Monica Mehta Explained

Monica Mehta
Occupation:Author, journalist, investor
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania
Notableworks:The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business

Monica Mehta (born 1974) is an American financial journalist and investor. She authored The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business[1] and writes small business and finance columns for Inc. and Entrepreneur. She also writes for the Wall Street Journal's "The Experts."[2] Mehta has appeared on national cable networks including Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg Television, MSNBC and HBO.[3] [4] She is a managing principal at Seventh Capital, a Texas-based investment firm.[5] [6] [7]

Early life

Mehta is Indian-American.[8] Her father was a merchant marine ship’s captain. 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.[9] [10] Mehta received a Bachelor of Science with a major in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.[11] Mehta was a small business consultant at the Wharton Small Business Development Center assisting local West Philadelphia businesses in writing business plans and preparing loan applications.[12] She is a 1993 graduate of Stratford High School in Houston Texas.

Career and media appearances

Mehta is Managing Principal for Seventh Capital, an investment firm with offices in New York and Texas.[13] [14] She 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, "Closing Bell", CNN and ABC News.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

In 2014, Mehta was named Ambassador for Operation HOPE Project 5117, a non-partisan organization empowering economic mobility by providing credit counseling, banking programs for the poor, financial literacy and entrepreneurship training for at risk youth, in partnership with the White House, Department of Education and the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[29]

Book

In 2012 Mehta published 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.[30] [31] [32] [33]

The book was recognized as "Best Start-up Book" 2013 by Small Business Trends,[34] and was a finalist for "Best Business & Economics Book of 2012" by Foreword Reviews,[35] and "Best Small Business Book of 2012" by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.[36]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Look at Problems From an Outsider's POV and 4 More Business Tips From the Week. Entrepreneur. Eha. Brian Patrick. 9 August 2013 .
  2. Web site: Monica Mehta News - The Experts - WSJ. WSJ. 2016-04-03.
  3. Web site: Monica Mehta Profile. Shesource.
  4. Web site: Monica Mehta On Entrepreneurs – Open for Business Saturday 9/22. AM1450KMMS. Egelhoff. Tom. 21 September 2012 .
  5. Web site: Small Biz Startup. American Express Open Forum.
  6. Web site: Look at Problems From an Outsider's POV and 4 More Business Tips From the Week. Eha. Brian Patrick. Entrepreneur. 9 August 2013 .
  7. Web site: How to Train Your Mind to Become Entrepreneurial. Forbes. Schawbel. Dan.
  8. Web site: Meet Monica Mehta author of "The Entrepreneurial Instinct". NetIP Houston.
  9. Web site: Episodes: Monica Mehta and David Wild. The Adam Carolla Show.
  10. Web site: Why the Rhetoric Against the Successful Must End. BlogHer. Mehta. Monica.
  11. Web site: The Bookshelf. Wharton Magazine. 20 April 2012 .
  12. Web site: "The Entrepreneurial Instinct" description. McGraw-Hill Education.
  13. Web site: How to Train Your Mind to Become Entrepreneurial. Forbes. Schawbel. Dan.
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306073803/http://www.businessweek.com/authors/1874-monica-mehta bio
  15. Web site: Real Time with Bill Maher: Ep 273 March 1, 2013. HBO.com.
  16. Web site: The O'Reilly Factor - Monday, October 1, 2012. Bill O'Reilly.
  17. Web site: Monica Mehta on FNC Fox and Friends 9-14-2012. Youtube. 4 October 2012 .
  18. Web site: Bryan Cranston and Monica Mehta. The Adam Carolla Show.
  19. Web site: Retail sales post biggest drop in nine months. Fox News. 3 February 2017 .
  20. Web site: MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Loses Temper, Can't Stand the Wealthy Being Regarded as Risk Takers. Hot Air.
  21. Web site: MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry screams at guest in welfare debate. Los Angeles Times. 4 September 2012 .
  22. Web site: Investor Worry: Policy Making, Delay in Spain. Bloomberg TV.
  23. Web site: Teaching Kids Entrepreneurial Skills. ABC News.
  24. Web site: Debating the Debt Debates at Atlantic Economy Summit. Yahoo! Finance. Clemons. Steve. 7 March 2013 .
  25. Web site: Monica Mehta's articles - Inc.com. Inc..
  26. Web site: Monica Mehta - Entrepreneur.com. Entrepreneur.
  27. Web site: CNN: Unemployment Rate Drops as Discouraged Job Seekers Call It Quits. monicamehta.com. 23 October 2013 .
  28. Web site: Closing Bell Exchange: The 'Show Me' Market. CNBC.com.
  29. Web site: Monica Mehta, Finance Expert, Joins Operation HOPE as Project 5117 Ambassador. operationhope.org.
  30. Web site: Is Brain Science the Key to Your Success?. American Express Open Forum. O'Brien. James.
  31. Web site: Bookshelf: March 1, 2013. HBO - Real Time with Bill Maher Blog. 2003 .
  32. Web site: Biz Professor: Entrepreneurs have a unique approach to risk. Mercury News. Freeman. Bruce. 26 September 2012 .
  33. Web site: Train Your Brain to Overcome Fear. https://web.archive.org/web/20140504022353/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51215088/ns/business-small_business/t/train-your-brain-overcome-fear/#.UgqGDlNDQ6o. dead. May 4, 2014. NBC News. Nadia. Goodman.
  34. Web site: Winner Announcement - 2013 Small Business Book Awards. Small Business Book Awards 2013.
  35. Web site: The Entrepreneurial Instinct. ForeWord Reviews.
  36. Web site: Best Small Business Books of 2012 - Part 2. National Federation of Independent Business.

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