Author Donna Fenn will be on campus as the fall Business Writer in Residence from Nov. 9 – 12. The Business Writer in Residence program is a joint effort by the business school, the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and University Communications to bring in nationally known business writers to interact with business and journalism students.

 Fenn has more than 20 years experience writing about entrepreneurship and small business trends. Her latest book, “Upstarts: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success,” analyzes young entrepreneurial success strategies and what to expect from these individuals in the future. In addition to “Upstart,” she wrote “Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack,” which profiles eight successful small companies in ordinary industries, including a sock manufacturer and motorcycle dealership. Fenn is a contributing editor at Inc. magazine, a community leader at Work.com, a featured expert on SBTV.com, and a blogger on Inc.com. Her work has appeared in Inc., The New York Times, Newsweek, and many other national publications.

In 2001, Fenn was a co-recipient of the Women’s Economic Round Table Entrepreneurship Prize, sponsored by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. From 1988 to 1992, she lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was a correspondent for The Associated Press and covered a variety of issues including business, culture, the economy and the Gulf War.

 For more information on her visit, contact PR Director Melissa Anderson, mkanderson@bus.wisc.edu.

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