Overview: SBA's Virtual Women's Business Summit

This week, the U. S. Small Business Administration conducted a two-day virtual Women's Business Summit. Sessions during the summit covered a broad range of information that you and your women-owned business clients will find helpful. Many of the sessions covered women-owned small businesses as a whole, but there were also sessions on specific industries such as government contracting, caretaking, exporting and e-commerce, and entertainment.

Over the next two weeks, we will cover a number of the resources, tools, information and questions and answers presented during the summit. 

The first article will be about the session "Export and E-commerce." First, however, we wanted to provide overview information on the summit, including links to the recordings of each of the two days as well as the topics covered each day. 

Day One: View the recording here

• Welcome and Introductory Remarks - Nicola Corzine of Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, Michelle Di Gangi, EVP, Head of Small & Medium Enterprise Banking at Bank of the West, Assistant Administrator of SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership Natalie Madeira Cofield, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, and Vice President of the United States of America Kamala Harris
• Fireside Chat - [34:15 timestamp on recording] - with Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments, and Natalie Madeira Cofield, Assistant Administrator of SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership
• Building an Equitable Recovery Framework for Women Entrepreneurs [1:07:22 timestamp on recording]
• Innovation and Investment [1:50:05 timestamp on recording]
• From Essential Worker to Essential Entrepreneur: CARE Economy Entrepreneurship Opportunities (Childcare Businesses) [2:36:00 timestamp on recording]
• The $100B Marketplace: Contracting Opportunities for Women-led Firms [3:23:42 timestamp on recording]
• Exporting & E-Commerce [4:16:32 timestamp on recording]
• The Changing Landscape for the Entertainment Industry [5:06:05 timestamp on recording]
• Closing Fireside Chat with Penny Pennington, Managing Partner, Edward Jones, and Janis Bowdler, Counselor on Racial Equity, U.S. Department of Treasury [5:32:25 timestamp on recording]
• Closing Remarks

Day Two: View the recording here

• Welcome and Introductory Remarks - Nicola Corzineof Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, Assistant Administrator of SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership Natalie Madeira Cofield, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
• Digital Resources and Expanding Your Online Presence [27:00 timestamp on recording] - Fireside Chat with Nicola Mendelsohn, VP of Global Business Group, Meta, and Ann Lewis, Senior Advisor for Delivery, SBA
• Innovation and Investment ‘Ask An Expert’ [1:10:15 timestamp on recording]
• Certification and Contracting ‘Ask An Expert’ [2:02:45 timestamp on recording]
• Accessing SBA Resource Providers ‘Ask An Expert’ [2:57:19 timestamp on recording]
• Exporting and International Trade ‘Ask An Expert’ [3:44:25 timestamp on recording]
• Accessing Loans and Micro Finance ‘Ask An Expert’ [4:42:15 timestamp on recording]
• Closing Remarks and Call to Action [5:22:38 timestamp on recording]