Sally Lauckner

Managing Editor

Expertise
  • Business financing
  • SBA loans
  • starting a business

How I Think About Money “Entrepreneurs want to spend time running their businesses — not diving into the details of financial products. That's why I'm here. I work to simplify financial topics and make them more approachable for small-business owners.”
14+ Years of Experience
30+ Articles Written
6.6M+ Readers Reached
Previous experience
Fundera, SmartAsset, HuffPost, AOL
Education
B.A. in English from Columbia University, M.A. in journalism from New York University
Sally Lauckner is an editor on NerdWallet's small-business team. She has more than a decade of experience in online and print journalism. Before joining NerdWallet in 2020, Sally was the editorial director at Fundera, where she built and led a team focused on small-business content and specializing in business financing. Her prior experience includes two years as a senior editor at SmartAsset, where she edited a wide range of personal finance content, and five years at the AOL Huffington Post Media Group, where she held a variety of editorial roles. She is based in New York City.

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