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Why Congress Must Act on Depleted PPP, New PPP Guidance, Reopening the Economy.

Leverage Fintech’s Innovation and Speed to Help Small Businesses Survive!

“Paycheck Protection Program” Loans - Application Period Begins April 3.

Senator Marco Rubio on CARES Act "Paycheck Protection Program" With Loan Forgiveness.

How the CARES Act quickly helps small businesses survive the coronavirus.

Coronavirus, SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, April 15 Tax Deferral, and more.

Coronavirus, Travel Ban, SBA Loans, Payroll Tax Relief.

SBE Council Cheers SEC’s Proposed Capital Access Reforms

The impact of surprise medical billing on small business.

The annual Economic Report of the President & Democrat debate.

5G, and what it means for our economy and global security.

SOTU, the impeachment vote, and "The PRO Act."

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, USMCA, and the health insurance tax (HIT).

Bill Manger, SBA’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access

Privacy dangers and increased costs for small businesses from the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019

Barb Carson from the SBA on the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Contracting Program and ChallengeHer (ChallengeHer.us).

Impeachment, and the Trump Executive Orders for more accountability, fairness and accountability.

Comparing the 2008 housing crisis with affordable-housing issues today.

SBA's Bill Manger on SBA’s free online “Lender Match” tool, microloans, and grants for small businesses at Grants.gov.

Karen Kerrigan on SBE Council's new report on how important online advertising is for small business success.

SBE Council's Karen Kerrigan on why SBE Council’s latest press release declares: “Congress Must Not Snub Small Business.”

SBA's David M. Glaccum on international trade, and how the SBA helps businesses get started and grow.

Ray Keating, Chief Economist for SBE Council, on tariffs and small business, and a better approach to trade with China. Ray’s two new books:

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on China and recession fears, and why small businesses remain optimistic about

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the impacts of slowing GDP growth and encourages the Administrati

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), offers strong support for Chairman Marco Rubio’s Senate Small Business Committe

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about significant loopholes in medical billing practices that produce

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), gives an update on two important issues for small business owners: 1) the U

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about two important White House events for small business last week;

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the damaging impact the Mexico tariffs are already having on sm

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the bill in Congress to ban “short-term, limited duration” health i

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on “National Small Business Week” and this week’s free live webinars by SBA & S

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), addresses the negative impact “Medicare for All” would have on small business a

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), was at the White House Opportunity Zone Conference on April 17 and she talks

Everett Bellamy, General Counsel for Thread Bioscience (ThreadB.com) and former Senior Assistant Dean at Georgetown Law; we talked about the

Sara Hanks, CEO/Managing Partner, CrowdCheck (CrowdCheck.com); they investigate online securities offerings to help ensure legitimacy, trans

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), praises both outgoing SBA Administrator Linda McMahon and nominee US Treasure

Rosemarie Truman, Founder and CEO of The Center for Advancing Innovation (TheCenterForAdvancingInnovation.org); their startup accelerator pr

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), gives us an update on SBE Council’s cur

At age 11, Hailey & Katie were “2017 Lemonade Day Entrepreneurs of the Year.” At age 12, they launched Ooh La Lemon (OohLaLemonStore.com), t

Steven Gordon is National President of Lemonade Day (LemonadeDay.org), the non-profit that uses lemonade stands to teach kids important busi

Eric Corl, Founder & CEO of Idea Buyer (IdeaBuyer.com); they help entrepreneurs develop ideas, products and technologies for retail distribu

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the US-Mexico-Canada Agreem

Barbara Weltman is the author of “J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2019” and “J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2019.” WSJ call

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), offers her small-business perspective o

Amanda Kathryn Roman, Chief Strategy Officer for Conscious Capitalism (ConsciousCapitalism.org). The organization, local chapters and annual

Rieva Lesonsky, Founder/CEO of GrowBizMedia.com and SmallBizDaily.com, is a nationally-known speaker, best-selling author, and long-time Edi

Coach Paul Alexander is a 36-year veteran NFL & college football coach, speaker and author; he offers lessons on leadership using stories fr

Jim Blasingame, award-winning author and radio host. His latest book is “The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of

Part I: Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), recorded an interview with us on December 20 to look back at the ye

Part II: On December 31, we talked with Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), about the impact of the government

Ann Dolin is the president and founder of Educational Connections Tutoring (ECTutoring.com) in Northern Virginia; her latest book is “Gettin

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), discusses SBE Council’s priorities for Congress’s lame-duck session, which

Major Clark is acting chief counsel for the SBA's Office of Advocacy (SBA.gov/Advocacy); created by Congress in 1976, the SBA's Office of Ad

Ray Keating, chief economist for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, talks with us about his latest article at SBECouncil.org:

Stephen Denis is executive director of the Small Business Finance Association (SBFAssociation.org), a non-profit advocacy organization dedic

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the outcome of the midterm elections and the impact on small bu

Liz Sara, Chair of the National Women’s Business Council. She discusses HR 5050 aka 1988’s landmark “Women’s Business Ownership Act,” and fo

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), gives an update on key small-business issues like the opioid bill, pooled s

Kathy McShane, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women’s Business Ownership at SBA (SBA.gov/Women), on the passage of the law HR 505

Wayne Parks, president & CEO of Coxsackie Transport (CoxsackieTransport.com) in the village of Coxsackie NY, offers the inspiring story of h

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about USMCA (aka NAFTA 2.0), her testimony last week before the Senat

Matt Mikkelson is the director of customer success at Cimplx (Cimplx.com), where they simplify clients’ lives with workforce management, cus

Bill Manger, SBA’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access, talks about SBA programs to help small businesses access capita

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr talks about the FCC’s aggressive drive to lead the world in deployment of next-gen 5G networks; 5G will enable

Peter Cazamias, head of the SBA Office of International Trade (sba.gov/offices/headquarters/oit), on the size of the global marketplace and

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council talks about why Senate passage of the Synthetics Traffick

Sherwood Neiss, a principal at Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CrowdfundCapitalAdvisors.com), talks about co-writing the law signed by President

Mike Fogarty is founder/CEO of Wizard Wall (WizardWall.com), which quickly turns any wall/surface into a whiteboard; a new white paper (goo.

John Stanford, managing partner of Prism Group (www.PrismGroup.Global) and executive director of the Small Business Roundtable in Washington

FRIDAY WRAP-UP: We talk about the possibility of zero tariffs with the EU, what that might mean globally (the birth of a “Trump Doctrine,” p

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org) in Washington DC, joins us to talk about

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), explains why this week’s passage of the JOBS Act 3.0 in the House of Repres

Frank Cullen, VP of US Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (TheGlobalIPCenter.com), talks about his rec

Allen Gutierrez, SBA’s associate administrator of the Office of Entrepreneurial Development, on valuable SBA programs all current and aspiri

Raymond J. Keating is chief economist for SBE Council (SBECouncil.org) and author of the award-winning Pastor Stephen Grant murder mysteries

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), joins us from Capitol Hill right after she testified for the Financial Serv

Brian Moran (SmallBusinessEdge.com) helps small business owners and entrepreneurs run better businesses; previously, he was the executive di

Jennifer Sherman is founder of The Influencer Collective (InfluencerCollectiveDC.com); the digital agency specializes in building the influe

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), on the farm bill & "Sugar Policy Modernizatio

Victoria Braden is president & CEO of Braden Benefit Strategies (BradenBenefits.com), the award-winning group health insurance agency & cons

We talk healthcare and possible future healthcare solutions for entrepreneurs and small businesses with Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of t

WSJ calls Barbara Weltman (BarbaraWeltman.com) “the guru of small business taxes,” and we talked with her about the new tax bill for small b

Ramon Ray, publisher/executive editor of Smart Hustle Magazine (SmartHustle.com), best-selling author of “Facebook Guide to Small Business M

Brittany Saxton, five-time World Pizza Champion and owner of local pizzeria Six Hundred Downtown (600downtown.com) in downtown Bellefontaine

Jason Duff’s Small Nation team (facebook.com/smallnationstrong/) has transformed a dying Ohio town into a best-in-state destination by inves

Kristie Arslan, entrepreneur-in-residence & small business counsel for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), also

Raymond J. Keating is chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org). He writes, speaks and testifies be

Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org) aka “America’s small business ambassador,”