Erik Bowman is an author, speaker, serial entrepreneur and business consultant. He founded a number of social networking, blog and social media marketing companies over the past 10 years including Spoink, Blog.gy, Link Gateway and Whiz Bang Zoom Labs. Based upon his 20 years of hands-on business startup experience, consulting and teaching experience he has been able to condense a wealth of knowledge into simple, understandable and actionable modules. As a business and technology consultant, Erik has worked with companies of all sizes in both public and private sectors, from start-ups and small businesses to large corporations and major utility companies. Erik holds a double major from California State University in Political Science (summa cum laude) and Philosophy.