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Help Us Build the #SBI50 Historical Showcase! 📸🎥

We’re turning 50!  As we prepare for the 50th Annual Small Business Institute® Conference in 2026, we’re launching Golden Moments: Celebrating 50 Years of SBI® Impact— a digital celebration of the people, places, and moments that made SBI what it is today.

This multimedia display will run throughout the #SBI50 Conference and will include:

  • Photos from past conferences and SBI Center activities
  • Short videos and thank-you messages from past directors, clients, and members
  • Memorable milestones, student successes, and center stories

Here’s where you come in:
We’re inviting ALL members — past and present — to contribute to the #SBI50 Golden Moments by submitting stories, photos, or a short video message. 
Click here to share your materials.  Whether it’s a black-and-white snapshot from 1985 or a video of your students presenting a winning case, we’d love to include your memories. Let’s show how far we’ve come — and how many lives we’ve impacted along the way. 

Thank you for making SBI something worth celebrating.


News about the Small Business Institute Journal

CALL FOR PAPERS - VOL. 21, ISSUE 2, 2025 - Deadline Extended to May 31st!

The Small Business Institute® is excited to announce that one of our signature journals, the SBIJ, is now being managed by Metropolitan State University of Denver. Dr. Andrew Holt, Professor of Accounting at MSUD, has been appointed as the journal’s editor.

The mission of the SBIJ is to publish scholarly research articles in the fields of small business management, entrepreneurship, and field-based learning. Those who are interested in publishing their work in those areas, including a special issue on SBI program involvement, Past & Present, consider the SBIJ (Click the banner below to submit a manuscript). Join us in Charleston, SC in February for the annual conference to learn more about this great change at our journal.

Visit the Journal Website

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