8:30 a.m. Welcome
8:35 a.m. Pule
8:40 a.m. Opening Remarks with Council Member Stacy Crivello
9:00 a.m. OED Remarks - Teena Rasmussen
9:15–9:45 a.m. Motivational Speaker – Cynthia Yamasaki

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10:00–11:00 a.m. Breakout sessions

• Business Structure and Tax Implications Part 1 - Greg Kim, Convergent Law Group LLP & Cat Taschner, McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP 

• Hiring 101 - Kimberly Svetin, Molokai Drugs

• Packaging and Labeling - Susan Hanes, Dana Labels

• Basic Fundamentals of Starting a Business - Jayna Uyehara Pitcher, Business Action Center

• Introduction to Quickbooks - Richard Kehoe, Lead SCORE Counselor 

 

11:15am–12:15 p.m. Breakout sessions

• Business Structure and Tax Implications Part 2 - Greg Kim, Convergent Law Group LLP & Cat Taschner, McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP

• Marketing 101 - Dania Katz, Edible Hawaiian Islands    

• Financial Literacy - Money Habits Matter - Helen Wai, Helen N. Wai, LLC

• CyberSecurity for Small Business - Wayne Wong, Hawaii Small Business Development Center for Maui

• Customer Service - Bobby Jackson, RedRidge Consultants            

12:15–1:15 p.m. Lunch Break

12:45-1:15 p.m. Special Keynote Performance - Kalei Gamiao

1:30–2:30 p.m. Breakout sessions

• Email Marketing - McKenna Hallett, My Golden Words    

• How To Keep Your Business Partnership Happy & Healthy - Bobby Jackson, RedRidge Consultants

• Government Contracting 101 - Joey Tavares, HI PTAC

• How to Achieve Business Success Without Burning Out - Cynthia Yamasaki, EE Path

• Business Law - Cat Taschner, McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP

2:45–3:45 p.m. Breakout sessions

• Food Safety & Modernization Act (FSMA) for Farmers - Jennifer Hawkins, UH CTAHR

• The Three Stages of the Buyer’s Journey - McKenna Hallett, My Golden Words

• Intellectual Property, How to protect your ideas - Cat Taschner, McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP 

• Small Business Revitalization Grant - Suzie Thieman, Lokahi Pacific

• EZ Zone/HI Step Export Program/Community Based Economic Development - Lyle H. Fujikawa, DBEDT State of Hawaii

4:00–5:00 p.m. Office Of Economic Development Networking

• Get to know your OED Specialist and how they serve our County and can assist you

• Net work with other attendees

• Event Evaluation

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LOCATION:

UH Maui College - Molokai Campus

Kaunakakai, HI

375 Kamehameha V Hwy

 

 

 

 

E mail:

Tel:(808) 553-8100