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Donna Fenn

Author, Contributing Editor at Inc. Magazine, Small Business Expert

Donna Fenn
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Authors, Business, Change Management, Entrepreneurship, Generational Issues, Innovation, Marketing, Personal Growth, Sales
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Donna Fenn Biography

Donna Fenn is the author of "Upstarts: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success" (McGraw-Hill, Sept. 2009), which deconstructs the DNA of a new generation of young entrepreneurs, analyzes their success strategies, and provides an important glimpse into the entrepreneurial landscape of the future. She also wrote "Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become A Leader of the Pack" (Collins, 2005), which profiles eight extraordinarily successful small companies in very ordinary industries to illustrate how business success isn’t about what you do but how you do it.

Fenn has over twenty years of experience writing about entrepreneurship and small business trends. She is a contributing editor at Inc. magazine and a blogger on Inc.com. Her work has been published in notable outlets including The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Associated Press. She has previously held roles as a community leader at Work.com and a featured expert on SBTV.com. Her articles have appeared in a range of publications such as The Washington Monthly, Working Woman, Working Mother, Family Money, CFO, Corporate Finance, Pink, Parents, and New England Monthly.

As a public speaker, Fenn has delivered keynote speeches, workshops, breakout sessions, and participated in panel discussions. Her keynote programs include "The Upstarts are Coming! What You Can Learn From a New Generation of Entrepreneurs," which focuses on entrepreneurial strategies of Generation Y, and "Lead the Pack! Alpha Dog Tactics for Entrepreneurs," which discusses competitive tactics and success strategies for small businesses. Notable past clients include The New York Times Small Business Summit and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Her presentations are known for providing practical growth strategies and take-home value, particularly for women entrepreneurs.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/03/2024.

Donna Fenn Speaking Topics

  • Lead the Pack! Alpha Dog Tactics for Entrepreneurs.

    Fenn explains why yesterday's competitive tactics don't work anymore and why every business must reinvent itself as an "Alpha Dog," particularly in tough economic times. She tells stories from the entrepreneurial trenches (based on her first book, Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack (Collins, 2005)), imparting lessons learned by a variety of ordinary small businesses that beat the competition, became marketplace leaders, and survived and thrived in good economies and through recessions. Fenn lays out eight success strategies: innovation, customer service, branding, employee engagement, alliances, use of technology, community connections, and reinvention, to illustrate how any small company can become a leader of the pack. Entrepreneurs will come away with solid ideas to transform their own companies; larger companies seeking to market their goods and services to entrepreneurs, or that want to create entrepreneurial cultures of their own, will gain valuable insight into the unique challenges of running and growing a small business.

  • The Upstart! Workplace: How to Reinvent Your Company Culture for a Multi-Generational Workforce.

    It's been suggested that GenY will have the most profound impact on the workplace since the massive influx of women into the workforce in WW II. Learn how the generation that's been described as spoiled and entitled is actually your company's strongest competitive advantage in the marketplace, provided you understand their needs, know how to leverage their talents, and integrate them effectively into your company. Hear about proven strategies from the GenY superstars who know exactly how to do this, since their building exactly the kinds of companies they'd want to work for.

  • How to Be an Upstart! Start-Up.

    Designed for college students and aspiring young entrepreneurs, this talk focuses on effective start-up strategies for a new generation of entrepreneurs with real-life examples form their own generation.

    Marketing to GenY the Upstart! Way. You've heard it over and over again -• GenY is a huge and affluent market, but they can be ferociously difficult to reach. They're not consumers of traditional media; they're reportedly immune to tried and true marketing techniques; and they have an appetite for products and services that make most experienced marketers scratch their heads. Learn how to reach out to this generation using advice and strategies from successful companies started by their peers.

  • The Upstarts are Coming! What You Can Learn From a New Generation of Entrepreneurs.

    In a word, plenty. Generation Y (people born 1977-1994) is starting companies at an unprecedented rate, and their approach to business is unlike anything you've seen. The generation described by the media as spoiled, entitled, even narcissistic, is proving these notions false every day. Fenn examines and analyzes this entrepreneurial revolution to reveal eight critical lessons every entrepreneur and marketer must learn. Based upon her new book Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success (McGraw-Hill, 2009), Fenn's talk provides key insight into:

    • Building collaborative tribes
    • Deploying technology for competitive advantage
    • Disrupting the status quo
    • Deconstructing the GenY market
    • Generating branding buzz
    • Leveraging social mission
    • Creating dynamic workplaces
    • Morphing and growing strategically

Donna Fenn Books

  • Upstarts!: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success
    Upstarts!: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success
  • Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack
    Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack

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Donna Fenn is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Lead the Pack! Alpha Dog Tactics for Entrepreneurs., The Upstart! Workplace: How to Reinvent Your Company Culture for a Multi-Generational Workforce., How to Be an Upstart! Start-Up. and The Upstarts are Coming! What You Can Learn From a New Generation of Entrepreneurs.. The estimated speaking fee range to book Donna Fenn for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Donna Fenn generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Libby Gill, JP Pawliw-Fry, Tim Sanders, Sam Geist and Maddy Dychtwald. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Donna Fenn for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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