Inspired by her son's joy of eating, Gigi Lee Chang started Plum Organics in 2005. The frozen baby food manufacturer provides busy parents with fresher, better tasting and more nutritious baby food. Gigi took her concept from idea to market in less than two years, and and today, Plum Organics is available in over 600 stores nationally including leading retailers such as Whole Foods and Wild Oats.

Jay Goltz, who has never held a full-time job but now employs more than a 100 people as CEO and founder of the Goltz Group, writes about the tough calls that bosses have to make, the conundrums no one has ever warned them about. Until now.

A former Inc. 500 CEO, Keith McFarland is the author of the widely praised new book, "The Breakthrough Company." He frequently interviews the CEOs of entrepreneurial companies to discuss their efforts to take their companies to the next level.

Mike Hofman calls attention to articles, TV segments, radio broadcasts, web sites, and so forth, that are of particular interest to entrepreneurs.

Clint Greenleaf started Greenleaf Book Group in 1997 after writing and publishing two books, selling foreign publication rights, and securing a multi-book contract with Adams Media. Since then, he has built the company into one of the industry's leading book distributors, and has represented more than eight hundred titles and is one of the Inc. 500 fastest-growing companies in America.

Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, writes about how you can break the traditional business model and create a business where you drive profit by doing the most environmentally and socially responsible things.

Veteran reporter Robb Mandelbaum writes about the big issues that affect entrepreneurs, especially as they relate to the 2008 presidential campaign.

Inc. contributing editor Donna Fenn is currently at work on a new book about Gen Y entrepreneurs, those born between 1977 and 1994. Both this blog and the book will examine the kinds of companies this generation -- one of the largest and most entrepreneurial in history -- is creating, along with the new perspectives they bring to financing, building, branding, and managing their companies.

Seth Goldman writes about how you can be committed to social responsibility - and still build one of the fastest growing private companies in America.

Norm Brodsky co-authors Inc. magazine's Street Smarts column. He is the founder of six businesses, including a three-time Inc. 500 company. He began Street Smarts after being featured on Inc.'s cover in July 1995.

Leigh Buchanan writes about the social dynamics of life in the workplace. Have you noticed that everyone else has been invited to the boss's house for dinner?

Greg Wittstock, founder and CEO of Aquascape, which appeared on the Inc. 500 list four years in a row, writes about how helping others get what they want is a great way to get what you want.

In 1993, Joanna Meiseles sought a hair salon that would cater to her young children. Her fruitless search became her business opportunity, inspiring her to open the first Snip-its salon in Framingham, Mass. Today, the Snip-its franchise has more than 50 salons in 23 states and is still growing.

One of the most pressing concerns for all businesses is maintaining and improving sales. Through his company, Sales2saleS.com, Greg Winston has been helping companies do precisely that for 10 years. In his blog, Greg, who got his start as a superstar salesman with Xerox and is contantly on the road training people and testing ideas, writes about what works and what doesn't.

Robert Buckman is the director of airline distribution strategy for Amadeus in North America and is constantly analyzing trends that will define tomorrow.

Owen N. Wild is the Director of Marketing for Amadeus North America, and is responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of all marketing operations in both the U.S. and Canadian markets.

John Burley is president of Burley & Associates, Inc., a national mergers and acquisitions firm with offices in Washington DC and New York. His areas of expertise include business valuation, acquisition consulting, deal structuring, negotiations, and due diligence.

Chris Consorte has spent his entire career working on various marketing and new media projects on both the agency and client-side of business. He is the founder and CEO of Integrated Direct and Integrated Interactive -- two marketing firms based in New York City.

Doug Ducey leads one of America's fastest-growing franchise concepts. In five short years, Doug and his team have taken Cold Stone Creamery from just a handful of stores in the West, to a worldwide concept with more than 1,200 stores worldwide.

Dima Berdiev has worked in various roles for commercial banks, such as Fleet Bank, Cambridge Trust Company, and Citizens Bank. He is the author of "Loan Financing Guide for Small Business Owner."

Carl J. Schramm is president and chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Schramm is trained both as an economist and lawyer. He began his career on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University and emerged as a respected thinker in health care finance, regulation, and insurance.

Robert Litan is the VP of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation. Litan has been affiliated with The Brookings Institution for nearly 20 years, first as a Senior Fellow and since 1996 as director of Economic Studies and holder of Cabot Family Chair in Economics.

Michael Alter is president of SurePayroll, Inc., a firm that processes more than $3 billion in employee payrolls and taxes annually for thousands of clients.

Nancy Cooper, an owner in the Portland office of Garvey Schubert Barer, has over ten years' experience practicing labor and employment law.

Paul Taylor is the founder of Arborwear, a Cleveland-based maker of rugged clothing designed for professional tree climbers and other outdoorsy types. Today, the Arborwear brand has carved a niche in a fiercely competitive marketplace with five employees and thousands of insanely loyal customers.

Richard M. Colombik heads Richard M. Colombik & Associates, P.C., a law firm which focuses in asset protection, IRS defense, business entity structuring, complex estate plans and business planning.

Barbara Weltman is the publisher/editor of "Barbara Weltman's Big Ideas for Small Business®," a monthly newsletter on issues that concern entrepreneurs.

Chris Musselwhite is the founder, president and CEO of Discovery Learning. His book "Dangerous Opportunity" was published by Xlibris.

Francisco Dao is the founder of StrategyandPerformance.com, a coaching firm specializing in helping companies bridge the gap between intended strategies and actual performance.

Michele Miller is a partner in the Wizard of Ads marketing firm, based in Austin. She specializes in behavior-based consumer marketing, and marketing to women, with a client roster that includes such companies as Best Buy and Timberland.

Rebecca A. Morgan is the founder and president of Fulcrum Consulting Works, Inc., assisting clients in executing profitable operations strategies.

Jack Phillips, PhD, is an expert on measurement and evaluation. Jack is chair of the ROI Institute, which provides consulting services, workshops, and keynote addresses for major companies.

Patti Phillips, PhD, is president and CEO of the ROI Institute, Inc. Patti earned her doctoral degree in International Development and her Master's Degree in Public and Private Management.

David Silverstein is the founder and president of Breakthrough Management Group, a fast-growing performance excellence and innovation consulting firm.

Terri Lonier is the Founder and President of Working Solo, Inc., and a leading authority on the small office/home office (SOHO) market.

Jeff Lancaster is a co-managing principal at Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough. His business experience includes seven years with the U.S. State Department, four of which he spent in Japan addressing international economic issues and supporting trade negotiations.

Ted Hurlbut is the Principal of Hurlbut & Associates, a merchandising and inventory management consulting firm based in Medway, Massachusetts.

Keith Ferrazzi is currently CEO of FerrazziGreenlight, a consulting and training and development company and author of "Never Eat Alone."

Promise Phelon founded The Phelon Group in 2002. She has since led the strategic management consultancy through years of triple-digit growth.

Jeff Thull is the President and CEO of Prime Resource Group, and a leading-edge strategist and valued advisor for executive teams of major companies worldwide.

Michael Lechter, attorney at the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, is the best selling author of "OPM, Other People's Money" and "Protecting Your #1 Asset."

Zach Nelson is the President and CEO of NetSuite and under his leadership NetSuite's revenues have grown ten-fold and workforce has quintupled.

Elaine Brodsky is a working wife and mother. She and her husband, Norman, have been married 36 years and are working together running CitiStorage Inc.

Pamela Mitchell is the CEO for The Reinvention Institute^TM (TRI), an organization devoted to helping professionals and companies transform themselves.

Janine Popick is the CEO and founder of VerticalResponse (#402, 2006 Inc. 500), a leading self-service direct marketing provider for businesses.