Michelle Lemmons Bio

Michelle Lemmons-Poscente is the Chairman of ISB Global, LLC, a diversified leadership and educational services firm providing organizations worldwide with unparalleled access to the world’s best thinkers, educational programs, and corporate training offerings. She is also founder and CEO of its flagship company, International Speakers Bureau, a full-service speaker’s agency specializing in business, contemporary thought [...]

Michelle Lemmons Stars in a Sprint Commercial

International Speakers Bureau Founder and Chairman Michelle Lemmons-Poscente is featured in a Sprint commercial after winning the Sprint #1 Small Business Award (sweeping the categories Customer Service, Marketing and Innovation).

Michelle Lemmons in Inc Magazine

The Accidental Bootstrapper
One way to start a business without spending a lot of money or agonizing over strategy is to follow Michelle Lemmons-Poscente’s example. Not that you could set out to follow her example; she started her company pretty much by accident.
Seven years ago Lemmons-Poscente was a struggling independent film producer in Los Angeles, scrambling [...]

Quick guide for women entrepreneurs – Special Report

Quick guide for women entrepreneurs – Special Report – includes related article on the prospects of women in a male-dominated industry
Debra Phillips
Woman’s World
With women launching businesses at nearly twice the national average, it’s clear there’s plenty of reason to be impressed with the entrepreneurial drive of what was once dismissed as the weaker sex. Yet [...]

Booking speakers becomes big business

Booking speakers becomes big business
Dallas Business Journal – by Mike Koller Correspondent

DOWNTOWN – Michelle Lemmons is a woman juggling the demands of growth — both as a wife and mother and as owner of the fast-growing International Speakers Bureau.
Since she launched ISB just over five years ago, Lemmons has seen the company grow from two [...]

For Michelle Lemmons, everyone’s the boss

Friday, September 20, 1996
For Michelle Lemmons, everyone’s the boss
Dallas Business Journal – by Jesse Hall Correspondent

LAKEWOOD — As rare as is the success Michelle Lemmons has had since launching her own company four years ago, the firm itself may be even more exceptional.
Lemmons has used an uncommonly inclusive, familial management style in growing Dallas-based International [...]

Michelle Lemmons in Time Magazine

Dotcom Disaster Lectures
Sunday, Mar. 18, 2001 By CATHY BOOTH THOMAS
PRODUCT Speeches by humbled Internet wizards about their mistakes–and how to avoid them
HOW IT STARTED The NASDAQ nosedived, and FORTUNE 500 execs were looking for some answers
JUDGMENT CALL Demand should go up as long as the stock market keeps going down
They may have lost millions of [...]

Knowing What Counts – Profile of Michelle Lemmons

Knowing What Counts – Michelle Lemmons-Poscente
Originally appeared on Office.com
by Aliza Pilar Sherman
Understanding what is important in life led Michelle Lemmons-Poscente from the glitter of Hollywood to a more grounded life, and business, in Texas.
When Michelle Lemmons-Poscente left “Hollywood” to care for her ailing father, starting a business was the furthest thing from her mind. She [...]

Michelle Lemmons article for the Kaufman Foundation

 
Negotiating Both Sides of the Deal
 
Michelle Lemmons-Poscente, Founder and President, International Speakers Bureau
As founder and president of International Speakers Bureau (ISB), I am in a somewhat unique position to work on both sides of a deal. I am the third party that ensures the interests of both the client (a company) and the talent (a [...]

Michelle Lemmons and International Speakers Bureau featured in the Dallas Morning News

Michelle Lemmons-Poscente books rock stars – but they don’t sing or play music.
The founder and managing partner of Dallas-based International Speakers Bureau Inc. likens her job to a concert promoter. Her business speakers are her musical talent. Their books and training materials equal record sales and touring power.
And she’s doing quite well at it.
This year, [...]