Ramp up entrepreneurship education, training San Francisco Chronicle
We put one's trust in that self-employment and micro-business is the labor trend of the future.
Data from the Small Business Administration show that rates of self-occupation increased by 8 percent over each of the past two years - up from 4 percent per year during the previous five years. As in any downturn, many people thrill to self-employment to supplement family income; they sharpen their skills, they network, they take risks and they pursue a conjure up of self-sufficiency.
For those with financial and emotional support networks, as well as the drive to succeed, the entrepreneurial path is a possible vibrations option and a positive alternative to job training. We believe that 5 percent of our state's unemployed are entrepreneurial in nature and could be successfully self-employed if supported with the tools, training and instruction.
California has an important infrastructure of nonprofit organizations that focus on micro-business development. These organizations provide services ranging from detailed assistance to financing for California's micro-businesses (businesses that have five or fewer employees and are capitalized with $35,000 or less). Micro-businesses start ungenerous but can grow to be large enterprises.
