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Her father was a merchant marine ship’s captain.
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Monica Mehta
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Mehta received a Bachelor of Science with a major in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.
Career
She authored The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business and writes small business and finance columns for Incorporated. and Entrepreneur. Mehta has appeared on national cable networks including Fox News, Fox Business, Consumer News and Business Channel, Cable News Network, Bloomberg Television, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company and Home Box Office. She is a managing principal at Seventh Capital, a Texas based investment firm. Mehta is Indian-American.
She spent her early childhood living at sea, until her family immigrated to Texas in 1980.
Mehta was a small business consultant at the Wharton Small Business Development Center assisting local West Philadelphia businesses in writing business plans and preparing loan applications. Mehta is Managing Principal for Seventh Capital, an investment firm with offices in New York and Texas.
She started appearing on cable television as a business and finance expert in 2006. The book was recognized as "Best Start-up " 2013 by Small Business Trends, and was a finalist for "Best Business & Economics of 2012" by Foreword Reviews, and "Best Small Business of 2012" by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
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