Nellie Akalp

Nellie Akalp is an entrepreneur, small business advocate, and mother of four. A pioneer in the online legal document filing space since 1997, Nellie has helped more than half a million small businesses and licensed professionals start and maintain companies across the United States, most recently as the founder and CEO of CorpNet.

Together with her husband Phil, Nellie has been building companies for multiple decades. They sold their first company to Intuit in 2008 for $20 million, then decided to get right back into the game. Having weathered ups and downs of entrepreneurship over the past twenty years, Nellie is an undisputed expert on what it takes to start a successful business and follow your dreams.

Nellie is internationally recognized as one of the most prominent experts on small business legal matters, contributing to media outlets like Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post. Each month, her regular columns and small business advice reach more than eight million people.