Bob Adams is a former Harvard Business School student who has distinctly pragmatic advice for those involved in the small business world. His books, covering topics as diverse as hiring practices and small business start ups, provide a handbook-style approach to surviving in the small business world. Adams started his first business while still a student at Harvard. Today he is the president of Adams Media, a software and publishing company with 65 employees. Adams Media publishes approximately 100 books annually. The Adams Streetwise series provides nuts-and-bolts advice with such books as Hiring Top Performers: 600 Ready-to-Ask Interview Questions and Everything Else You Need to Hire… Right (1997), and Small Business Start-Up: Your Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Managing a Business (1996).