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SBA Web Chat Offers Tips to Women on Starting, Growing a Small Business

Now’s a good time for women who are ready to start or expand a small business to take that first step with help from a U.S. Small Business Administration series of four Web chats during October, which is also National Women’s Small Business Month.
Each week in October, SBA’s Web chat series will feature experts who will give advice to women on how to put together business plans, navigate the challenges of entering competitive markets, and establish the foundation for a successful, profitable enterprise.
Here’s a list of the Web chats, and the corresponding links:
Oct. 4, 3 p.m. ET: “Starting and Growing Your Business” with Erin Andrew, of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development. Participants can join the live web chat, and also post questionsbeforehand by visiting www.sba.gov, and clicking on the web chat event under “What’s New.”
Oct. 11, 4 p.m. ET “Finding Capital” with Jeanne Hulit, Associate Administrator,
Office of Capital Access
http://web.sba.gov/livemeeting/public/dsp_meeting_view.cfm?meetngid=184
Oct. 16, 3 p.m. ET “Contracting with the Federal Government” with John Shoraka, Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development
http://web.sba.gov/livemeeting/public/dsp_meeting_view.cfm?meetngid=185
Oct. 25, 2 p.m. ET “Business Opportunities for Young Women” with Ana Harvey,
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women’s Business Ownership
http://web.sba.gov/livemeeting/public/dsp_meeting_view.cfm?meetngid=186
To see archived Web chats, visit http://www.sba.gov/content/monthly-web-chat.

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