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CRA Reform Update

Last year, we wrote about the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s efforts to update the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) through a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that was published in August 2018. OCC’s stated goal was to strengthen and modernize the CRA. However, the proposed rules indicate the effect will be quite

GrowthWheel for CAMEO Members | Food Business Webinar 2

In this Must Know… GrowthWheel for CAMEO Members Join us on February 6, 2020 at 12:00pm PST for webinar 2 of our “Cooking Up Success” series, “Growing Your Clients’ Food Businesses.” Comments Due on DBO’s SB 1235 Implementation This week’s Goodie highlight is American Banker’s article on CRA reform, featuring Working Solutions CEO Sara Razavi. GrowthWheel for CAMEO

Cindy Greaver, Mrs. G’s

Cindy Greaver and her husband, Kent, began Mrs. G’s over twenty years ago when she started making hot pepper jellies as gifts for friends and family. Since then, her heady, homemade confections have caught fire with customers and fans across the country.

Cooking Up Success: Lifecycle of Food Businesses

This is Webinar 1 of “Cooking Up Success,” our webinar series in partnership with NALCAB. Do clients come to you with their grandmother’s mole recipe and want to develop a business around it? For many Latino and immigrant families, small business development has an outsized financial and cultural importance, often making up a critical element

“Cooking Up Success” Webinar Today | Gig Economy Program

In this Must Know… Join us TODAY for “Cooking Up Success” “How to Succeed as a Freelancer” Program for your clients CALED’s 40th Annual Training Conference This week’s Goodie highlight is Blue Avocado’s AB5 explainer for nonprofits. Food Business Webinar Series Join us in January and February for “Cooking Up Success,” a 3-part webinar series we’ve created in partnership with

Webinar Madness!

In this Must Know… it’s Webinar Madness! Join “Tech Tools for TA” TODAY at 2:00pm PST. NALCAB webinar series – Cooking Up Success California Small Business Policy Webinar recording This week’s Goodie highlight is yet another webinar: Prosperity Now’s 2020 Scorecard Data on January 29, 2020. Today: Tech Tools for TA Join “Tech Tools for TA“ TODAY at 2:00pm

Tech Tools for Technical Assistance

In this special one-and-a-half-hour webinar, we show you two tech-y tools that CAMEO is making available to its members who do business assistance and want to reach more clients, more efficiently. First up are our friends at Samaschool, who have a new virtual class for gig workers. They explain how to participate (hint: it’s easy). Then GrowthWheel presents

Lindsey Ott, Mama Tong

Ever since she can remember, Lindsey Ott has loved babies and everything that has to do with the miracle of childbirth. In her 20s, she studied to become a midwife. Then, she found herself traveling in Hawaii and settled in an organic farm in Maui. There, she started learning about growing plants for sustenance and wellbeing, turning it into her newfound passion.

Webinar on Tech Tools for TA | MicroLenders Forum

In this Must Know… Join “Tech Tools for TA” on January 16, 2020 at 2:00pm PST. Join us at the MicroLenders Forum on March 11, 2020 in San Francisco. Start Us Up Coalition This week’s Goodie highlights are two new funding opportunities from Lever For Change and USDA. Webinar: Tech Tools for TA Join us for our Third Thursday Webinar, “Tech

Happy 2020! Join Us!

In this Must Know… Happy New Year! Join us in January Welcome Melissa Cruz in Los Angeles Big Wins on FY2020 Federal Budget Happy 2020! Join Us! What CAMEO has in store for you in January and early February: Third Thursday Webinar: Tech Tools for TA on January 16, 2020 at 2:00pm PST. San Francisco Regional Member Meeting with SBA