with over half a million members advocating on economic issues for women in business. Barbara Kasoff is also Co-Founder of GrassRoots Impact, Inc. a public policy strategies firm whose mission is to connect Corporate America and Political Leaders to small business owners, including women and minority-owned businesses.

A recent story, the Small Business Administration short changing women-owned business (WOB’s), was brought to my attention.

John Arensmeyer founded The Small Business Majority with a mission to give small business a real voice in government.