Our Team

Leading Biographers

216.287.3131

Becca Braun, President

Becca is an innovator and writer whose longtime passion is capturing the voices of executives, entrepreneurs, and others in new and interesting ways. For years, her written work has been featured in a variety of formats, including blogs, newspapers, books, and speeches. She has ghostwritten hundreds of biographies, memoirs, storyboards, speeches, articles, books, and essays for numerous clients who widely appreciate her skill and passion for capturing their story in their voice. 

Becca graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Linguistics degree from Harvard University, and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. She has co-founded, led, grown, and served as a director of numerous companies and organizations, including JumpStart (a leading venture development organization), SupplierInsight (a supplier management software and services company), and Braun Ink. She loves running, cross-country skiing, cycling, and sailing, and trying to ballroom dance. She lives with her husband and four children in Shaker Heights, Ohio. 

Becca also provides venture development consulting to select clients.

At Braun Ink, we work with skilled professionals who specialize in research, writing, interviewing, illustrating, layout, design, editing, production, publishing, and media, as well as biographies and corporate and family histories. Some of the experienced contractors who have worked with us include:

Joel Benjamin

Illustration & Design

Jennifer Bulmer

Layout & Design 

Ben Small

Layout & Design

Mary Vanac

Research, Writing, & Editing

Carlo Wolff

Research, Writing, & Editing

Harvard Student Agencies

Research & Writing

*Brammy Rajakumar is a Publisher at Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). HSA’s Rheede Erasmus conducts the majority of research for our BizBios.

Our business operations, strategy, and growth are assisted by these fantastic vendors and advisors:

Sue Canfield
(Ausoma)

Social Media Marketing

Dan Collins
(Daniel Collins Design)

Design & Marketing

Joanne Gordon

Writing Coach & Advisor

David Gray
(Gray & Co)

Publishing & Media Consultant

Marc Guirand

Growth Advisor

Laura Sheridan
(Viva La Brand)

Marketing & Branding Consultant

Using Comic Books in the Classroom

When using a comic book, business educators have the opportunity to develop these business competencies in students. Such competencies are in high demand in the business workplace.

Ask students to:

  • SUMMARIZE and SYNTHESIZE the actions, images, people, and topics.
  • DEVELOP ARGUMENTS about and CRITICALLY APPRAISE key actions and decisions made by executives.
  • OFFER SUPPORT for their arguments using text and facts.
  • REFLECT ON how the comic book characters’ views and actions compare and contrast to their own.
  • SHOW CURIOSITY about business leaders through asking questions of the main subject/CEO, if the LIVE VIDEO VISIT option is chosen by educators.

Using CEO Memoirs & Biographies in the Classroom

Memoirs and biographies combine the case method with more immersive and experiential learning because readers are immersed in the story and narrative. Narratives are arguably the most effective way to teach and learn in general. Studies have shown that students consistently recall information tied to storytelling better than material presented without storytelling. Organizational psychologists have found that learning from a well-told story is remembered “far longer” than learning derived from facts and figures and that facts are 20 times more likely to be remembered if they’re part of a story.

Braun Collection books and comic books enable business educators to use narrative to enhance the learning experience of their students. Further, it seems that people who read narratives that “oscillate” (i.e., the narratives do not offer a story of clear ascent or descent but rather a story of oscillating successes and failures) have better resilience later in their own lives and careers when making their own decisions. This is because they have reference points (the prior narratives) that consist of patterns of oscillation as opposed to clear-cut ascent or descent2. As we know in real life, decisions rarely involve clear-cut ascent or descent situations. Braun Collection materials do  show neither deeply flawed heroes nor perfect decision makers, rather people who deal with the ups and downs of the issues and
opportunities in their lives and careers.

When using a True Business Adventure Tale (CEO memoir or biography), business educators have the opportunity to develop these business competencies in students. Such competencies are in high demand in the business workplace.

Ask students to:

  • SUMMARIZE the actions, people, and topics and SYNTHESIZE all the information into the theme of the book. Synthesizing key topics and themes is important in business.
  • DEVELOP ARGUMENTS about and CRITICALLY APPRAISE key actions and decisions made by executives. Being able to develop and appraise various actions is important in business.
  • OFFER SUPPORT for their arguments using text and facts as opposed to pure opinion and conjecture. Knowing how to offer factual, even if not scientific, evidence is important in business.
  • REFLECT ON how the subjects and authors views and actions compare and contrast to their own. A level of appropriate reflection is shown to build a level of warmth and relationships that matter for business.
  • SHOW CURIOSITY about business leaders through asking questions of the authors, if the LIVE VIDEO VISIT option is chosen by educators. Asking good questions is a vital business skill.