Teresa M Young, President and Chief Executive Officer 

Teresa received recognition as a Semi-Finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, USA Today, and NASDAQ, for her work at Sign Biz, Inc. She has also produced articles for management education, prepared demographic studies, conducted market research, and developed a complete education program and training center for sign industry professionals.

Teresa has taken an active role in the International Sign Association (ISA) since the early 90’s, and represented the Digital Sign and Graphics division on ISA’s Board of Directors for 5 years before being elected to their Executive Committee. Her term marked the first time in ISA's 60-year-history that a woman sat on the Executive Committee.

Teresa will be the Chairman of ISA’s Board of Directors for the 2007 term year.

On behalf of new entrepreneurs, she has also researched and produced articles for purpose of management education, prepared demographic studies, conducted market research, and established a national cooperative advertising program for CAS businesses worldwide. 

Teresa is one of less than a handful of sign chain leaders with more than 20 years of industry involvement that includes front line experience as a sign store owner for six of those years. She is committed to the growth and development of the Sign Biz Network and dedicated to each member's success.

"My corporation has worked with more than 170 new entrepreneurs over the past 15 years in establishing full-service retail sign stores. In this process, we developed a business plan to secure SBA financing of minimum $120,000 for each of these enterprises, and with our business plan and consulting services, have achieved 99.95% success rate. This means we have obtained more than $18,000,000 worth of SBA funding for new business start-ups," explains Young. 

An instructor for many years, through the mid-1980’s Teresa presented a series of workshops to groups of 20 to 50 business owners, and now assists other trainers throughout the industry in developing relevant and effective curriculums.  "In addition, I developed a Business Plan Mini Tutorial that is offered free on our corporate website. I invite you to browse it here."  

She is listed in US Registry’s Who’s Who Among Outstanding Americans and has been featured in and contributed to such publications as: Entrepreneurial Woman (Jan/Fed 1991), Business Start-Ups Magazine, Sign Business Magazine, and Signs of the Times Magazine. Her company, Sign Biz, Inc., is referenced extensively in Small Business Profiles, (Suzanne M. Bourgoin, Editor) a book published by Gale Research Publications (1994) and found in the reference section of most public libraries. A reprint of a published interview with Teresa Young provides an up close and personal look at her views on entrepreneurship, family, work and ethics. Click here for Spotlight Article.

Teresa works closely with her staff to assess each new store owner's business development progress. She also works closely with the Sign Biz Advisory Board to create exceptional national conventions each year.