Welcome to SBA's Online Business Chat room, highlighting questions from the small business public, and responses from experts on a variety of dynamic small business issues.
Recent Chats
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Growing Your Business Passion
Martha Ross-Rodgers, Rodgers' Banana Pudding Sauce
Chesapeake, VA
Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 1:00:00 PM EDT -
Small Business Spring Clean: How to Keep Your Business Ideas Fresh
Octavia Kuransky, Program Development Manager
SBA's Central Alabama Women's Business Center
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 1:00:00 PM EDT -
Ask the Expert: Women's Small Business Open Forum
Ana Harvey, Assistant Administrator
SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 1:00:00 PM EDT -
New Year, New Business: How to Start it Right
Janice Washington, State Director
Arizona Small Business Development Center Network
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 1:00:00 PM EST -
Tax Essentials for Small Business Owners
Edward S. Karl, Vice President of Taxation
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
Small Business Opportunities for Native Americans
Chris James, Assistant Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Native American Affairs
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
SBA’s Federal Contract Program for Women – Part 2
Michele Chang, Senior Advisor
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
Disaster Recovery for Homeowners and Businesses: An Inside View
Michael Mitravich, Program Analyst
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Disaster Assistance
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Phae Howard, Executive Director
National Center for the Prevention of Home Improvement Fraud
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
Growing a Home-Based Business: What You Need to Know
Boyd Wright
Wright Made Products & SBA Home-Based Business Champion
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
Entrepreneur’s Spotlight: Maintaining Business Success
Kathleen Devlin, Owner, All About Home Care LLC
2011 Small Business Week Winner
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"SBA’s New Federal Contract Program for Women"
Michele Chang, Senior Advisor
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development
Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Year-end Tax Essentials for Small Business Owners"
Edward S. Karl, Vice President of Taxation for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Expanding Your Business: What You Need to Know"
Sharon Miller, Executive Director of Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
SBA's Women's Business Center San Francisco
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Regulatory Fairness: What Every Small Business Should Know"
Esther Vassar, National Ombudsman
Office of the National Ombudsman at the SBA
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET -
"Cash Flow Management"
Julie Brander, Past Chapter Chair
SCORE New Haven
Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Health Care and Small Business"
John Tuzynski, Chief of Employment Tax
Internal Revenue Service
Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Disaster Preparedness for Business Owners: An Inside View"
Genma Holmes, Small Business Owner
Holmes Pest Control
Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Small Business Start-Up -- Ask the Expert"
Barry McKinley, SCORE Counselor
Orange County Chapter 114
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Contracting Opportunities & Surety Bonds"
Karen Hontz, Director of Government Contracting
Pam Swilling, Program Review Analyst,
Office of Surety Guarantees at the U. S. Small Business Administration
Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET -
"Small Business Exports & Access to Credit"
Richard Ginsburg and Patrick Tunison, Office of International Trade,
U.S. Small Business Administration
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET