Allen E FishmanAllen Fishman, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, is Founder and Executive Chairman of The Alternative Board(R) (TAB), the world's largest franchise system providing advisory board and executive coaching services for business owners. TAB's wordwide business advisory network operates in more than 450 cities in the U.S.A., Canada, England, Scotland, New Zealand, Germany and Venezuela. Fishman has authored several books in which he shares his business insights to help business owners, see Publications for a full list. Fishman's business success and ability to communicate his business and economic advice has been recognized in media such as: The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, Inc. Magazine, Fortune Small Business, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, Nation's Business and Profit Magazine. Fishman has been a guest on radio and television shows such as CNBC, Bloomberg, and CNN. Because of the successes of his business ventures and his reputation as an authority on providing advice to owners of small and mid-sized private companies, Allen was asked to produce the syndicated weekly radio segment, Formula For Success, for CBS radio network. For over a decade, he also wrote the weekly newspaper business advice column, Business Insights, which was nationally syndicated throughout the U.S.A. by Tribune Media Services. Fishman has presented to business associations and universities in 10 countries, including Japan, Korea, the U.K., Russia, France, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. In the U.S., he's spoken at such national conventions as the Consumer Electronics Show, Mobil Oil Distributor Association and the National Health Food Association. Read More Read Less