National Small Business Week Heads to Phoenix May 5

WASHINGTON –SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet will be in Phoenix Thursday, May 5 to kick off day five of National Small Business Week.  The Administrator will begin the day meeting with Arizona business leaders.  At 10:30 a.m., she’ll host an “armchair discussion” with U.S. military veterans and small business owners Angela Cody-Rouget, CEO of MajorMom®, and Eli Crane, owner of Bottle Breacher. Both Cody-Rouget and Crane were contestants on Shark Tank.

The event is open to the public and will also be live streamed at www.sba.gov/nsbw. 

Onsite media coordinator will be Miguel Ayala – Miguel.Ayala@sba.gov

Meet and Greet with Arizona Business Leaders (9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.)

Armchair Discussion with SBA Administrator and Veteran Entrepreneurs (10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)

No media availability following this event.

RSVP:            Miguel.Ayala@sba.gov, (202) 450-0148, Wednesday, May 4, by 5 p.m. MST

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Cosponsorship Authorization #SBW2016 SBA’s participation in this cosponsored activity is not an endorsement of the views, opinions, products or services of any Cosponsor or other person or entity. All SBA/SCORE programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.  Contact: smallbusinessweek@sba.gov. SCORE is partially funded by SBA Cooperative Agreement No. SBAHQ-14-S-0001.

National Small Business Week 2016 sponsors include: Chase for Business, SCORE, ADP, Colonial Life, Intuit, Sam’ s Club, Square, YP, ESET, Facebook, Instagram, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL) and VEDC