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The State of Hawaii Creative Industries Division, DBEDT is pleased to announce that we are partnering with the Honolulu Museum of Art to offer a weekend workshop titled “Centering Your Brand: Building You and Your Business Within Your Community.” The workshop will be presented by designer and Parsons School of Design Instructor Bliss Lau and ...
Read More Branding Workshop November 5 & 6, 2016 at the Honolulu Museum of Art

The High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) will host a series of seminars on State grant funding available to small businesses and manufacturing companies to help them with product development or expansion, in addition to export development support. Attendees will receive information on the available grants through the Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research Program (HISBIR), Manufacturing ...
Read More HTDC HOSTS SEMINARS ACROSS ISLANDS ON AVAILABLE BUSINESS GRANTS

The 15th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention kicks off on Monday, October 10-12, 2016 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & Resort.  DBEDT’s Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) Program will host the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Resource Fair on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm as an integral part of this year’s convention.  The ...
Read More DBEDT SPONSORS BUSINESS FAIR AT CNHA CONVENTION

HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) has received a $700,000 grant from the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to increase the number of local small businesses that want to export as well as the value of exports for those small businesses that currently ...
Read More State Receives 0,000 Grant from U.S. Small Business Administration to Increase Local Business Exports

Take the Small Business Credit Survey today! DBEDT is pleased to partner with the Federal Reserve System on their survey of existing and pre-start stage small business owners/managers. This survey is a platform through which small businesses can be heard. It is designed to pick up on potential finance issues affecting small business and bring them ...
Read More Small Business Owners: Make your voice heard!