In this Must Know…
- Upcoming CAMEO Trainings
- CAMEO CEO Carolina Martinez is named one of the Bay Area’s “Most Influential Women in Business.”
- Take Action: Support Prop 4
- Don’t miss out on discounted hotel rooms for our 30th Anniversary Celebration on November 13-14, 2024. The block discount expires TOMORROW!
- Ask your clients to complete the Federal Reserve’s 2024 Small Business Credit Survey.
- This week’s Goodie Highlight is the Treasury Department’s new Small Business Opportunity Program.
Upcoming CAMEO Trainings
October 15, 2024 at 11:00am PT – Unlocking Emotional Intelligence: Navigating the Unconscious Mind
October 22, 2024 at 11:00am PT – Leadership Essentials: Building Soft Skills for Success
October 28 – November 1, 2024 – Microlending Essentials October
October 29, 2024 at 2:00pm PT – Tools for Going Green: Incentives
Carolina Wins Influential Bay Area Women Award
Carolina Martinez, CEO of CAMEO Network, has been named to the San Francisco Business Times’ list of 2024 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business, which recognizes 100 of the most prominent and powerful women in Bay Area business. Carolina is named alongside founders and funders, scientists, and c-suite executives.
Carolina and her fellow awardees will be honored at an event this evening. A special issue of the San Francisco Business Times will be published tomorrow, October 11, 2024.
Take Action: Support Prop 4
Proposition 4 is a climate resilience bond that will catalyze a wide range of investments to make rural and agricultural communities safer and more resilient to wildfires, floods, droughts, and extreme heat.
Prop 4 would also make unprecedented investments in local food system infrastructure, including $40 million for infrastructure for certified farmers’ markets and mobile farmers’ markets.
Support Prop 4 at the ballot box and consider making an endorsement!
The Goodies
Industry News
- The Treasury Department is awarding $10 million to CalOSBA through the Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program to help small businesses grow and hire.
- ICYMI: A federal judge partially blocked the Transportation Department’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program.
New Research
- CDFI Friendly America’s new research paper, “Place, Race, & CDFI Lending,” introduces a new approach to assessing the impact of CDFI lending by race.
- AEO’s recently released fact sheet reveals that Latino entrepreneurs represent approximately 20% of all business owners in the U.S.
For Your Clients
- WEV’s new 6-week, Spanish-language Credit Builder/ Construye tu Credito program takes place virtually from October 16 to November 20, 2024.
- SCORE is hosting a webinar on leveraging ChatGPT and AI tools to increase productivity on October 17, 2024 at 10:00am PT.
Other Goodies
- Take Action: Last call: sign the open letter for democracy from business leaders across America.
- Jobs: National Consumer Law Center, the National Center for Smart Growth, Community Vision, and Housing Trust Silicon Valley announced new jobs recently. See who else is hiring!