Andrew J Sherman
Business Growth Thought Leader

Andrew Sherman is an internationally recognized authority on the strategic and legal aspects of business growth. A highly sought after attorney, speaker and consultant, he has been acknowledged as one of the nation's top ten gurus on entrepreneurship and strategic growth by Fortune Small Business and one of the Champions of Entrepreneurship & Small Business by Inc. Magazine.

As a senior partner with international law firm Jones Day, Andrew focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, intellectual property and technology assets, business and strategic planning, international issues and franchising matters. Over the past 25 years, he has served as a legal and strategic advisor to more than 500 companies in 30 countries in a wide array of industries, including technology, retailing, manufacturing, hospitality, automotive, financial services, communications, healthcare and transportation.

Andrew is also a co-founder of Grow Fast Grow Right, one of the nation's leading education and training companies, which focuses on the development and implementation of strategies and best practices to help companies at all stages - from emerging growth to global conglomerate - propel and sustain profitable growth.

In demand for his expertise and insights, Andrew regularly appears as a commentator on business programs for major television networks such as CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg and CNNfn, and as a guest on national radio shows for CBS News Radio, National Public Radio (NPR), Business News Network (BNN) and the Associated Press Radio Network. In addition, he is frequently interviewed and quoted by such leading publications as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, The New York Times and Investors' Business Daily.

A prolific author, Andrew has written hundreds of articles and 18 books, including the best-selling and critically acclaimed Raising Capital (AMACOM, 2005), Mergers and Acquisitions from A-Z (AMACOM, 2009), The Complete Guide to Running and Growing Your Business (Random House, 1997), The Grow Fast, Grow Right Series (Kaplan) and his new personal-development book, Road Rules: Be the Truck, Not the Squirrel (self-published, 2008). He has also developed numerous business growth seminars and courses and is an on-line columnist for some of the internet's leading sites for emerging growth companies.

An educator at heart, Andrew is an award-winning adjunct professor in the MBA programs at the University of Maryland (since 1989) and Georgetown University (since 1995). He also spends considerable time in the community, serving on the boards of charitable groups like the Maryland Special Olympics and leading national business organizations such as the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and the National Commission of Entrepreneurship. He has been General Counsel to the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) since 1987 as well as the Edison Innovation Awards.