2015 CAMEO Member Meeting
Event Information
Description
Join at our Annual Member Meeting in Sacramento to learn about business pollinators!
June 9, 2015
8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Sterling Hotel
1300 H Street, Sacramento
The meeting will be a full day - first, member advocacy followed by lunchtime keynote, Michael Shuman, speaking about his new book, The Local Economy Solution. We'll then break out into rich discussions about the five "P"s of business pollinators, that will give you tools to make the case for your work.
2015 Faces of Entrepreneurship Awards
We end our day in Sacramento with the Fifth Annual CAMEO Faces of Entrepreneurship Award during the reception. Last year's winners were Patty Rodriguez of SF Parking, nominated by Working Solutions, and Alfredo Garcia of Watsonville Diesel, nominated by El Pajaro Community Development Corporation. This year it could be your client!
Legislators from the business owners' districts will present the awards. This is a great opportunity for your clients and helps us build strategic connections with our legislators. Award winners will be selected based on the following criteria: type of business, region, demonstrated growth and job creation, and contributions to their community.
Nominate your businesses by April 24, 2015.
Post a photo and a one-liner of your nominee on CAMEO's Facebook page once you've filled out the nomination form.
Preliminary Agenda
- 8:30 Breakfast
- 9:30 CAMEO Member Meeting
- 10:30 Meetings with Legislators
- 1:00 Lunch
- 1:30 Michael Shuman
- 4:00 Reception and Awards
Organizer CAMEO
Organizer of 2015 CAMEO Member Meeting
CAMEO's mission is to grow a healthy, vibrant, thriving environment for all entrepreneurs and start-up businesses by advancing the work of our statewide member network. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for all entrepreneurs, to build wealth and strong California communities. Our member organizations provide entrepreneurs with small and micro-business financing such as loans and credit, technical assistance and business management training. CAMEO members annually serve 15,000 very small businesses with training, business and credit assistance and loans. These firms – largely start-ups with less than five employees – support or create 35,000 new jobs in California. These very small businesses create a total of $1billion in economic activity. Federal taxes paid increased 35% over a five-year period. Local small businesses have a multiplier effect on their local economies that is twice that of big national chains.
