The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Web Chat series starts the new year with a focus on small businesses and the credit crunch. SBA Associate Administrator for Capital Access Eric Zarnikow will help small business owners and entrepreneurs get answers to their questions about credit and borrowing and other resources to help them access credit from 10-11 a.m. Jan. 15.

Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to www.sba.gov and clicking “Online Business Chat.” Web-chat participants may post questions for Zarnikow before the Jan 15 chat by visiting http://app1.sba.gov/livemeeting/jan09/index.cfm, and posting their questions online.