Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA is a member of Intuit's Certified Trainer Network and is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks(r) ProAdvisor, a Certified FastTrac(tm) Facilitator for the Kauffman Foundation, and owner of M. Long Consulting, LLC. She was named Financial Services Champion of the Year for 2007 by the U.S. Small Business Administration in recognition of her training and consulting work with Small Business Development Center clients. She has taught QuickBooks(r) seminars as well as college courses in Accounting Information Systems, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurial Marketing, and FastTrac(tm) Business Planning as an adjunct professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City and Johnson… County Community College. Prior to starting her own business, she worked for Price Waterhouse, Baird, Kurtz and Dobson, and Hallmark Cards, Inc.