Monica Mehta (author)
Monica Mehta | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author, journalist, investor |
| Alma mater | The University of Pennsylvania |
| Notable works | The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business |
| Website | |
| www.monicamehta.com | |
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Monica Mehta (born 1974) is an American author, finance commentator and investor. She is the author of The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business.[1] Mehta writes small business and finance columns for Inc. and Entrepreneur and appears regularly on national cable networks including Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, Bloomberg Television, MSNBC and HBO.[2][3] She is a managing principal at Seventh Capital, a New York based investment firm.[4][5][6]
Early life[edit]
Monica is South Asian-American.[7] Mehta’s father was a merchant marine ship’s captain and she spent her early childhood living at sea until her family immigrated to Texas in 1980. Her parents faced initial struggles as new immigrants before becoming successful small business owners.[8][9] In 1997, Mehta graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School.[10] While at Penn, she was a member of the award winning jazz a cappella group Counterparts, performing alongside Grammy award winning singer John Legend.[11] Mehta also worked as a small business consultant at the Wharton Small Business Development Center where she assisted local West Philadelphia businesses write business plans and prepare loan applications.[12] Mehta was inducted into The Lantern Society, a senior society for outstanding Wharton undergraduates[13]
Career, Media Appearances and Book[edit]
Following graduation, Mehta joined Marakon Associates as a strategy consultant and then worked as a brand manager for L’Oreal and an investor for a seed fund backed by the Texas Pacific Group. She is currently an investor for Seventh Capital, an investment firm with offices in New York and Texas.[14] Mehta started appearing on cable television as a business and finance expert in 2006. She is a frequent guest for programs including Real Time with Bill Maher, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox & Friends, The Adam Carolla Show, Your World with Neil Cavuto, CNN and ABC News.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] In 2012 Mehta published her first book, The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business, which explores the role of behavior and brain chemistry in our ability to take entrepreneurial risks and bounce back from failure to start a financially successful business.[28][29][30][31] The book was recognized as "Best Start-up Book" 2013 by Small Business Trends,[32] and was a finalist for "Best Business & Economics Book of 2012" by Foreword Reviews,[33] and "Best Small Business Book of 2012" by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.[34]
Bibliography[edit]
Mehta Monica (2012). The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071797424
External links[edit]
Monica Mehta, official website
Monica Mehta at the Internet Movie Database
Monica Mehta "Bloomberg Businessweek" articles
Monica Mehta "Inc." magazine articles
Monica Mehta "Entrepreneur" magazine articles
References[edit]
- ↑ Eha, Brian Patrick. "Look at Problems From an Outsider's POV and 4 More Business Tips From the Week". Entrepreneur.
- ↑ "Monica Mehta Profile". Shesource.
- ↑ Egelhoff, Tom. "Monica Mehta On Entrepreneurs – Open for Business Saturday 9/22". AM1450KMMS.
- ↑ "Small Biz Startup". American Express Open Forum.
- ↑ Eha, Brian Patrick. "Look at Problems From an Outsider's POV and 4 More Business Tips From the Week". Entrepreneur.
- ↑ Schawbel, Dan. "How to Train Your Mind to Become Entrepreneurial". Forbes.
- ↑ "Meet Monica Mehta author of "The Entrepreneurial Instinct"". NetIP Houston.
- ↑ "Episodes: Monica Mehta and David Wild". The Adam Carolla Show.
- ↑ Mehta, Monica. "Why the Rhetoric Against the Successful Must End". BlogHer.
- ↑ "The Bookshelf". Wharton Magazine.
- ↑ "Counterparts Alumni". Counterparts.
- ↑ ""The Entrepreneurial Instinct" description". McGraw-Hill Education.
- ↑ "The Lantern Society Alumni Association". LinkedIn.
- ↑ Schawbel, Dan. "How to Train Your Mind to Become Entrepreneurial". Forbes.
- ↑ "Real Time with Bill Maher: Ep 273 March 1, 2013". HBO.com.
- ↑ "The O'Reilly Factor - Monday, October 1, 2012". Bill O'Reilly.
- ↑ "Monica Mehta on FNC Fox and Friends 9-14-2012". Youtube.
- ↑ "Bryan Cranston and Monica Mehta". The Adam Carolla Show.
- ↑ "Retail sales post biggest drop in nine months". Fox News.
- ↑ "MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Loses Temper, Can't Stand the Wealthy Being Regarded as Risk Takers". Hot Air.
- ↑ "MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry screams at guest in welfare debate". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Investor Worry: Policy Making, Delay in Spain". Bloomberg TV.
- ↑ "Teaching Kids Entrepreneurial Skills". ABC News.
- ↑ Clemons, Steve. "Debating the Debt Debates at Atlantic Economy Summit". Yahoo! Finance.
- ↑ "Monica Mehta's articles - Inc.com". Inc.
- ↑ "Monica Mehta - Entrepreneur.com". Entrepreneur.
- ↑ "CNN: Unemployment Rate Drops as Discouraged Job Seekers Call It Quits". monicamehta.com.
- ↑ O'Brien, James. "Is Brain Science the Key to Your Success?". American Express Open Forum.
- ↑ "Bookshelf: March 1, 2013". HBO - Real Time with Bill Maher Blog.
- ↑ Freeman, Bruce. "Biz Professor: Entrepreneurs have a unique approach to risk". Mercury News.
- ↑ Goodman, Nadia. "Train Your Brain to Overcome Fear". NBC News.
- ↑ "Winner Announcement - 2013 Small Business Book Awards". Small Business Book Awards 2013.
- ↑ "The Entrepreneurial Instinct". ForeWord Reviews.
- ↑ "Best Small Business Books of 2012 - Part 2". National Federation of Independent Business.
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