Small Business Roundtable

As Entrepreneurship Exchange 2025 comes to a close, one takeaway is clear: small business must remain at the center of North America’s economic agenda. This week brought together entrepreneurs, policymakers, and leaders from across sectors who are committed to building smarter systems of support. SBR is grateful to everyone who contributed insights, solutions, and momentum. Thank you to our wonderful partners and speakers who joined us in creating this space for open conversation. Finishing strong in CDMX. #Entrepreneurship #EX25 #SBR #Innovation #NorthAmerica

Day 2 at Entrepreneurship Exchange 2025 is off to a strong start! We’re looking forward to today’s sessions and to the collaboration that follows. Small businesses deserve a seat at every table — and they have one here. #Entrepreneurship #EX25 #SBR #Innovation #NorthAmerica

SBR is on the ground in CDMX as EX25 opens today. Tonight’s welcome reception sets the stage for us to ensure that the voice of Main Street is front and center in policy discussions, cross-sector planning, and the strategies shaping the future of entrepreneurship at the national and continental level. We’re pleased to provide the space for this critical exchange. Stay tuned for more as EX25 continues. #Entrepreneurship #EX25 #SBR #Innovation #NorthAmerica

As we close out Global Entrepreneurship Week, we’re growing more excited as Entrepreneurship Exchange 2025 (EX25) approaches! 🌎🎉 🇲🇽Taking place Dec 7–9 in Mexico City, EX25 will bring together founders, policymakers, and business leaders from across North America to share ideas, forge partnerships, and shape the future of entrepreneurship. 💡As part of this year’s program, EX25 will explore how entrepreneurs can thrive amid shifts in trade, technology, and global markets, highlighting new opportunities for innovation. 🎟️Space is limited—request your invitation today. entrepreneurshipexchanges.com #EX25 #GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek #Entrepreneurship #BusinessLeadership

Great evening at the North America Stakeholders Roundtable & Reception alongside the @EmbamexEUA Thanks to Ambassador @JC_LARARMIENTA for his remarks on small biz growth, economic cooperation & the road to #EX25 in Mexico City! tinyurl.com/sh4tkkw7 #EntrepreneurshipExchange #SmallBusiness

Great conversations at the North Capital Forum with @USMexicoFoundation as we head toward #EX25 in Mexico City! SBR's Co-Executive Director, @rhettbuttle shared the small business voice on the “North America Means Business” panel. tinyurl.com/sh4tkkw7

We recently joined @semafor on the Hill for a powerful convo on small biz growth in the digital age. Big thank you to @repkevinhern, @SenMarkey, @rhettbuttle, @KarenKerrigan, and Christine Kymn for sharing their insights! #SmallBusiness #Policy

🚀 99% of small biz has gone digital, but gaps in skills, access, & resources remain. Our new report breaks it down, featured at our upcoming @semafor panel, with speakers including: @SenMarkey @repkevinhern @rhettbuttle @KarenKerrigan @ChristineKrogue smallbusinessroundtable.org/empowering-ame…

🟡 Join @KarenKerrigan, Christine Krogue, @rhettbuttle, and more on September 10 in Washington, DC, for Empowering America's Small Business Growth to explore how small businesses are staying competitive, entering new markets, and navigating an increasingly complex economic landscape. Request your invitation: events.semafor.com/shoppingforsuc…

The SBR Team partnered with Morning Consult to release a fresh report, drawing from 580+ small biz leaders to examine the opportunities and obstacles that define online selling today. Read the full report: bit.ly/41mj6Go #SmallBusiness #Ecommerce #Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Exchange 2024 united global leaders like Minister @AnitaAnand, senior @WhiteHouse leadership, policymakers, and entrepreneurs in Toronto last month. Together, they tackled key challenges shaping the future of entrepreneurship across North America.🌎 #EX24Canada

1/2 It was an honor to support this year’s #EX24 in Toronto with @SmallBizRoundtable. We’re committed to supporting #SMBs across North America, and we look forward to continuing these discussions to generate new ideas that will help small businesses grow.

I met @AnitaAnandMP when I arrived to #Canada few years ago; she was a law professor, and I was an international student. Yesterday. I met her again at #EX24. Thank @SmBizRoundtable for your kind invitation and congratulate your team for a great event.

An insightful fireside chat at the Entrepreneurship Exchange 2024 with @SmBizRoundtable Co-Executive Director @rhettbuttle & Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets & Director General of the US and Foreign Commercial Services @CommerceGov Arun Venkataraman discussing “Opportunities, challenges and the future of entrepreneurship” at the SBR North America 2024 hosted this year in Toronto.

At the @SmBizRoundtable #Entrepreneurship Exchange 2024, Assistant Secretary Venkataraman explored policy solutions to challenges impacting 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 entrepreneurs and discussed issues affecting economic development and the future of small & midsized biz. trade.gov/canada

Plenary #3, moderated by @KarenKerrigan, President & CEO @SBECouncil, explored how #digitaltrade and e-commerce are impacting the economics of North America & ft. Ashwin Aggarwal, @CanadianDown, @kbardeesy Executive Director, @daisTMU, & Corinne Goble, CEO, @AWBC_USA. #EX24Canada

& Michele Schimpp, National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator of Regulatory Enforcement Fairness, @SBAgov. #EX24Canada #smallbiz #entrepreneurship

Plenary #2, moderated by @RAConomics, President & CEO, @USHCC covered the topic of #inclusivetrade as a way to achieve #economicprosperity in North America and featured Jen Earle, CEO @NAWBONational, @DiegoTMEC, Scholar for North America, @CanadaInstitute...

Vice Chair, Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. The discussion centered around their perspectives on opportunities, challenges, and the future of entrepreneurship. #EX24 #Entrepreneurship #SmallBiz

SBR Co-Executive Director @rhettbuttle moderated our fireside chat with Arun Venkataraman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, @CommerceGov & @fsorbara, Member of Parliament for Vaughan-Woodbridge,