In this Must Know…
- Join us June 5, 2024 in Sacramento for the 2024 CAMEO Advocacy Day
- Our Advocacy Day Priorities
- Join our webinar, Maximizing Your CAMEO Membership, on June 11, 2024 at 10:00am PT
- Apply for CAMEO’s Climate Resiliency cohort before June 14, 2024
- ICYMI: Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the CFPB’s funding mechanism.
- CAMEO CEO Carolina Martinez gives advice to small business owners in this Nerdwallet article on what to watch out for when seeking a small business grant.
- This week’s Goodie Highlight is the news that eight CAMEO members and partners were selected for the Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers.
2024 Advocacy Day: Meet our Speakers
Join us June 5, 2024 in Sacramento for the 2024 CAMEO Advocacy Day, where our collective voice is CRUCIAL to the integrity of the entrepreneurial ecosystem that we’ve built together.
We’ll be joined by three amazing speakers who are longtime small business champions and are eager to talk with our members on continuing to build an equitable ecosystem for California entrepreneurs:
- Clothilde Hewlett, Commissioner, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
- Maria Gallegos Herrera, State Director for California, USDA
Our Issues!
Joining us on Advocacy Day is the perfect opportunity for you to get facetime with your representatives and advocate for the issues most important to your community. Here are CAMEO’s policy priorities:
- Maintaining current levels of funding for the Small Business Technical Assistance Program (TAP)
- A fully funded DFPI
- SB 1482 (Protecting Small Business Borrowers – Glazer)
- SB 1286 (Fair Business Debt Collection Practices – Min)
- SB 1103 (Protecting Small Commercial Tenants – Menjivar)
Webinar: Maximize Your CAMEO Membership
As part of our 30th anniversary this year, we are launching a new and improved CAMEO Academy, our online learning platform.
Whether you are familiar with the platform, you are a long standing member, or a new CAMEO member, join us June 11, 2024 at 10:00am PT to learn about the new CAMEO Academy features as well as other membership benefits that can build your organization’s capacity!
The Goodies
Industry News
- A financial services firm in the CDFI grantmaking space is conducting a survey on AI usage at CDFIs.
- Kudos to the many CAMEO members and partners who were selected for the Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers!
New Research
- Read the Harvard Business Review’s report on “How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing.”
- The CFPB issued a new report that suggests consumers tend to pay more for products that have more complex pricing structures.
For Your Clients
- The Airbnb Entrepreneurship Academy is hosting the webinar “Academy 101: Intro to Hosting on Airbnb” on May 28, 2024 at 9:00am PT.
- CAMEO is partnering with Public Private Strategies to bring you the webinar, “Attract and Retain Employees with Affordable Benefits: Innovations and Opportunities,” TODAY at 11:00am PT.
Other Goodies
- Free Webinar: Climate United is hosting a webinar for community-based organizations on May 28, 2024 at 11:00am to share their strategy, next steps, and how to get involved in their work.
- Jobs: RCAC, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, OFN, and Pacific Community Ventures announced new jobs recently. See who else is hiring!