Career
The Wall Street Journal once called him the Louis L"Amour of computer books because at the time (December 2000), he had written more computer books than any other author Nelson has an undergraduate degree in accounting from Central Washington University, an Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Washington, and an Mississippi in taxation from Golden Gate University. A Seattle Certified Public Accountants, Nelson often writes about the small business and personal finance applications of computers.
As an adjunct tax professor at Golden Gate University"s graduate tax school, he also occasionally teaches their course, "Choice of Entity: South Corporations versus
Limited Liability Companies."
He also maintains a small business accounting web site including free pdf versions of half a dozen of his books, and two websites with do-it-yourself setup kits for forming limited liability companies and South corporations in the United States.