SBE Council On ForbesBooks Radio
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSince 1994, the mission of The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has been to protect small business and promote entrepreneurship by educating. elected officials, policymakers, business leaders and the public about key policies that enable business start-up and growth.
When there is something of importance happening in the U.S. or across the globe that affects small business owners and entrepreneurs, SBE Council is there – we are your voice, your advocate.
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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).
December 05, 2019 11:34 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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
November 27, 2019 12:47 - 10 minutes - 9.81 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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.
November 05, 2019 20:36 - 8 minutes - 8.12 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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.
October 24, 2019 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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.
October 11, 2019 20:57 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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.
October 04, 2019 01:28 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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.
September 26, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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.
September 19, 2019 13:43 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Hear Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), explain why SBE Council’s latest press release declares: “Congress Must Not Snub Small Business.”
September 12, 2019 01:39 - 7 minutes - 7.08 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
From SBA’s Office of International Trade, Associate Administrator David M. Glaccum talks about this multi-trillion dollar opportunity, and how the SBA helps businesses get started and grow. (SBA Trade Hotline: (855) 722-4877, SBA.gov/InternationalTrade)
September 05, 2019 14:39 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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: “Free Trade Rocks!” and “Deep Rough,” the 11th mystery/thriller in his Pastor Stephen Grant series.
August 29, 2019 15:09 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on China and recession fears, and why small businesses remain optimistic about the economy (for now). Join Karen for SBA’s Twitter chat on attracting & retaining customers on Aug 27 @ 3 pm ET.
August 22, 2019 14:34 - 16 minutes - 15 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the impacts of slowing GDP growth and encourages the Administration to respond by inking a deal with China and moving forward constructively with Congress to get USMCA approved.
August 09, 2019 12:27 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), offers strong support for Chairman Marco Rubio’s Senate Small Business Committee markup of the Small Business Act, before Rubio postponed the markup due to lack of bipartisan support.
July 25, 2019 18:42 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about significant loopholes in medical billing practices that produce “surprise billing,” and SBE Council’s support for bi-partisan efforts in Congress to close those loopholes.
July 17, 2019 13:53 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), gives an update on two important issues for small business owners: 1) the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and 2) progress on small business regulatory reform.
June 28, 2019 12:21 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about two important White House events for small business last week; 1) a final rule on health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) and 2) the “second chance hiring” initiative.
June 19, 2019 19:06 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the damaging impact the Mexico tariffs are already having on small businesses; and she grades the 115th Congress on how they are doing when it comes to small business issues.
June 04, 2019 18:36 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the bill in Congress to ban “short-term, limited duration” health insurance, and how these affordable plans help people starting businesses or during other career transitions.
May 16, 2019 18:22 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), on “National Small Business Week” and this week’s free live webinars by SBA & SCORE. Also: SBE Council’s new ranking of states, based on public policy and tax climate for small business.
May 06, 2019 19:17 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO, SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), addresses the negative impact “Medicare for All” would have on small business and the overall economy. Also: The problems with H.R. 1010, which will do away with short-term health coverage.
May 02, 2019 18:14 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), was at the White House Opportunity Zone Conference on April 17 and she talks with us about how these Opportunity Zones benefit entrepreneurs and small business owners.
April 26, 2019 02:28 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Everett Bellamy, General Counsel for Thread Bioscience (ThreadB.com) and former Senior Assistant Dean at Georgetown Law; we talked about the legendary course on entrepreneurship for law students he created and taught at Georgetown Law for 28 years.
April 18, 2019 16:32 - 37 minutes - 52 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Sara Hanks, CEO/Managing Partner, CrowdCheck (CrowdCheck.com); they investigate online securities offerings to help ensure legitimacy, transparency & compliance. Previously, Sara was General Counsel of the Congressional Oversight Panel, overseer of TARP.
April 11, 2019 14:31 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President/CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), praises both outgoing SBA Administrator Linda McMahon and nominee US Treasurer Jovita Carranza, and talks about how the backlog of President Trump's appointments has impacted small businesses.
April 05, 2019 17:50 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Rosemarie Truman, Founder and CEO of The Center for Advancing Innovation (TheCenterForAdvancingInnovation.org); their startup accelerator program is often called “Shark Tank on Steroids” because of their high success rate for participating companies.
March 28, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), gives us an update on SBE Council’s current work in Washington for small businesses and entrepreneurs on healthcare, trade and crowdfunding.
March 21, 2019 16:40 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
At age 11, Hailey & Katie were “2017 Lemonade Day Entrepreneurs of the Year.” At age 12, they launched Ooh La Lemon (OohLaLemonStore.com), their online store. Now at age 13, they’ve landed their first commercial account and talk about what’s next.
March 07, 2019 19:44 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Steven Gordon is National President of Lemonade Day (LemonadeDay.org), the non-profit that uses lemonade stands to teach kids important business, financial and goal-setting skills. Since 2007, over a million kids across North America have participated.
February 28, 2019 11:26 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Eric Corl, Founder & CEO of Idea Buyer (IdeaBuyer.com); they help entrepreneurs develop ideas, products and technologies for retail distribution with an in-house team of over 20 professionals for end-to-end product and business development and marketing.
February 21, 2019 20:53 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the “Pass USMCA Coalition” (PassUSMCA.org), and why USMCA is a great trade agreement for small businesses.
February 18, 2019 13:30 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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 calls this author, attorney and speaker “the guru of small business taxes.” (BigIdeasForSmallBusiness.com)
February 14, 2019 20:18 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBECouncil.org), offers her small-business perspective on the 2019 State of the Union address.
February 07, 2019 06:55 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Amanda Kathryn Roman, Chief Strategy Officer for Conscious Capitalism (ConsciousCapitalism.org). The organization, local chapters and annual conference (April 23-25) empower members to create and lead businesses that are good, ethical, noble and heroic.
January 31, 2019 16:03 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Rieva Lesonsky, Founder/CEO of GrowBizMedia.com and SmallBizDaily.com, is a nationally-known speaker, best-selling author, and long-time Editorial Director of Entrepreneur magazine. Her latest book is “Small Business Hacks: 100 Shortcuts to Success.”
January 24, 2019 18:38 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Coach Paul Alexander is a 36-year veteran NFL & college football coach, speaker and author; he offers lessons on leadership using stories from years of experience on the field coaching some of the greatest players in NFL history. (CoachPaulAlexander.com)
January 17, 2019 19:08 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Jim Blasingame, award-winning author and radio host. His latest book is “The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed”; other books include “The Age of The Customer” and “Three Minutes to Success.”
January 10, 2019 23:09 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Part I: Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), recorded an interview with us on December 20 to look back at the year 2018 for SBE Council and small business, and to discuss upcoming issues for small business in the new year.
January 03, 2019 21:53 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Part II: On December 31, we talked with Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), about the impact of the government shutdown on small business.
January 03, 2019 21:47 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Ann Dolin is the president and founder of Educational Connections Tutoring (ECTutoring.com) in Northern Virginia; her latest book is “Getting Past Procrastination: How to Get Your Kids Organized, Focused, and Motivated…Without Being the Bad Guy.”
December 20, 2018 13:38 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), discusses SBE Council’s priorities for Congress’s lame-duck session, which include the Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018, the JOBS Act 3.0 and small business regulatory reform.
December 13, 2018 19:11 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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 Advocacy is an independent voice for small business within the federal government.
December 10, 2018 14:55 - 32 minutes - 30 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
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 Advocacy is an independent voice for small business within the federal government.
December 06, 2018 20:35 - 32 minutes - 30 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Ray Keating, chief economist for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, talks with us about his latest article at SBECouncil.org: “Holiday Shopping Season Off to a Nice Start for Small Business.”
November 30, 2018 03:40 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Stephen Denis is executive director of the Small Business Finance Association (SBFAssociation.org), a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring Main Street small businesses have access to the capital they need to grow.
November 15, 2018 23:47 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), talks about the outcome of the midterm elections and the impact on small businesses and entrepreneurs. Bonus: The latest Amazon HQ2 (and HQ3?) news and possible impact on small business.
November 08, 2018 09:04 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Liz Sara, Chair of the National Women’s Business Council. She discusses HR 5050 aka 1988’s landmark “Women’s Business Ownership Act,” and formation of the NWBC. Liz is also managing director of Best Marketing LLC. (NWBC.org, BestMarketing.net)
November 02, 2018 11:24 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Karen Kerrigan, president & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), gives an update on key small-business issues like the opioid bill, pooled small-business retirement plans, new trade agreements with Japan, the E.U. & Great Britain, and global postal rates.
October 25, 2018 18:38 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Kathy McShane, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women’s Business Ownership at SBA (SBA.gov/Women), on the passage of the law HR 5050 in 1988 which eliminated state laws requiring women to have a husband or other man cosign a business loan.
October 18, 2018 15:26 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil
Wayne Parks, president & CEO of Coxsackie Transport (CoxsackieTransport.com) in the village of Coxsackie NY, offers the inspiring story of how he has built a very successful local business that truly serves everyone in the community.
October 15, 2018 12:42 - 32 minutes - 30 MBForbesBooks.com/SBECouncil