The Largest Networking Event in Boston | Small Business Expo Boston
Welcome to the LARGEST networking events in Boston focused on small business success! Here, attendees can engage with industry leaders, participate in workshops, and access resources tailored for effective business growth. The Boston business expo is a crucial nexus for knowledge exchange, relationship building, and strategic partnerships. We go above and beyond to cater to the dynamic needs of the modern business landscape.
Our Boston business event features a series of interactive sessions, panels, and b2b marketing opportunities. Each element addresses current market trends, innovative strategies, and practical solutions for overcoming business challenges.
In addition to the tremendous networking opportunities, the Boston trade show will pack a hall with diverse exhibitors. They’ll be showcasing the latest products and services vital for small business operations.
Get the tools you need to boost B2B marketing and build a growing small business.
A Flagship Boston Business Event for Local Entrepreneurs
From the Seaport and Financial District to Cambridge, Brookline, and beyond, Boston entrepreneurs rely on high-quality business events in Boston to make connections, sharpen strategies, and unlock new growth opportunities. The Boston Small Business Expo brings all of that momentum together under one roof, rivaling the most respected Boston business networking events in both scale and impact.
This one-day event creates a centralized space where Boston-area business owners can learn from experts, connect with peers, and discover tools designed to help them grow smarter and faster.
Date & Location
THE WESTIN BOSTON SEAPORT DISTRICT
May 27, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
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Located in the heart of the Seaport District, The Westin Boston provides a modern, easily accessible venue near South Station, Logan Airport, and major highways, making it an ideal setting for one of the most anticipated networking events Boston entrepreneurs attend each year.
Why Boston Entrepreneurs Attend the Small Business Expo
The Boston Small Business Expo is built specifically for small business owners, startups, and B2B professionals operating in the Boston market.
Attendees come to:
– Build meaningful connections with other Boston-area founders and decision-makers
– Discover tools and services designed for small business growth
– Learn from experts who understand the Boston and New England business landscape
– Generate leads, partnerships, and opportunities that extend beyond the event
Unlike casual meetups, this is a structured, high-impact experience designed to deliver real business outcomes.
What to Expect at Our Boston Trade Show & Business Networking Event
The Boston Small Business Expo places you at the center of a motivated, growth-focused community. Our Boston business networking events are intentionally designed to encourage real conversations.
Networking Opportunities Boston Professionals Value
Meet fellow entrepreneurs, service providers, and decision-makers from across Boston and the surrounding region. Structured networking sessions help spark conversations that lead to referrals, partnerships, and new clients.
Expert-Led Workshops & Seminars
Learn from business leaders and subject-matter experts who understand the challenges of building a business in Boston. Sessions cover marketing, finance, sales, operations, technology, and scaling strategies relevant to local and regional markets.
Exhibitors Supporting Boston Small Businesses
Explore a curated selection of exhibitors showcasing products and services essential for small business success. Many vendors specialize in working with SMBs and B2B companies, making this trade show a valuable resource for sourcing trusted partners.
Panel Discussions Led by Boston Business Experts
Gain insights into current trends shaping the Boston business landscape, from digital marketing and funding to hiring and operational efficiency. Panels encourage open discussion and real-world takeaways.
Inspiring Keynote Speakers
Hear from speakers who have built and scaled businesses in competitive markets like Boston. Their stories provide both motivation and actionable guidance you can apply immediately.
Exhibit Your Brand at the Boston Small Business Expo
Exhibiting at the Boston Small Business Expo places your brand at the center of one of the most influential trade shows in Boston for small businesses. This premier Boston business networking event attracts motivated entrepreneurs, decision-makers, and buyers actively seeking solutions.
Here’s how exhibiting at our Boston event benefits your brand:
Exhibit to Connect
Create meaningful, face-to-face connections with potential clients and partners. In-person engagement at one of the top networking events Boston offers helps build trust faster and strengthens business relationships.
Exhibit for Visibility & Qualified Sales Leads
Gain exposure to a highly targeted audience of small business owners and B2B professionals. This is a powerful opportunity to generate qualified leads and connect directly with buyers ready to invest.
Exhibit for Growth
Showcase your products or services to a Boston-based audience focused on innovation and efficiency. Exhibiting positions your brand as a solution provider within the local business ecosystem.
Exhibit to Impress
Stand out in a competitive market with a compelling booth or live demonstration. A strong presence at this Boston small business expo keeps your brand top-of-mind long after the event ends.
Exhibit for Results
Exhibiting increases brand awareness, strengthens your local presence, and opens the door to new revenue opportunities, often extending well beyond the show floor.
Ready to showcase your business at one of the most impactful Boston business networking events? Exhibit at the Small Business Expo
Join Us at the Boston Small Business Expo 2026
The Boston Small Business Expo 2026 is filled with great opportunities for the Boston business community.
Whether you’re attending to learn, network, or exhibit, this is one of the must-attend networking events Boston entrepreneurs rely on to move their businesses forward.
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We look forward to welcoming you to our next Boston business networking event on May 27, 2026.
Attend Workshops Led by Industry Experts
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Learn from Amazing Keynote Speakers
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Meet Vendors to Help Grow Your Business
Keynote Speakers
Mark Albert Former CBS News Correspondent, Peabody & Emmy Award Winner, and Co-Founder of Media Mastery Experts
Mark Albert is the co-founder of the Media Mastery Experts brand and CEO of Media Advisory Experts, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm providing media training, crisis communications, earned media, storytelling and video production services to clients in t...
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John Bates Leading TED Talk Coach (35+ TEDx Events) and Co-Founder of Media Mastery Experts
Media Mastery Experts co-founder John Bates’ driving purpose is simple yet profound: to uncover the brilliance within every individual and help it shine brightly in the world, creating a lasting impact. As a Leadership Communication Expert and Strategic Commu...
Read MoreNicole Denise Brand Intelligence Strategist & CEO, CoAgency
Nicole Denise Phillip is a Brand Intelligence Strategist and founder of CoAgency, where she helps coaches, consultants, and online service experts turn clarity into consistent conversion. Through her Intelligence Pillars framework — Business Intelligence, A...
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Workshop Speakers
Dahlia Rizk Shark Tank Success Story
Dahlia Rizk is a licensed mental health counselor who, in a plot twist nobody saw coming, also invented a crash-tested car seat-safe coat for kids and somehow ended up on Shark Tank. Buckle Me Baby Coats has been through 8 rounds of crash testing, lives in ten...
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Vlad Smolyanskyy Shark Tank Success Story
Vladislav (Vlad) Smolyanskyy is a Ukrainian-born entrepreneur, Shark Tank veteran, and AI innovator whose journey took him from a teenage immigrant in Brooklyn with no contacts or capital to pitching his business on national television. At 18 he co-founded Pin...
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Julia Becker Collins Vision Advertising
Julia Becker Collins is the Chief Operating Officer at Vision Advertising, a Massachusetts-based marketing agency. With more than 20 years of experience in marketing and business leadership, she helps companies cut through the noise and focus on the strategies...
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Heather Gould OneDigital
Heather Gould is a seasoned executive leader specializing in growth strategy, organizational transformation, and scalable business operations. As EVP of Strategy, Growth and Transformation at OneDigital | Resourcing Edge, she partners with leadership teams to ...
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Kyle Green RingCentral
Kyle serves as AVP of SMB Acquisition at RingCentral, where he leads high-performing sales teams focused on driving new revenue growth. He has a strong track record of scaling acquisition engines across direct and partner channels while consistently exceeding ...
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Natalie Hirsch AWS
Natalie Hirsch knows small business from the inside out. Before joining Amazon, she founded and ran two small businesses where she wore every hat from sales and marketing to operations and accounting. She was also employee #11 at an early-stage startup and spe...
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Riley Hoogendoorn Hoagy Marketing
Riley Hoogendoorn founded Hoagy Marketing after a long journey of working with large and small companies to grow their revenues to new heights through powerful digital marketing tactics, such as search engine optimization, advertising, email marketing, social ...
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Hanzala Inayat TDCcommerce.com
With over 20 years of experience in eCommerce and business technology, I have helped build and scale digital commerce operations from the ground up. As the CTO of Medicaleshop.com, I experienced firsthand the challenges small businesses face—disconnected syste...
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Kham Inthirath AI Advisor Guy
Kham Inthirath gives business leaders practical tools & strategies to build resilient, future-ready organizations and solve team bottlenecks with AI. Guided by the principle, if you’re not uncomfortable, you’re not growing, Kham brings over 20 years of ex...
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Jackie Ireland Boucher Better Business Bureau
Jackie Ireland Boucher is the Business Engagement Coordinator at the Better Business Bureau of Eastern New England, where she connects entrepreneurs and small businesses with trusted resources, educational opportunities, and community-driven support. She devel...
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Fred Joyal The Fred Joyal Company
Fred Joyal co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST, which, in aggregate, generated over $1 billion in revenue while he was CEO. His latest book, Superbold: from Under-confident to Charismatic in 90 Days, is a Wall ...
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Sharon Lee Thony Verizon
Sharon Lee Thony is an award-winning brand and marketing executive with over 20 years of experience driving growth for global brands in travel, beauty, and lifestyle. She is the Founder & CEO of SLT Consulting (SLTC), a boutique digital marketing agency wh...
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Michael Nguyen Teleiq
Michael Nguyen is the Co-Founder of TeleIQ, an AI-powered phone assistant platform designed to help businesses manage customer calls more effectively. He is an AI and machine learning specialist passionate about helping companies apply artificial intelligence ...
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Zach Pratico SmartScale360
Founder with over 10+ years in offshore hiring helping business owners grow and scale their company while reducing labor costs and improving operational efficiency....
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VR Small Veteran Women's Enterprise Center (VWEC)
VR Small is the visionary Founder and CEO of the Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC), a groundbreaking national initiative that empowers women entrepreneurs associated with the military to successfully scale sustainable businesses. VR is a dynamic Navy...
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Ritu Arora Thakur Smart Tech Inc
Ritu Thakur is a seasoned business and technology consultant with over 20 years of experience spanning multiple industries. In 2007, she founded Smart Tech Inc., a firm dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) refine their customer outreac...
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Andrew Turner Amazon Business
Andrew Turner is Head of North American Sales for the Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment at Amazon Business (AB), where he leads sales teams in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica. He also leads AB’s third-party channel partnerships. Andrew joined Amazon over ...
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Carol Xie Internal Revenue Service
Carol Xie has been a vital member of the IRS Tax Outreach Partnership & Education (TOPE) Branch for over three years. With a keen focus on effective communication and relationship-building, Carol serves as a liaison between the IRS and its stakeholders, pr...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Register for the Boston Small Business Expo by providing your full name and email address on the event page. Then, click “Register (or upgrade).” You can use this same form to upgrade your badge type once you have registered.
Please see our Exhibitor Information page for all questions pertaining to exhibiting at the Boston Small Business Expo.
Attendees can participate in industry-specific meetups, specialized networking sessions, and dynamic workshops. The Exhibitor Hall provides a unique chance to interact with a diverse range of businesses. These meetings pave the way for cooperative opportunities in the future. These thoughtfully designed networking experiences empower attendees to develop important connections with industry peers.
Boston's Small Business Expo is designed with the local entrepreneur and business in mind. The broad array of local exhibitors ensures that the event caters to the needs of the Boston business community. The expo allows attendees to navigate the specific challenges and opportunities that are inherent in the local market.
With its broad scope, The Boston Small Business Expo accommodates businesses from various industries. We guarantee inclusivity for all types of enterprises. Plus, we aim to facilitate collaboration across different sectors.
Unlike many networking events Boston professionals attend, the Boston Small Business Expo combines large-scale networking, expert education, and a full trade show experience in one place. Attendees gain access to workshops, panels, exhibitors, and curated networking, making it more comprehensive than traditional meetups or mixers.
This event is ideal for entrepreneurs, startups, small business owners, and growing companies across the Boston area. Whether you’re launching a business or scaling an existing one, the Expo offers resources and connections tailored to your stage of growth.
Yes. General admission is free with registration, giving attendees access to networking events, the trade show floor, and select educational sessions.
The event takes place at the Westin Boston Seaport District, a central and easily accessible venue for professionals traveling from downtown Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding areas.
Exhibitors include marketing agencies, financial service providers, technology companies, and business solution vendors focused on supporting small businesses in Boston and New England.