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President, CEO and Writer, Small Business CURRENTS
California, United States
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Rieva Lesonsky is CEO of GrowBiz Media, a media and custom content company focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. A nationally known speaker, best-selling author and authority on entrepreneurship, Lesonsky has been covering America’s small businesses for more than 30 years. Before co-founding GrowBiz Media in 2008, Lesonsky was the long-time Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine. Lesonsky is a nationally-known speaker, and frequent media guest. She has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Martha Stewart show and Oprah, and can regularly be seen on MSNBC’s Your Business. Many organizations have recognized Lesonsky for her tireless devotion to helping entrepreneurs. She served on the Small Business Administration’s National Advisory Council for six years, and was honored by the SBA as a Small Business Media Advocate and a Woman in Business Advocate. The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization honored her for helping drive “the entrepreneurial revolution in secondary education.” The ASBDC awarded her a “Champion of Small Business” award. Lesonsky’s is also the editorial director of Network Solutions’ Grow Smart Business blog, and regularly writes for Business on Main, SCORE, Small Business Trends, SBA.Gov, American Express OPEN Forum, Small Biz Nation on LinkedIn, AT&T, Groupon, ReadWrite, and her site SmallBizDaily.com. In 2009, she was named to Folio Magazine’s “Folio 40” list, which honors publishing’s top innovators, and she was named one of the nation’s top 100 Small Business Influencers.
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By Rieva Lesonsky Verified
Apr. 14, 2025
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Small Business CURRENTS
Information and Inspiration for Entrepreneurs and Budding Entrepreneurs
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Founded: 2021