ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many people have inspired me, listened to me, and guided me on the journey to launch this book. I am ever so grateful to the entire McGraw-Hill Professional team, particularly my editors, Cheryl Segura, Ruth Mills, and Amy Li, who believed in Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur and helped bring it to life. I am also thankful for my agent, Suzy Evans, and the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, who have been wonderful to work with; my friend Robin Madell, who was an enormous help with formulating the book’s proposal; Vanessa Campos, Bill Shaw, Jason Feifer, Terry Rice, and the rest of the Entrepreneur magazine team for their inspiration and support; Jon Steinberg of Cheddar; Barbara Cave Henricks and Pam Peterson of Cave Henricks Communications; John Honeycutt for his insight; and my friend Gail Summerskill and my mom, who have both served as overall sounding boards throughout the process.

Sending lots of love to all of the friends and family who’ve indulged me in many lengthy book conversations (too many to single out); my fellow writer friends and entrepreneur colleagues; and particularly my two amazing daughters, Avery and Tegan, who patiently tolerated my many nights and weekends in writing and editing mode at the laptop. Wishing the best of luck to my sister Michelle, who after being furloughed due to COVID-19, will begin the next chapter and her own fempreneurial journey.

Finally, I am forever indebted to you, the readers—current and future entrepreneurs. You are my true inspiration, going out there every day, hustling and making a difference for yourselves and your families. Thank you for your support, and in return, I’m sending lots of it right back at you. You’ve got this!