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Help Unemployed BYOB-Be Their Own Boss

CAMEO Initiates Campaign to Help Unemployed BYOB-Be Their Own Boss! and Start Their own Small Business! This Labor Day CAMEO, the California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity, wants to celebrate by recognizing those people who are employed by their own sweat and hard work, the self-employed who create their own small businesses. San Francisco, CA

More Corporate Activities Need to Support Small Business

To celebrate Farmers’ Market Week, Chipotle Mexican Grill is donating $1 to the Farmer-Veteran Coalition for every side of guacamole purchased at their California locations. Corporate collaborations that help small businesses invest in local communities. Heidi Pickman CAMEO 415.992.4484 San Francisco, CA To celebrate Farmers’ Market Week, Chipotle Mexican Grill is donating $1 to the

California CDFI Awardees 2012

CAMEO Congratulates California CDFI Awardees That Fund Small Business CAMEO congratulates the nine California organizations who received funding from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to support small business. California received $5.8 million to provide business technical assistance and loans to start-up businesses and those that want to grow. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB)

Help Unemployed Start a Small Business

Today’s unemployment numbers drive home the fact that we have got to focus on helping unemployed with entrepreneurial potential to start their own small business. The Workforce Investment System must train the unemployed to become their own boss. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 03, 2012 “Today’s unemployment numbers drive home the fact that we have

CAMEO Applauds Obama’s Direction

on Small Business and Says Go Further San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 President Obama announced six initiatives yesterday that will help small businesses; CAMEO, the California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity, says his initiatives will help some small businesses, but not the overwhelming majority that are very small and micro businesses; what most

Small Business Wins in SCOTUS Decision

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 CAMEO, California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity, says that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling today to uphold the Affordable Care Act is a win for small businesses. Health expenditures in the United States neared $2.6 trillion in 2010, over ten times the $256 billion spent in 1980. According

CAMEO Face of Entrepreneurship Award Winners

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2012 CAMEO is proud to announce the winners of the second annual CAMEO Face of Entrepreneurship Awards – MIHO Gastrotruck from San Diego and Mendocino Solar from Mendocino, two small businesses that created jobs in these trying economic times. “CAMEO initiated the Faces award because we came across so

CAMEO Cheers Capps Bill To Help Unemployed Be Self-Employed

Last week, unemployed, potential entrepreneurs moved closer to being able to start their own small business. Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) announced legislation that would enable local Workforce Investment Boards to offer training and assistance for self-employment. “As we work to help small businesses grow and create jobs, we can’t overlook the importance of the smallest

Support Micro for National Small Business Week

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 To celebrate National Small Business Week, CAMEO, the California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity, supports the truly small businesses that make up 88% of the country’s businesses. Businesses with five or fewer employees are the new normal. The Bureau of Labor statistics reported in March that the average

Very Small Businesses with Schedule C Tax Preparation

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 04, 2012 Nearly 13 million self-employed entrepreneurs in the U.S. – 2 million of those in California – have incomes below $50,000 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). These are the smallest of the small businesses. Only 1% of low and moderate income entrepreneurs in California receive business advice and assistance from