Cuiabá hosts Empreende Cuiabá to support small businesses

The City of Cuiabá held the first edition of Empreende Cuiabá on Tuesday (27) to strengthen small businesses, generate income, and support entrepreneurs in the Baixada Cuiabana region. Held at Praça Alencastro and the Centro Integrado de Atendimento ao Cidadão (CIAC), the event featured lectures, product exhibitions, job opportunities, and cultural performances.

Promoted by the Municipal Secretariat of Labor, the initiative provided guidance on business formalization, financial education, taxation, and access to credit lines. The event also included job screening services at the CIAC. Municipal Labor Secretary Nivaldo Carvalho noted that the fair aims to stimulate entrepreneurship, observing a growing trend of workers transitioning to micro-entrepreneur (MEI) status.

The event emphasized social inclusion, featuring 25 entrepreneurs with disabilities (PCDs) and highlighting the work of atypical mothers balancing childcare with income generation. Andrico Xavier, Deputy Secretary of Inclusion and Accessibility, emphasized the importance of recognizing the value of professionals with disabilities in the local economy.