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Peri Pakroo

Founding Director, Managing Consultant

Peri is the author of multiple books on business and nonprofit management issues, including The Small Business Start-Up Kit, Starting & Building a Nonprofit and The Women’s Small Business Start-Up Kit, which won the Gold Award in the Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association. She is a coach and educator on small business, nonprofits and digital strategy, and the Founder of P-Brain Media.

Through participating in community economic development projects, serving on nonprofit boards and sharing resources via publishing models, Peri prioritizes engagement and project-based learning to advance human-centered entrepreneurship. She has deep expertise in digital strategy, communications and publishing.

Peri is active in community initiatives, and has co-founded and developed programs for several nonprofits. She is experienced in public speaking and teaching adult education courses.

Specialties: Business coaching, self-employment strategies, structuring business entities, systems development for entrepreneurs, start-up and management consulting for businesses and nonprofits, intellectual property management, curriculum development, editing, writing, technical editing/writing, podcasting, project management, media development, website development, information architecture, publications management, media relations, communications consulting