Business Development and Support Division

On October 29th the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii successfully launched their first one-day Small BIZ Academy in partnership with the City and County of Honolulu. Various business support organizations including DBEDT presented complimentary seminars designed to provide small businesses with information and tools needed to start, develop and grow their businesses. Turnout for the event ...
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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES Notice is hereby given that the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing as follows: December 4, 2014 10:00 a.m.DBEDT250 South Hotel Street, Room 436 ...
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DBEDT is leading a group of 19 Hawaii companies to Orlando, Florida, January 8-10, 2015, for Surf Expo, the longest running and largest boardsports and beach/resort lifestyle tradeshow in the world. For more information, e-mail Jamie Lum at jamie.k.lum@hawaii.gov. We have successfully filled the Hawaii Pavilion spaces, so applications are closed.   The following companies ...
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The Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) in collaboration with Study Hawaii, a consortium of public and private educational institutions, promoted studying in Hawaii opportunities during the 2014 Oh Study! International Education Expo in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 18 and 19 at the Taipei World Trade Center. During the two-day event, the Hawaii ...
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Director Richard Lim presented at the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference in Honolulu held on October 10, 2014. The panel discussion, “Capitalizing on Business Opportunities Abroad,” explored corporate growth strategies between Japan and the United States in the context of government actions to encourage international expansion. The role of Hawaii as a “test bed” for adapting ...
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THE BUSINESS OF EXPORTING program, sponsored by DBEDT and presented by Hawaii Pacific Export Council (HPEC), is a series of seminars and meetings organized for Hawaii companies to build and strengthen operating performance for exporting. The first group of Hawaii companies was recently announced. While the full program has been closed to these select companies, ...
Read More THE BUSINESS OF EXPORTING Launches, Announces Presentation Schedule

The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) program has up to a $90,000 grant available for a nonprofit community-based organization exempt from federal income taxes to develop and implement a pilot economic development accelerator project. A community-based organization is defined as a membership-based, nonprofit corporation incorporated in the ...
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The Hawaii Pacific Export Council is extremely pleased to announce the Hawaii companies selected for The Business of Exporting program. Sponsored by the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), The Business of Exporting is an eight-month series of seminars and other activities to build company operating performance for exporting. Each participating company receives ...
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