About the Author

The daughter of self-employed parents, Jamie Walters launched her San Francisco-based consulting firm in 1992. Since then, Ivy Sea, Inc., has provided innovative leadership, communication, and systems counsel to a wide variety of organizations, large and small. In addition to being Ivy Sea’s chief vision and strategy officer, Walters is the editor in chief and publisher of the firm’s award-winning public-service Web site, Ivy Sea Online (www.ivysea.com). The site is an Inc.com content partner and has been recognized by Harvard Business School, CEO Refresher, Edu-Leadership.com, Entrepreneur’s Edge, and others as one of the best sites on the Internet for small-business owners, entrepreneurs, and organizational leaders. Though Walters has written dozens of articles on leadership, organizational culture, communication, and mindset-management, Big Vision, Small Business is her first book. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and business partner, Tom Tshontikidis, and two cats, Uri and Josephine.

About Ivy Sea, Inc.

Ivy Sea, Inc., is a highly regarded “small size, big impact” organizational consulting firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm works with local, national, and international organizations to help foster new levels of inspiration and effectiveness in organizational leadership, culture, and communication. To that end, the group has supported such organizations as Agilent Technologies, Banana Republic, California Federal Bank, Charles Schwab & Co., Gap Inc., St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Kaiser Permanente, Mervyns, and Chevron, as well as a variety of smaller enterprises and nonprofit organizations. In addition to its consulting services, Ivy Sea, Inc., publishes the award-winning Web portal, Ivy Sea Online (www.ivysea.com).