What's new at the U.S. Small Business Administration? Wilma Goldstein joins Jim to talk about how the SBA contributes to small businesses, including the Women's Business Centers.
Businesses owned by women are growing at the highest rate of all businesses, and Wilma joins Jim to talk about why this is happening and where there is help for these entrepreneurs.
Would you like to be the founder of a Women's Business Center? Wilma walks Jim through the process of how to do this, including what has to be done to get the government to help you with funding.
Wilma talks with Jim about the origins of the micro-loan program and how to get one.
Wilma joins Jim to talk a little bit about the new SBA Administrator, Steven Preston. They move on to talk about how the marketplace environment looks for women who own businesses as well as those who want to start a business.
Wilma introduces Jim and his audience to Margaret Barton, the Executive Director of the National Women's Business Council, as the three of them celebrate National Women's History Month talking about the great advancements that women have achieved in the marketplace.
Wilma and Jim discuss new ideas on how to launch a Women's Business Center.
Wilma joins Jim on the 157th anniversary of the Women's Right Conventions (1848) to talk about the evolution of women's rights and the progress of women in the marketplace since then.
Wilma joins Jim live from the SBA's
<br>Small Business Expo in Washington, D.C. to talk about what is going on in the SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership. They also talk about how new technology allows small businesses to reach people in ways that weren't previously possible.</["br"]>
Julie and Wilma join Jim to talk about women entrepreneurs and other minorities entering the small business world. They also identify the challenges women face that men don't.