Join Small Business Majority as the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Dilawar Syed, provides updates on the SBA’s efforts to foster a technology-savvy modern small business economy. From cybersecurity, the advent of AI and digital payments, this session combines various topics that are on many business owners’ minds to ensure they remain competitive and will include a discussion of how small businesses can fully benefit from the digital pivot experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roundtable: Conversations with SBA’s Deputy Administrator Dilawar Syed
Small Business Majority is excited to announce a small business engagement series with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)'s Deputy Administrator, Dilawar Syed. In this series, small businesses are invited to join leadership at the Small Business Administration for an intimate stakeholder discussion and briefing on updates at the SBA. Each session will provide small business owners with an opportunity to hear directly from the SBA on recent efforts to modernize its programs and outreach for entrepreneurs, followed by an opportunity for open discussion on SBA products and initiatives.
Webinars in the series
Fostering Innovation and Access to Capital Programs for Entrepreneurs
Capital access continues to remain a chief concern and barrier for America’s entrepreneurial community. The current administration continues to implement reforms to capital programs to ensure greater access and uptake. During this briefing, please join Small Business Majority with the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Dilawar Syed, to hear updates on the SBA’s capital programs including recent efforts to modernize and streamline the SBA’s processes and systems. This update will be followed by a listening session where small business owners will share their stories and make suggestions on how to improve access to these products.
The Modern Entrepreneur - How the Small Business Administration is working to foster innovation in obtaining the American Dream
Time: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | 2:30pm ET
Since its inception more than 70 years ago, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has helped millions of small businesses across the country access the capital and resources needed to thrive and grow. With so much emerging technology, historic numbers of new business applications being filed, and rates of minority and women-owned businesses skyrocketing, it is critical that SBA continues to meet the ever-evolving needs of small businesses. During this briefing, please join Small Business Majority and the Deputy Administrator of the SBA, Dilawar Syed, for a discussion about how SBA continues to evolve and improve its lending, technical assistance and entrepreneurial development programs to meet the needs of today’s modern entrepreneurs. The conversation will be followed by an opportunity for small business owners to ask questions to the Deputy Administrator and engage in meaningful discussion on the impact of the SBA.
We will post additional events in this series on this page as information becomes available.
