Marc Kramer

Marc Kramer, a serial entrepreneur who has started and run more than 20 ventures and written six books, is president of Kramer Communications. Kramer has been named an Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year, plus Small Business Journalist of the Year by the Center City Proprietors Association of Philadelphia. He has a master’s degree in management from Penn State University and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from West Virginia University.

Education

• MBA Penn State University (1989 — 1991)
• BS in Broadcast Journalism West Virginia University (1978 — 1982)

Companies

• Podcast Host Best Business Minds (2020)
• President Stress Free Family Business (2018)
• Executive Director Private Investors Forum (2008)
• President Kramer Communications (1995)
• Faculty National University of SIngapore Overseas College- NCBV (2007 — 2015)
• Adjunct Faculty Drexel University (2009 — 2014)
• President Commercial Deposit Insurance Agency (2010 — 2014)
• Latin America Regional Manager Wharton Global Consulting Practicum (2003 — 2013)
• Adjunct Professor Temple University (2011 — 2012)

Awards

• Nominated for Inc. (magazine) Entrepreneur of the Year award four times, 1988, 1990, 1991, and winning in 1991.
• American Electronics Association Spirit of America Award in 1994.
• Top 30 Business Books in 2000 by Executive Book Summaries.
• Top 40 Under 40 Philadelphia Business Journal Business Leader in 1991
• Philadelphia Jaycees Top Five Young Business Leaders in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Publicstions

Books

• Yes You Can: How to Become an Entrepreneur to Control Your Professional and Financial Future, Fall 2010, Sterling and Ross
• Consulting: The Million Dollar Start-Up Control Your Financial Future, published by Entrepreneur Press, 2003
• Web Sites Built to Last, Adams Media, 2002
• Financing & Building an E-Commerce Venture, Prentice Hall Press, 2001
• Small Business Turnaround, Adams Media, 1999
• Power Networking, NTC Publishing, 1997.

Articles

• "WVU Grad Helping Small Businesses Fend Off Cyber Attacks", WVU Alumni Magazine
• “An Insurance Agency to Protect Small Business After A Cyber Attack”, Fast Company, October 30, 2013
• “Business That Matters-Fighting Fraud”, Butler Business, July 2013
• “Radnor Company Protecting Small Businesses From Losing Big From Cyber Thieves”, Mainline Times, June 28, 2013
• “How Much Insurance Do You Need”, The Huffington Post, April 5, 2013
• “Staples With Food, Clothing And Stellar Returns”, Forbes.com, May 3, 2013
• “William Draper III keynotes 14th annual Angel Venture Fair, 300 angels and entrepreneurs attend”, Technically Philly, May 2012
• “Back From The Brink”, April 22, 2012
• “Getting Business From Strangers”, CMO. Com, September 1, 2011
• “Risk Averse? Start Your Own Business”, Main Street, January 13, 2009
• “Acquisition”, Daily Local News, March 8, 2007
• “Turn for the Best”, Black Enterprise Magazine, August 1, 2006
• “Artists Learn New Craft”, Topeka Capital Journal, October 7, 2003
• “Navigating the Road to Recovery Family-Owned Businesses Pose Special Challenges”, Turnaround Management Association Magazine, June 1, 2003
• “Down But Not Out, TechBanc May Get New Name”, Philadelphia Business Journal, January 21, 2002
• “Fixer Upper”, by Nicole Torres, Entrepreneur Magazine, November 1, 2001
• “Keep It Goin”, by Ellen Paris, Entrepreneur Magazine, November 30, 2000
• “Taming the Techno Beast”, Business Week, June 8, 2000
• “Mr. Fixit”, by Scott Smith, Entrepreneur Magazine, July 31, 2000