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Invite All Entrepreneurs to the Party

CAMEO Wishes Start Up America a Happy First Birthday — And Urges SUA to Invite All Entrepreneurs and Very Small Businesses to the Party If Start Up America wants to meet its goals, CAMEO believes it must understand that 1) all start-ups create jobs and 2) consideration of and help for very small businesses need

State of the Union Summary

Yesterday Jon Carson, Director of the Office of Public Engagement at the White House, hosted a call to discuss Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address and the Administrations Blueprint for An America Built to Last” (Blueprint). Martin Feeney, our guy in DC sent us this summary of the call, i.e. what’s on the president’s

Micro-related Legislation for 2012

edited on 3/29/12 LEGISLATIVE WINS! STARTUP Act: S1826 Wyden (D-OR) and HR3427 Doggett (D-TX), Peter Stark (D CA) – introduced Dec 2011 This bill was included in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. CAMEO’s first victory and we didn’t have to raise a finger. would help unemployed workers to start

Federal Budget for Micro

Download a comparison of the Micro-related budgets for FY2010, FY2011 and FY2012. From AEO: Washington, DC – The massive spending bill – also known as the “megabus” – has been passed and work on FY2012 Appropriations is now complete. The spending bill, H.R. 2055 The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, contained funding for nearly three

Reference Point – Claudia on TV

Claudia, along with Emily Gasner of Working Solutions and Sharon Miller of the Renaissance Center will appear on Reference Point this month to talk about micro-businesses, (what else?!). KMVT, a local public access cable channel, will begin broadcasting the show on Friday, December 9th at 8:30 PM on Comcast channel 15. Scroll down for more

President Obama on Small Biz Sat

A letter from President Obama… November 23, 2011 From the mom-and-pop storefront shops that anchor Main Street to the high-tech start-ups that keep America on the cutting edge, small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our Nation’s promise. These businesses create two out of every three new jobs in America,