Small Business Expo will bring its San Francisco edition to the South San Francisco Conference Center on June 25, 2026, adding a broad-based business event to the Bay Area calendar for founders, operators, service providers, and local professionals looking for workshops, networking, and exhibitor access. The event page lists the conference hours as 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and describes it as a free, live, in-person show.
The organizers are pitching the event as one of the Bay Area’s larger small-business networking gatherings, built around workshops, keynote talks, an expo floor, and business-to-business connections. The official city page says the San Francisco conference is designed to help business owners increase revenue, grow their networks, and connect with service providers and potential partners in one place.
What makes the event especially usable as a speaker-driven feature is its published roster of named presenters. The workshop section already lists John Armstrong of Full Spectrum Coaching and Consulting, Kelly Cunningham of Simpli.fi, Lucius C. Davis III of the Franchise Tax Board, Jenna Fuentes of OpenClassrooms, Brent Ilgen of Orchard Retail Group, Glenn Keast of Orchard Retail Group, Lovely Marshall of Lovely is YOUR Story, and Yusef Muhammad of SCORE. The keynote speakers listed on the page are Dave Charest, Director of Small Business Success at Constant Contact, and Precious Williams, Shark Tank entrepreneur and CEO of The Perfect Pitch Group.
That lineup gives the event a wider range than a standard startup meetup. Charest brings a small-business marketing angle through Constant Contact, while Williams adds a recognizable entrepreneurial and pitch-coaching presence. Armstrong’s listing emphasizes coaching and consulting for service-based businesses, Cunningham’s profile points to local and regional business marketing, Davis is tied to small-business tax education through California’s Franchise Tax Board, and Fuentes brings workforce and education experience through OpenClassrooms.
The roster also extends into operations, storytelling, and mentoring. Ilgen and Keast, both listed with Orchard Retail Group, bring retail and supply-chain experience, with Keast’s speaker biography highlighting his years at Cotton On Group and international store growth experience. Lovely Marshall adds a branding and creator-economy voice through Lovely is YOUR Story, while Yusef Muhammad represents SCORE and is described on the event page as an award-winning business coach and mentor recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The event structure reflects that practical focus. The city page emphasizes workshops led by industry experts, networking, keynote talks, exhibitor booths, and direct opportunities for attendees to compare business services and tools. It also promotes the expo as a place where small businesses can meet vendors, build relationships, and explore products tied to marketing, operations, growth, and professional services.
Unlike many of the Bay Area’s better-known conference brands, Small Business Expo is not centered on AI, cybersecurity, venture capital, or enterprise software. Its official framing is broader and more operational, focused on the day-to-day needs of local and regional business owners. The page specifically highlights topics such as marketing, finance, operations, growth strategy, business visibility, and scaling in a high-cost Bay Area market.
That gives the San Francisco edition a different place in the regional events landscape. While larger technology conferences in the Bay Area tend to revolve around major corporate platforms or highly specialized sectors, Small Business Expo is built around a wider business audience that includes owners, consultants, service providers, and professionals looking for practical guidance and local connections. Its location in South San Francisco also places it outside the usual Moscone-centered downtown conference circuit.
With speakers including John Armstrong, Kelly Cunningham, Lucius C. Davis III, Jenna Fuentes, Brent Ilgen, Glenn Keast, Lovely Marshall, Yusef Muhammad, Dave Charest, and Precious Williams already listed on the city page, the San Francisco Small Business Expo has enough named people on the roster to stand as a speaker-led business feature in its own right. In June, it will bring a more small-business-focused mix of educators, marketers, coaches, tax advisers, and operators to the Bay Area conference calendar.
Read our coverage of the San Francisco Retail Conference for more on another Bay Area business event focused on leasing, redevelopment, and the future of in-person commerce.
