SBA and Sam's Club to Cosponsor Veterans Small Business Matchmaking Conferences

October 23, 2007; 10:30 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Veteran-owned small businesses from all over the U.S. are registering and headed for San Antonio, Texas, and Sacramento, California, for the first two Veterans Small Business Matchmaking Conferences cosponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Sam's Club. The conferences will educate veterans about federal contracting through a series of workshops and seminars and bring veteran small business owners together with private and government procurement officials for matchmaking.

SBA and Sam’s Club have agreed to cosponsor several veterans business matchmaking conferences during FY 2008. With additional cities to be selected later in 2008, the first two conferences are scheduled as follows:

October 29, 2007                                  November 9, 2007
San Antonio Event                                Sacramento Event
Hilton San Antonio Airport                 Hilton Sacramento Arden West
611 Northwest Loop 410                      2200 Harvard Street
San Antonio, TX 78216                      Sacramento, CA 95815
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.                          8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Veteran-owned Small Businesses can get additional information and register for either event online at: www.connectingsmallbusiness.com

Or call or e-mail:

San Antonio Conference: Fernando Guerra – (210) 403-5926 - fernando.guerra@sba.gov

Sacramento Conference: Jim O’Neal – (916) 930-3700 – jim.oneal@sba.gov

Veterans Small Business Matchmaking, made possible through a cosponsorship agreement between the SBA and Sam’s Club, matches small businesses selling products and services and buyers from the corporate sector and local, state and federal governments.