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
  and
  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