Elaine Pofeldt
Journalist
Elaine Pofeldt is an independent journalist who specializes in small business, entrepreneurship and careers. She is the author of The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, a look at how entrepreneurs are hitting seven-figure revenue in businesses where they are the only employees (Random House, Jan. 2, 2018) and is writing a new book Tiny Business, Big Money for W.W. Norton & Co. Her work has appeared in FORTUNE, Money, CNBC, Inc., Forbes, Crain’s New York Business and many other business publications and she has contributed to the Economist Intelligence Unit. She is also a ghostwriter.
As a senior editor at FORTUNE Small Business, where she worked for eight years, Pofeldt was twice nominated for the National Magazine Award for her features and ran the magazine’s annual business plan competition. She graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She lives in in New Jersey with her husband and their four children and in her free time enjoys taekwondo, yoga and running.