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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 08 > Unemployed, but becoming self-employed

Unemployed, but becoming self-employed

State programs help train jobless to start, run their own businesses

By Tim Fought / The Bulletin
September 8, 2009

PORTLAND " Until this summer, salesman Jorge Ocampo had always been what he calls a W-2 man. Proof was the Mercedes he bought with cash. But he had always longed to be his own boss.

"Almost every day I thought of it," the 54-year-old said.

The opportunity came June 2 when he was....

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