Retail MBA

Rob Merlino

entrepreneur training retail mbaMany entrepreneurs who appear on Shark Tank want to get their products on retail store shelves; they could use Retail MBA! Time after time, business owners in the Tank ask the Sharks for assistance opening doors to major retail buyers. With the Retail MBA, you donโ€™t need a Shark!

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The Retail MBA program is taught by Karen Waksman.

A bit about Karen Waksmanโ€ฆ

  • Entrepreneur Magazineย featured Karen as the โ€˜Ask the Proโ€˜ expert on the subject of ย Getting Your Product Sold at Retail.
  • MSNBCย featured Karen as one of their experts on selling products to retail ย in their new book โ€œItโ€™s Your Business.โ€ย ย This book is based on MSNBCโ€™s longest running series called โ€˜Your Businessโ€™! Best-Selling Authors such as Guy Kawasaki are featured experts in the book as well!
  • About.com (New York Times Company) Expert:Karen Waksman was the Wholesale Product Expert for About.com. ย About.com reaches nearly 40MM unique visitors a month and is a top 30 site in the US.
  • Commissioned by the Consumer Electronics Association to train members on how to get products into retailers. Karen is also a speaker at CES. CES is the worldโ€™s largest consumer technology tradeshow that boosts more than 150,000 attendees at their annual event! CES also profiled Karen Waksman in their magazineโ€ฆClick on this link to read about it: CES/Karen Waksman Profile
  • Was asked by Stanford University to teach the Product For Profit class (How to Sell Products to Major Retailersโ€ฆNo Sales Experience or Existing Buyer Relationships Required) and is also a student mentor for their Product Realization Network group.
  • Karen teaches her popular course โ€˜Getting Your Products Sold at Retailโ€™ for the National Hardware Show, International Home and Houseware Show, Alibaba.com, US Patent Office, Small Business Administration, SBDC, University of Chicago, Inventor Associations throughout the country and much more!
  • United Inventors Association Blogger: Proud member of UIA and writes a โ€˜Just Ask Karenโ€™ blog monthly for them. UIA is one of the worldโ€™s largest inventors associations!
  • InventorSpot.com Writer: Blogger for the #1 inventor site on the web (most popular inventor site in the world)!

What is Retail MBA?

Retail MBA is a course, taught by Karen. Sheย teaches thousandsย of entrepreneurs each year how to get their products on the shelves at major retailers like Wal-Mart, Sears, Whole Foods, Walgreens, COSTCO, Home Depot and more. I n her introductory, free training webinar, sheย teaches:

  • How the Buying Process Works at Major Retailers
  • What Makes a Retail Buyer More Inclined to Buy
  • How to Get a Meeting With a Chain Store Buyer
  • What NOT to Do When Selling to Chain Stores
  • Tips and Strategies on How to Get Started Today!

Once you complete the course, youโ€™ll have your own โ€œRetail MBAโ€ and youโ€™ll be ready to put your product in front of millions of retail buyers in the biggest and best retailers in the world.

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Entrepreneur, author, and raconteur, Rob Merlino is a blogger and writer who enjoys the Shark Tank TV show and hot dogs. A father of five, he freelances for a variety of publications and manages a stable of websites, including Shark Tank Blog, Hot Dog Stories, RobMerlino.com, and more.
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