Small Business Administration St. Louis District Office will host a free matchmaking event on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. This event allows small businesses the opportunity to hear from federal agencies and prime contractors to learn about potential contracting and subcontracting opportunities. Each of the agencies and prime contractors will provide a short presentation on the types of products and services they purchase. Then they will hold...

Boots to Business Reboot is an entrepreneurial education and training program offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The course provides an overview of entrepreneurship and applicable business ownership fundamentals. Veterans of all eras, Active Duty Service members (including National Guard and Reserve), and spouses are eligible to participate.

Start your week with the Veterans Business Outreach Center’s President, Darcella Craven, and some of the country’s top business professionals, for their weekly virtual coffeehouse series. The informal chats will cover various topics from Business Finance, Marketing Your Business, Servant Leadership, and much more.

Expand and grow your business by selling your product or service to the federal government Government agencies reserve contracts for small businesses certified in SBA’s programs Find out if you can get certified in SBA’s 8a Business Development Government Contracting Program: Attend the Free overview first to see if you're ready: Opening Doors to Government Contracting then register for: The Free 8a Program Eligibility Session. For...

Instructor: James D. Aldea, California Capital PTAC Procurement Counselor b. California Capital PTAC is offering a 90 minute hands-on workshop where the instructor will be focusing on clarifying and providing pertinent information when doing business with the Federal Government. The U.S. Federal Government is the largest single purchaser of goods and services in the world, awarding approximately $500 billion in contracts every year. Doing busi...

Click on red "Register" button at right to log on to TEAMS at the webinar start time, or call in +1 469-225-3127 Conference ID: 335 520 826# If you qualify for the HUBZone Government Contracting Program, I highly encourage you to apply for this program. The program will be discussed in detail during this webinar and will include UPDATES to the HUBZone Program.

Learn the SBA's 4 steps to entering the federal marketplace: how to self-certify yourself as a small business (understanding NAICS codes), how to know if the Federal Government buys what you sell (understanding set-asides), how to know if it is for you (registrations and certifications), and how to market your business to the government.

Instructor: Ralph Masters, California Capital PTAC Procurement Counselor California Capital PTAC is offering a 90 minute hands-on workshop where the instructor will be focusing on access to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency Procurement Forecast. The U.S. Federal Government is the largest single purchaser of goods and services in the world, awarding approximately $500 billion in contracts every year. The goal of this tool is to prov...

This virtual seminar is an overview of the current small business socio-economic certifications in federal, local state and city government. The federal government spends over $500 billion in goods and services each year, and 23% of this spend is set aside for small businesses. With state and local activity, there are established goals to spend a certain percentage of a contract with women and minority owned businesses. We will cover the purpo...