New York Business Networking Event | New York City 2025
Small Business Expo NYC is New York’s Ultimate Trade Show & B2B Marketing Event
Join us in celebrating National Small Business Week at the New York Small Business Expo 2025. Small Business Expo NYC takes place on May 7, 2025, at the Javits Convention Center.
Our NYC Events are an essential gathering for entrepreneurs and small business owners. This prominent Event is a premier platform for professional networking, educational insights, and business development in New York City.
We hold this important event annually during Small Business Week. At our dynamic expo, attendees can engage with industry leaders, participate in workshops, and access resources. Every session and experience has been tailored for effective business growth.
The Expo features a series of interactive sessions, panels, and b2b marketing. Sessions addresses current market trends, innovative strategies, and practical solutions for overcoming business challenges.
In addition to the tremendous networking opportunities, the trade show will host diverse exhibitors. Our vendors showcase the latest products and services vital for building a growing small business.
This small business networking event in NYC is a crucial nexus for knowledge exchange, relationship building, and strategic partnerships. The expo caters to the dynamic needs of the modern business landscape in New York and beyond.
Join us at Small Business Expo NYC in 2025. Here, you’ll connect, learn, and drive your business forward in an evolving economic environment.
Register for Free! Exhibit at the Show
What to Anticipate at our Trade Show & B2B Marketing NYC Events
The New York Small Business Expo 2025 places you at the heart of a dynamic community of entrepreneurs. Attendees are focused on driving their businesses forward. Our NYC Events offer a multitude of benefits to facilitate this objective:
Networking Opportunities & B2B Marketing:
Forge valuable connections with peers, industry experts, and potential clients. The Expo’s networking sessions are structured to foster meaningful interactions and collaborations.
Expert-Led Workshops:
Benefit from various workshops led by industry leaders and business experts. These sessions cover multiple topics, from marketing strategies to financial planning, providing practical insights and actionable advice.
Exhibitors that Support SMBs and Small Business Week:
Discover new products and services from a diverse section of exhibitors. Our hand-selected vendors genuinely care about supporting Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs. These companies present innovative solutions and tools essential for business growth and efficiency. Best of all, they understand what it takes to operate and support a small business.
Panel Discussions:
Engage in thought-provoking discussions addressing current business challenges and trends. Gain fresh perspectives and learn from the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Resource Access:
Obtain a wealth of resources, including the latest industry research, business development tools, and funding opportunities.
Inspiring Keynotes:
Hear from inspiring keynote speakers who will share their success stories. Our vetted speakers offer guidance and motivate you to achieve new heights in your business journey.
The New York Small Business Expo 2025 is more than just an event; it catalyzes growth, innovation, and success in the business world. Join us to empower your business journey and unlock new opportunities for success.
Exhibit Your Brand at the New York Event
Exhibiting at our Event provides a prime opportunity to enhance visibility and engage with a targeted audience. Here’s how exhibiting at the Expo can benefit your brand:
Exhibit to Connect:
By exhibiting, you create a physical presence that allows direct interaction with potential clients and partners.
Exhibit for Visibility & Qualified Sales Leads:
The Expo’s platform is ideal for exhibiting your brand, offering exposure to a diverse and engaged audience. This visibility is crucial in standing out in a competitive market. This is a great opportunity to secure quality SMB business leads – you will meet the buyers.
Exhibit for Growth:
Exhibiting at the Expo is an investment in your brand’s growth. It’s an effective way to showcase products or services. You’ll demonstrate your brand’s value proposition to a relevant audience.
Exhibit to Impress:
Use this opportunity to exhibit your brand’s unique aspects. A booth or presentation at the Expo can leave a lasting impression on attendees, translating to potential business opportunities.
Exhibit for Results:
Ultimately, exhibiting at the Small Business Expo can increase brand awareness. It can generate more customers and potentially increase revenue for your Business.
Are you ready to showcase your Business? Exhibit at the Show.
Exhibiting at the New York Small Business Expo 2025 is more than just showing up. It’s about creating meaningful connections, increasing brand recognition, and opening doors to new business prospects. Take this chance to exhibit your brand and significantly impact the business community.
Register for Free! Exhibit at the Show
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Learn from Amazing Keynote Speakers
Market Your Business
Meet Vendors to Help Grow Your Business
Keynote Speakers

Dave Charest Director of Small Business Success, Constant Contact
Dave Charest is Director of Small Business Success at Constant Contact, the online marketing leader trusted by millions of small businesses. In his role, Dave acts as an educator and an advocate for small business leaders, marketing professionals, and nonprofi...
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Precious Williams Shark Tank Success Story & CEO
Precious L. Williams, proud Founder and CEO of the Perfect Pitch Group, is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion, 5x #1 bestselling author, and international professional speaker. Besides training entrepreneurs, business leaders, and professionals, she...
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Kasturi Mudulodu President of Commerce, GoDaddy
Kasturi Mudulodu leads GoDaddy's commerce division, focusing on empowering entrepreneurs with robust ecommerce platforms and innovative point-of-sale systems. These solutions, coupled with competitive payment processing services, are designed to help businesse...
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Workshop Speakers

Christine Footit Internal Revenue Service
Chris Footit has been with the IRS for 32 years. She is the Branch Chief for the Tax Outreach, Partnership and Education branch in Communications & Liaison. Prior to her current position, she was a Revenue Officer in Collection for 19 years (1991 – 2009)...
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Victor Retana Retanaco Accounting, LLC
Victor Retana is a highly accomplished civil engineer, with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of South Florida. He gained valuable experience through internships, collaborating with developers, designers, and engineers. Victor...
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Dan Morris Mindracer Consulting
Dan Morris is Managing Partner at Mindracer. Business Owners go to Mindracer to achieve a transformation from founder-led sales to an exit-ready business driven by a commercial sales and marketing team. Mindracer was awarded top sales development provider 2023...
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Laura Bowers The PMO Boss
Laura Bowers is a seasoned leader with more than two decades of experience in guiding teams and spearheading projects. Drawing from both the best, and worst, industry practices, Laura leveraged her expertise to establish The PMO Boss. This innovative company i...
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April Terry ActiveCampaign
April Terry is an ActiveCampaign customer trainer who is passionate about one thing - helping others succeed and achieve their goals. Previously an accomplished Revenue Enablement professional, she has provided invaluable support to sales and customer success ...
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Wendy Austin WSI Healthy Digital Solutions
Wendy Austin: Marketing with Impact Wendy Austin is a digital marketing innovator with a mission: to help businesses achieve success while making a positive impact on the world. Her career in healthcare marketing while leading teams at WebMD and working wit...
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Aaron Friedman Guideposts.io
Aaron combines expertise in tech manufacturing, startups, and acquisitions. From El Paso, he honed mechanical skills in his grandfather's machine shop. He founded and sold tech companies in Japan and Australia, engaged in M&A for SMBs/SMEs, startups and SI...
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Allen Wang Crestify Studio & Precision Label
Allen Wang, President of Crestify Studio and Founder of Happy Olly, has made his mark in the packaging industry, developing packaging for household brands such as L'Oreal Paris, Schick, Playtex, and Banana Boat. He was recently featured in 2024 Top 100 Innovat...
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Michael Letschin Brevo
Michael Letschin is Brevo's VP of Product and Solutions Marketing, where he combines his 20+ years of technical expertise as a former administrator and IT Director with his experience as a Field CTO. He has an MBA from Mt. St. Mary’s University and is a gear...
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Geovanny Cuevas Wells Fargo
I am Geovanny Cuevas, Vice President, serving as a Branch Manager for the Union Square Branch in Lower Manhattan. My objective is to lead my team to help them cultivate relationships with business owners in the community and to understand their needs. In co...
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Mike Heronime Positive Brand
As the president and executive director of creative solutions for Positive Brand, Mike Heronime has helped companies and organizations large and small from Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations to fledgling startups - organizations like American A...
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Luz Gonzalez EQ Refined
Luz is a seasoned Consultant, Coach, Trainer, and Professional Development expert with a specialized focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). She is dedicated to empowering organizations in constructing high-performing teams and fostering trust, commun...
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Jamilla Phillip The Business Gym
Jamilla Phillip is a Psychotherapist by day, business owner by night. She is the Founder and CEO of three thriving businesses, including The Business Gym, an online resource for entrepreneurs. Her expertise spans over a decade of online business experience, pr...
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Bernard Ramchatesingh iFranchise Group
Bernard Ramchatesingh’s career includes over 18 years of franchise management expertise across fast-paced QSR and service environments. He is a creative problem solver with a history of developing innovative processes and procedures that optimize operational...
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Jeremy Schultz Cloudtech
Jeremy Schultz is the Vice President of Global Delivery at Cloudtech, where he leads the implementation of data management solutions. He has been a professional services leader for more than a decade across the technology, gaming, hospitality, airline, and aut...
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Wendy Richmond Results Matter Marketing
Wendy Susan Richmond is the CEO of Results Matter Marketing, specializing in small business and artificial intelligence (AI) marketing. With over 13 years of experience as a Marketing Director for several multi-million dollar small businesses, Wendy has a prov...
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Jim Lekovich Iron Mountain
Jim Lekovich is a Senior Marketing Manager at Iron Mountain, where he works to support customers in transforming their information management efforts in order to adapt to a constantly changing business environment. Jim has been with Iron Mountain for over five...
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Kenneth Brenneman Main Street Bond
Kenneth was born in Cheyenne, WY, and came of age in Riverton, Wyoming. He has founded and sold several businesses, also serving as a leader to several companies during mergers and acquisitions and as a strategy consultant to numerous large private companies. ...
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Scott Bennett BoardroomIQ
Scott Bennett, a seasoned entrepreneur based in Manhattan, brings a wealth of experience to the table with his 35-year track record in growing his family business from a single plant to three plants and a frozen distribution center. His diverse background, whi...
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Thomas Arndt BoardroomIQ
Thomas Arndt leads the technology and platform development teams at BoardroomIQ. He began his career in the social sciences as a researcher and professor, before pivoting toward specialized consulting work in artificial intelligence and tech platform developme...
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Zach Everett SmartSites
Zach Everett is a seasoned expert in digital marketing, specializing in PPC advertising and e-commerce strategy. With over a decade of experience, Zach has managed a portfolio of Google Ads campaigns exceeding $10 million in spend over five years, across diver...
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Michele Hoskins Recession Proof Collective
Introducing Michele Hoskins, a seasoned educator, leadership development trainer, and captivating motivational speaker boasting over three decades of enriching experience. Alongside her husband Paul, Michele thrives as an Urban Air Adventure Park Franchisee, e...
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New York City show agenda
Plan your day & Attend Business-Building Workshops, Speed Networking Sessions & Industry Expert Keynote Presentations.
small business expo - New York City
May 7, 202510AM-5:00PM EST
Javits Convention Center, Hall 1A
10:00AM EST
10:30AM - 11:00AM EST
Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3
Workshop Room 4
Workshop Room 5
10:40AM - 11:00AM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
10:00AM
10:30AM - 11:00AM EST
Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3
Workshop Room 4
Workshop Room 5
10:40AM - 11:00AM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
11:00AM - 11:20AM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
11:00AM - 11:45AM EST
Speed Networking
11:15AM - 11:45AM EST
Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 4
Workshop Room 5
Workshop Room 6
11:20AM - 11:40AM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
11:40AM - 12:00PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
12:00PM - 12:45PM EST
Keynote Theatre
Speed Networking
1:00PM - 1:30PM EST
Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3
Workshop Room 4
Workshop Room 6
1:00PM -1:45PM EST
Speed Networking
1:00PM - 1:20PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
1:20PM - 1:40PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
1:40PM- 2:00PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
1:45PM - 2:30PM EST
2:00PM - 2:45PM EST
Speed Networking
2:45PM - 3:15PM EST
Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 3
Workshop Room 4
Workshop Room 5
Workshop Room 7
3:00PM- 3:20PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
3:00PM - 3:45PM EST
Speed Networking
3:15PM - 4:00PM EST
3:20PM - 3:40PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
3:40PM- 4:00PM EST
Industry Meet-Up Networking Session
4:00PM - 5:00PM EST
Networking Happy Hour
5:00PM EST
DISCOVER NEW VENDORS AND BUILD YOUR BUSINESS NETWORK
Meet with Exhibitors that provide Innovative Products & Services to Help Build Your Business.
SHOP NEW PRODUCTS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
GET INSPIRED
FIND NEW VENDORS
BUILD NEW RELATIONSHIPS
LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS
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Frequently Asked Questions
The New York City Small Business Expo is a dynamic event that provides entrepreneurs and small business owners in the NYC region with networking and growth opportunities. Held in various cities across the nation, including New York, the Small Business Expo serves as a platform for showcasing products, accessing resources, and participating in interactive seminars, workshops, and speed networking sessions. Attendees have the chance to connect with potential clients, partners, and industry experts, gaining valuable insights into market trends and innovative solutions. The New York City Small Business Expo fosters a supportive environment, promoting collaboration and providing a valuable space for businesses to thrive and expand.
Joining the New York City Small Business Expo provides a gateway to expansive networking, tailor-made resources for your business needs, and participation in skill-building workshops and seminars guided by industry thought leaders. The Small Business Expo serves as a dynamic arena for collaboration, exposure, and advancement in NYC's bustling, fast-paced business environment.
Attendees span startups, local enterprises, and established companies! Industries include technology, finance, marketing, retail, healthcare, and beyond. You'll be certain to connect with professionals from sectors relevant to your business. Each vendor offers products and services designed to accommodate the diverse needs of SMBs.
Registration for the New York City Small Business Expo is open! Enter your full name and email on our event page and click “Register (or upgrade)” to sign up today. You can also use this form to upgrade your badge type at any time. Just use the email address associated with your registration.
The workshop sessions at the expo respond to a variety of business needs. These tailored sessions feature topics including, but not limited to:
- Banking
- eCommerce
- AI and automation
- Insurance
- Social media
- SEO
- Accounting
- Cybersecurity
- And a lot more
This variety ensures attendees can choose workshops that align with their particular business requirements.
Attendees at the New York City Small Business Expo can personalize their event experience by choosing from a variety of workshops, seminars, and networking sessions adapted to their specific interests and business goals. With an abundant range of options, the Small Business Expo guarantees that attendees can customize their itinerary to align with their specific preferences and objectives, maximizing the value of their experience.
The New York City Small Business Expo features specialized networking events and sessions. Opportunities are thoughtfully designed to unite businesses within comparable industries.
Attendees can take advantage of Get Dotted®, our color-coded industry-identification system. It helps attendees instantly recognize and network with professionals from a host of different industry backgrounds.
Recognizing shifting workforce dynamics as a crucial area of interest for business owners, the Small Business Expo facilitates connections between businesses and solution vendors specializing in remote work technologies, gig economy support, and many other topics related to the evolving labor landscape. Exhibitors often showcase innovative tools and services designed to address the unique challenges faced by businesses in these emerging work models.
If you’re located outside of NYC, then you won’t want to miss the New York City Small Business Expo. It’s a must-attend trade show for all small to medium-sized business owners in the tri-state area. It’s especially valuable for those in Jersey, Connecticut, or Long Island.
Visit the Exhibitor Information page to learn more. Register today to feature your business at the New York City Small Business Expo.