Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org) on “the race for 5G,” and why it’s essential for regulators to empower the US to lead globally on 5G for reasons ranging from security to business growth, development and innovation.

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org) discusses how last week’s impeachment vote, bi-partisanship elements of the State of the Union address and the House vote on “The PRO Act” will impact small business.

Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), reports on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and urges listeners to pressure Congress members to support USMCA and to repeal or extend moratorium on the health insurance tax (HIT).

Bill Manger, SBA’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access, on SBA’s partnership with American Express to produce #SmallBusinessSaturday on the day after #BlackFriday, to support small local businesses. ShopSmallNow.com #shopsmall

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on the privacy dangers of the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, and how the bill imposes expensive, burdensome and duplicative new reporting requirements on millions of small businesses.

Barb Carson, Deputy Associate Administrator for Government Contracting & Business Development, US Small Business Administration (SBA.gov); we talk about ChallengeHer (ChallengeHer.us) and the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Contracting Program.

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the impeachment inquiry, and why the Trump Executive Orders for more accountability, fairness and transparency to regulatory procedures are so important for small business.

Ray Keating, Chief Economist for SBE Council, compares the 2008 housing crisis with affordable-housing issues today. Ray’s two new books: “Free Trade Rocks!” and “Deep Rough,” the 11th mystery/thriller in his Pastor Stephen Grant series.

Bill Manger, SBA’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access, talks about SBA programs to help small businesses access capital, including SBA’s free online “Lender Match” tool, microloans, grants for small businesses at Grants.gov.

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about SBE Council's new report -- created to educate both small business owners and members of Congress -- on how important online advertising is for small business success.