12/05/2023
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"I would like to welcome everyone here, and also I hope that you can join us later where we are going to have a little reception with coffee and cookies."
"In the past SBA said that their standard 7A loan programs are cheaper and more effective than the microloan program in helping low-income and small-dollar borrowers."
"With a sluggish economy, it is absolutely critical that programs like these succeed."
"Although subcontracts are an important entry point, more needs to be done to make them accessible to small firms."