speaking & training

Let award-winning business owner, business coach, and author, Melanie Colusci, inspire and educate your team or event audience! Melanie’s down-to-earth and encouraging style engages audiences as she delivers powerful insights and knowledge that she gained throughout 20+ years of successful entrepreneurship.

Melanie also shares openly, candidly, and humorously, about her own entrepreneurial journey and the challenges she has faced and conquered. Her keynote speeches and professional development workshops can be tailored for a variety of business audiences.

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speaking topics

SMART Goals, Smart Accountability
Partnerships & Business Succession
Essential Business Planning
Communicating Your Value
Positioning for Profit
Marketing & Personal Branding
Setting Boundaries & Saying “No”
Implementing Efficient Systems & Processes
Time Management for Women Who Hustle

Smart Strategies for Tracking & Measuring Progress
Identifying & Overcoming Obstacles (SWOT Analysis)
Building Your Dream Team
Tips for Successful Networking
Understanding Body Language and Effective Communication
Coping with Unexpected Change and Starting Over

professional development trainings

The Epic Formula for Creating Your Elevator Pitch
Confidently Embrace Social Media: Systems & Processes
Step-by-Step Business Planning
Creating and Executing your SMART Goals
No-Nonsense Marketing 101

speaking highlights

Pittsburgh Women’s Mastermind
Golden Triangle Networking
Pittsburgh Business Show
Octoberfest: Butler County
Marketing Masterclass Workshop
LEAP National Conference
From Start-Up to Success Book Tour
POSH Women
Bethel Park Chamber of Commerce

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Melanie grew up in Montana surrounded by entrepreneurs.

After moving to Pittsburgh in 2008, she started Bridger Financial Group, a highly successful financial planning firm for which she won national and local financial industry awards and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes’ Wealth Managers Black Book, and Pittsburgh Magazine.

In 2017, Melanie wrote The Author’s Zone Award-winning book, From Start-Up To Success®: Navigating the Journey to Becoming (and Staying) a Successful Entrepreneur. She then launched the business, From Start-Up To Success®, through which she offers personalized business coaching, education, and support to help business owners clarify, simplify, and accelerate their path to success.

Melanie also facilitates Pittsburgh Women’s Mastermind®, a community of women entrepreneurs supporting one another through in-person and online forums.

When she’s not helping people build thriving businesses, Melanie loves spending time with her husband, three boys, and four cats.