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Verity Somers, Raw Workouts

Verity Somers learned the skills she needed to be her own boss thanks to the instruction she received from CAMEO member Women’s Economic Ventures and the support from other WEV graduates.

Agricultural Risk Management Workshop

For your clients College Station. TX – AgriLogic Consulting, in coordination with the USDA Risk Management Agency, will be hosting educational workshops throughout the state of California targeting local Hispanic, women, and new agricultural producers. Risk management topics will include: decision support tools, specialty crop insurance, enterprise budget development, financial planning, record keeping, identification of

Assessing Internet Marketing Skills

Another guest post from Joanne Steele! What does a micro-business owner need to know to be a successful internet marketer? What trainings should a micro enterprise development organization or SBDC offer that will have the greatest impact on a small or micro business’s financial success? These are two questions that can be answered by a

Shop Micro and Local For the Holidays

Keep your holiday shopping in the family and support local, independently-owned micro-businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods across the country. Accion San Diego has a selection of beautiful holiday gifts made by their clients. International Rescue Committee of San Diego hosts their Holiday Bazaar on December 8, 2012 from 9am-1pm at

ASBC Media Training

Our friends at the American Sustainable Business Council is holding their first ever media training series. Their hope is that these training sessions will help you become more effective communicators in getting your story and our collective stories out to the public or to targeted audiences.  They hope you will use what you have learned

2012 Election Results, 113th Congress and California

Our friends from Small Business Majority spoke to MSNBC after the election… And thanks to Ann Sullivan and AEO for holding today’s webinar on the elections and what we can expect. Here’s my notes on what she said. Democrats have 55 sold votes in Senate because independents are caucusing with them. It’s a very strong

Women Entrepreneurs Symposium Recap

A Women Entrepreneurs Symposium, 2012 Networking, Connection, Strategic Alliances Women entrepreneurs are the nation’s secret ingredient in the recipe for economic growth. Women-owned firms continue to grow in number at rates exceeding the national average. However, growing beyond the $250,000 to $499,999 revenue mark and at the 5 to 9 employee size class seems to