Ted Sheets has been making signs in Eureka since 1984. In 2006, he began to look at the possibility of moving out of his garage, which was full to the rafters. Ted wanted to expand his sign business and started looking at sign franchise opportunities. But he didn’t know how to tell if it was
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Lucy Ludwig
Lucy Ludwig received a $3,000 microloan from Accion San Diego to launch her law practice.
JJ Lee & Chris Lord, Overtone Productions
JJ Lee and Chris Lord enrolled in the Individual Development Account program with CAMEO member Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) in Los Angeles with the goal of launching a music production company. Upon completion of their required savings and education trainings, they were able to secure capital for equipping their home-based production studio. Overtone
Ginger Elizabeth Hahn, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates
Fascinated with chocolate and its beautiful and complex characteristics, Ginger Elizabeth Hahn had always dreamed of opening her own chocolaterie. A formally trained American chocolatier, Ginger Elizabeth began learning her craft at age 16 at a truffle class in Sacramento at the Learning Exchange. From there, she took classes at the Culinary Institute of America
Elizabeth Pond, Financial Health Services
Elizabeth Pond received training from UCSB to get her small business off the ground, then joined Women’s Economic Ventures in order to help other entrepreneurs.
Johneric Concordia, The Park’s Finest
The Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program helped Johneric Concordia find the $12,000 he needed to open The Park’s Finest.
VEDC Gets $5 Million Grant
Grant Will Create Much-Needed Jobs in California CAMEO member, Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC), received a $5 million grant from Chase. The money will scale-up VEDC’s capacity to generate the loans small and medium-sized businesses need to sustain and expand their businesses and to hire more Californians. Roberto Barragan, President of VEDC, said, “This grant
Cutting Through the Budget Rhetoric
By Marsha Bailey Cutting a budget isn’t easy. Whether you’re a small business owner, a non-profit executive or a local government manager, making cuts is hard. It’s hard because in small organizations, we don’t see the line items on our budgets as numbers, we see them as people. There is much discussion in Washington, D.C.
STORY TELLING TOOL
MICRO ENTERPRISE STORY TEMPLATE DEVELOPED FOR CAMEO By Joel ben Izzy © 2011 The world of Micro Enterprise development is filled with stories. In fact, there’s a tale to be told behind every loan we make and behind every business that succeeds, adds a new product or service, or creates a new job. With so
Cold Dead Fish Problem
Telling the Story of Micro Enterprise We suffer from the ‘cold dead fish’ problem. That’s the problem of the delicious sushi restaurant owned by a really nice Japanese couple with awesome service and great prices that’s empty. Why? It might have something to do with the sign out front that says “We Sell Cold, Dead