About the StartingYourVeryOwnBusiness Author

The StartingYourVeryOwnBusiness.com web site was authored by Seattle area certified public accountant and author Stephen L. Nelson.

Nelson earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Central Washington University in 1981, a Certified Public Accountant license from State of Washington in 1981, a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Washington in 1982, and finally a Master of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University in 2004.

He is the best-selling author of QuickBooks for Dummies (over 400,000 copies sold), of Quicken for Dummies (over 1,000,000 copies sold), and of numerous other books about small business accounting, finance, project management, and technology. In fact, in total, his books have sold 5,000,000 in English and have been translated into more than a dozen other languages.

A nationally recognized expert in business planning, several top ranked business schools—including Dartmouth, Columbia and Notre Dame—have used his book, MBA’s Guide to Microsoft Excel, for business planning classes and Microsoft Excel seminars.

He is a past business & technology columnist for several national magazines including Inc Magazine, Home Office Computing, and PC World. He has appeared, been profiled, or been quoted numerous times in the national and local business press as a personal finance, small business, and industry expert, including TV and Newspaper appearances on KNBC (Los Angeles NBC affiliate) and CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the Seattle Times, and the Puget Sound Business Journal.

If you need to contact the author, please write to:

Editorial Assistant

c/o/ Stephen L. Nelson, Inc

8434 154th Avenue NE

Redmond WA 98052 USA

Or email steve dot nelson at stephenlnelson dot com