Tagged by USA Today as the brains behind “Take Our Daughters to Work Day”, Nell Merlino moved 71 million Americans to act on behalf our daughters in the ‘90’s. Now known as the “Million Dollar Motivator”, Nell is a renowned expert at identifying business owners who can grow their micro businesses to million dollar enterprises. Count Me In, an organization she founded, has held 30 business growth competitions called Make Mine a Million $ Business over the past 6 years. A successful fundraiser, Nell has engaged American Express OPEN, AIG, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Cisco, Fed Ex, MetLife, Intuit, BlackBerry, Jet Blue and the Kellogg Foundation as sponsors and supporters of these competitions. In 2010 the top 200 entrepreneurs in her program grew revenues 102% and employment by 112%.

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