2023 HiSTEP Registration and Company Assistance – APPLY TODAY!
Funded in part through a Grant with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the Hawaiʻi State Trade Expansion Program, or HISTEP, assists Hawaiʻi small businesses with their export development.
DBEDT Releases 2021 State of Hawaiʻi Data Book
The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) today released the 2021 edition of the “State of Hawaiʻi Data Book.”
Pacific Tech 2022 Offers Tech Opportunities
Pacific Tech 2022 (formerly known as the Hawai‘i SBIR Conference) is happening in Honolulu. This updated, biannual event brings Pacific region technology and engineering organizations/companies together with government customers, investors, prime contractors, federal SBIR/STTR program representatives, and other supporting government agencies.
State Launches New Program to Increase Access to Capital for Small Businesses
The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced the launch of a new program to increase access to credit for small businesses and nonprofits statewide.
Vendor Applications Now Accepted for the 9th Annual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival
The Maui Chamber of Commerce is now accepting Product Vendor and Food Truck Vendor Applications for the 2022 Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival (MIMCF).
State may loosen restrictions for ‘Made in Hawaiʻi’
The Made in Hawaiʻi brand is synonymous with many local products. But after sales dipped during the pandemic, the state is looking at ways to revitalize the Made in Hawaiʻi brand.
DBEDT Supports the Made in Hawaiʻi Festival, November 11-14, 2021
DBEDT is offering all Made in Hawaiʻi exhibitors a training session on Trade Show Exhibiting 101.
Inner City Capital Connections Now Recruiting for 2021-2022 Hawaiʻi Program
ICCC is a tuition-free program designed by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) to help small business owners in under-resourced communities survive the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and build capacity and resiliency for sustainable growth.
COVID EIDL Program Enhanced to Aid Small Businesses Challenged by Delta Variant
Increased Loan Cap to $2 Million, Expanded Use of Funds to Pay and Prepay Business Debt, Streamlined Review Processes, and Deferred Payments; First Approval and Disbursement of Loans of $500,000 or Less Also Introduced.
Hawaiʻi Joins Silver Jackets Program
he State of Hawaiʻi has partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a Hawaiʻi Silver Jackets Interagency Collaboration Team under the State’s Hawaiʻi Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP). The State Office of Planning and Sustainable Development’s Coastal Zone Management Program will serve as the lead coordinating agency for the State.