small.talk Talk show with small business owners, experts, and advocates, exploring the global economic, political, and technology trends impacting small businesses. Jessica Chen on the Creative Economy, Disappearing Arts Funding, and Why Artists Are Small Business Owners On September 23, 2026, Jessica Chen, a dancer, choreographer, and artistic director who runs the nonprofit dance company J Chen Project, joined our small.talk to make the case that artists are small business owners too, and that when creative work thrives, the surrounding community thrives with it.Read More → Louis Caditz-Peck on Predatory Lending, the Borrower’s Bill of Rights, and Why Small Businesses Deserve Fair Financing On September 9, 2026, Louis Caditz-Peck, co-founder of the Responsible Business Lending Coalition, joined our small.talk to make the case that small businesses don’t just need access to capital — they need access to responsible capital.Read More → Carrie Anne Krall on Operations, Burnout, and Why Flow Beats Force in Small Business On September 2, 2026, Carrie Anne Krall, founder of Krall Consulting, joined our small.talk to share why the unsexy back-end work of running a business is often the difference between burning out and scaling sustainably.Read More → We Asked Small Business Leaders: ‘If You Had A Magic Silver Wand, What’s 1 Thing You Would Do For All Small Businesses?’ “If you had a Magic Silver Wand, and you could wave it, and you could make one thing true for every single small business owner in the world, what would you use your Magic Silver Wand for?”Read More → Cate Costa on Why Small Business Support Is Broken — and What Better Metrics Could Fix On August 26, 2026, Cate Costa, Founding Principal of GSImpact, joined our small.talk to make the case that the small business support sector is spending hundreds of billions of dollars globally without being able to prove any of it is working.Read More → Yin Min Han on Opportunity, Automation, and Building a Trusted Local Brand in Myanmar On August 12, 2026, Yin Min Han, Managing Director of Royal Manizawta Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., joined our small.talk to share how a traditional herbal family formula became the foundation of a growing manufacturing business in one of the world’s most challenging environments.Read More → Krista Monson on Curiosity, Courage, and Turning a Life Well Lived into a Living Legacy On August 5, 2026, Krista Monson, Founder of Sincerely Yours, joined our small.talk to share how a career spanning dance, theatre, Cirque du Soleil, and Madison Square Garden led her to her most personal work yet — helping people preserve their life stories as living memoirs.Read More → Arrey Obenson on Youth, Curiosity, and Why Small Business Is the Path to Global Prosperity On July 29, 2026, Arrey Obenson, Co-founder of Transformunity, joined our small.talk to make the case that the world’s greatest untapped opportunity lies in its young people — and that small businesses are the vehicle to unlock it.Read More → Jay Cziraky on Duty, Community, and Building a New Philosophy for Small Business On July 23, 2026, Jay Cziraky, founder of The No-End Philosophy Company, joined our small.talk to share how a thousand years of family history shaped his belief that business is fundamentally an act of duty to community.Read More → Theon Hill on Economic Justice, Community Power, and Why Small Business Is the Real Change Work On July 15, 2026, Theon Hill, an Associate Professor of Communication at Wheaton College, joined our small.talk to make the case that economic empowerment — not symbolic progress — is the true engine of lasting social change.Read More → Sheldon Tatchell on Purpose, Systems, and Building a Business That Gives Back On July 1, 2026, Sheldon Tatchell, Founder and CEO of Legends Barber Corporation, joined our small.talk to share how a clipper, a notebook, and a commitment to relationship-building became the foundation of a growing business empire in South Africa.Read More → Liz Wilke on Data, Dynamism, and What Small Businesses Really Need to Thrive On June 24, 2026, Liz Wilke, Chief Economist of Business Intelligence at Chase, joined our small.talk to offer a data-driven look at the state of small business in today’s economy.Read More → More Human, Not Less: How the Silver Lining Team Is Using AI to Put Small Business Owners First On June 17, 2026, Silver Lining’s Carissa Reiniger, Sierra Campbell, Gil Erez, and Jason Reiniger joined small.talk to explore one of the most pressing questions facing small business owners today: Can AI make us more human?Read More → Takilla Combs on Organization, Burnout, and Building a Business That Actually Works On June 3, 2026, Takilla Combs, founder of Xtreme Audacity Organized Solutions LLC, joined our small.talk, share how structure, systems, and intentional organization can transform the lives and businesses of small business owners.Read More → Zsolt Feher on Personality, People Decisions, and Building Smarter Small Businesses On May 27, 2026, Zsolt Feher, Vice President of Hogan Assessments, joined our small.talk, explore how personality assessments and smarter people decisions can transform the way small businesses hire, grow, and lead.Read More → 1 2 3 4 Next Page