Colleen DeBaise

Colleen DeBaise is an award-winning journalist, podcast host and author who is an expert on women's entrepreneurship. She is currently executive editor of The Story Exchange, a nonprofit media company devoted to women entrepreneurs. She is the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal and the author of two books on starting and growing a business. Colleen has also served as a contributor at Inc., Forbes and the New York Times, and as as editor at Entrepreneur, Businessweek and SmartMoney. Colleen has been interviewed as a small business expert on television and radio, including MSNBC, Fox Business News, CNBC, CBS and NPR.

She has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Sub-specialities:

Women's entrepreneurship
Women's economic independence
Women as social entrepreneurs