Pamela Slim

Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, speaker and small business strategist. She works with thought leaders who want to scale their income and impact through the intelligent design of IP. She is the co- founder with her husband Darryl of K'é Community Lab in downtown Mesa, Arizona, where she works with ecosystem partners to increase equity and inclusion for BIPOC-led businesses and organizations. Pam spent the first 10 years of her business as a consultant to large companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of executives, managers and employees. In 2005, she started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which became one of the top career and business blogs on the web. Since 2005, Pam has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses. She has partnered with small business leaders like Progressive Insurance, Prezi and Infusionsoft to deliver strategic content to the small business market. Pam's first book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur was released in Spring, 2009 and won Best Small Business/Entrepreneur Book of 2009 by 800 CEO Read. Her second book, Body of Work, gives a fresh perspective on the skills required in the new world of work for people in all work modes, from corporate to non-profit to small business. Pam's third book, The Widest Net, won Best Marketing and Sales Book of 2021 from Porchlight Books. It teaches a framework for building a scaleable business through ecosystem partnerships. Pam is frequently quoted as an expert in publications such as BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Money Magazine and Psychology Today. Pam lives in Mesa, Arizona. Specialties: licensing and certification, small business, marketing, entrepreneurship, career development, branding, coaching, strategic planning, training and development