Gene Marks is a columnist, author, and small business owner.

After working for nine years at KPMG, an international accounting and consulting firm, Gene launched his company The Marks Group PC in 1994. The company has grown to more than ten people and 600 active clients and today sells customer relationship management and other business software and services to small and medium sized companies across the country. In 2005 Gene began writing about his experiences as a small business owner. Since then, Gene has published six best-selling books on small business management, his latest being the Manufacturer’s Book of Lists which was released near the end of 2013. As his reputation grew, Gene was asked to contribute to other publications and today writes daily for The New York Times and weekly for Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Philadelphia Magazine and Fox Business on small business management, technology and the most significant political, economic, financial and technological trends that affect business management. Gene now appears frequently on Fox News, Fox Business, MSNBC and CNBC to discuss these topics. As a result, Gene speaks to thousands of business owners working in dozens of industries at their association and trade group meetings throughout the country to help them identify these trends, improve their cash flow and increase their profitability.