SHARON WATERS BIO

An award-winning journalist for 12 years, Sharon Waters was the editor of a top business journal and worked at a Gannett newspaper/website covering health care, politics, economic development and government.

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Sharon is an expert on startups and small businesses. She taught entrepreneurship, helping hundreds of students develop business models, conduct customer discovery and pitch their ventures. A leader on special challenges faced by female founders, Sharon created and then managed Women Entrepreneurship Week, which she grew from nothing into a global movement involving more than 240 universities/colleges in 32 countries and 49 states. Sharon also has organized and managed scores of events, including daylong conferences drawing hundreds of attendees.

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After working six years in the business school of a public research university, Sharon has a keen understanding of academia.

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A CPA who worked in public, private and governmental accounting for six years, Sharon understands numbers, and how to write about them in a concise and clear way.

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A politics junkie, Sharon was the NJ deputy communications director for the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign.