{"id":6775,"date":"2023-03-06T15:05:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/made-in-hawaii\/?p=6775"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:01:22","slug":"made-in-hawaii-branding-workshop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/made-in-hawaii-branding-workshop-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cottage Industry to Commercial Enterprise &#8211; Cohort 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hawai\u02bbi Ag &amp; Culinary Alliance\u00ae (HACA) invites you to participate in the\u00a0<strong>From Cottage Industry to Commercial Enterprise Program<\/strong>\u00a0aimed at cultivating the next generation of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s value-added entrepreneurs in partnership with\u00a0<strong>Leeward Community College<\/strong>\u00a0(Leeward CC) and the Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center (WVAPDC). A cohort of 15 local entrepreneurs utilizing Hawai\u02bbi-grown, raised or caught ingredients will be selected to incubate their cottage industry, consumer packaged good (CPG) or value-added products with guidance from industry experts to establish their new food businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the HACA program, each entrepreneur will receive a scholarship to Leeward CC\u2019s new 12-week course developed to bring food products to market and build successful food businesses. Whether you have a food product idea, are in the testing phase or are already selling out of your home, this course is designed to provide the fundamentals to building your food business. Featuring industry experts and guest speakers, with opportunities for one-on-one individual coaching, you\u2019ll complete the program with a comprehensive business plan, presentation and pitch to start and scale your food product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Cohort 2: May 1 \u2013 July 19, 2023<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To apply for Cohort 2, please complete the application by March 31, 2023. <\/strong>Selected applicants will be notified by April 10, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information and to apply:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com\/cottageindustry\/\">From Cottage Industry to Commercial Enterprise Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com<\/a>\u00a0if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Partnership with Leeward Community College &amp; Wahiaw\u0101 Value-Added Product Development Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii Ag &amp; Culinary Alliance\u00ae (HACA) invites you to participate in the\u00a0From Cottage Industry to Commercial Enterprise Program\u00a0aimed at cultivating the next generation of Hawaii\u2019s value-added entrepreneurs in partnership <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8975,9128,7700,1165,3496,6496","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6775"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8450,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions\/8450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.hawaii.gov\/hawaii-made\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}