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A Specialty Center of the Hawai`i Small Business Development Center Network
Hawai'i SMALLBIZ E-News
April 2008 (Volume XII, No. 4)
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The Hawai`i Business Research Library provides free research services for your small business research needs.  Please feel free to send us a research request or email us at library@hawaii-sbdc.org. 

In addition, the Hawai`i Small Business Development Network provide free business counseling. To schedule an appointment, please fill out our online registration form

Finally, you can make a difference to businesses in Hawai`i by contributing to the Hawai`i Business Research Library.  Your financial support will ensure that all Hawai`i businesses can continue to obtain equal access to expert research services.  Please visit our donation page for more information.

Sincerely,

Tony Lin
Hawai`i Business Research Library
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Mainland Articles
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Upcoming Events
April 3              SBDC Trademarks and Copyrights (O`ahu) SBDCminiLogo
April 3              SBA Resource Day - Waipahu (O`ahu) SBAsmallLogo
April 4              Labor Law Seminar (Maui)
April 7              SBA Community Express Day (Maui) SBAsmallLogo
April 7-10        OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry (O`ahu)
April 8              SBA Community Express Day (O`ahu) SBAsmallLogo
April 8              SBDC Cash Flow Analysis Workshop (Kaua`i) SBDCminiLogo
April 9              SBA Community Express Day (Kaua`i) SBAsmallLogo
April 9              SBA Resource Day - Waikele (O`ahu) SBAsmallLogo

April 9              SBA Hawai`i Island Small Business Awards SBAsmallLogo
April 10            SBDC Starting Your Small Business In Hawai`i (Kaua`i) SBDCminiLogo
April 10            SBA Community Express Day (Big Island) SBAsmallLogo
April 11            SBA Maui Small Business Awards SBAsmallLogo

April 11            SBA Community Express Day (O`ahu) SBAsmallLogo

April 16            Internet Marketing (Maui)
April 17            SBA 8(a) Application Seminar (O`ahu) SBAsmallLogo

April 17            Tenth Annual Women Who Mean Business (O`ahu)
April 17            Outside the Box Marketing (Maui)

April 18            Business Plans in a Nutshell (O`ahu)
April 21            QuickBooks for Small Business (Maui)
April 22            SBDC Let's Talk Law (O`ahu) SBDCminiLogo
April 22            Third Annual Small Business Exposition (Kaua`i)
April 22            SBA Microenterprise 101 (Big Island) SBAsmallLogo

April 22            Government Contracting & Cost Accounting (O`ahu)
April 23            SBDC Let's Talk Law (O`ahu) SBDCminiLogo
April 23            SBA Kaua`i Small Business Awards SBAsmallLogo

April 24            SBDC Starting Your Business in Hawai`i (Kaua`i) SBDCminiLogo
April 24            HVCA Lunch at the Plaza Club (O`ahu)
April 25            Business Structures Workshop (Maui)

April 26            SBDC Building Blocks for New Businesses (O`ahu) SBDCminiLogo

April 29            Starting a Business in Maui County
April 30            Electrical Safety Standards (O`ahu)
April 30            SBA Statewide Small Business Awards Luncheon (O`ahu) SBAsmallLogo

HBRLletters Hawai`i Business Research Library
The Hawai`i Business Research Library provides free reserach services to Hawai`i and the Hawai`i Small Business Development Center Network. 

Our mission is to ensure that all Hawai`i businesses have equal access to the best practical business information by providing free, low-cost digital information programs and expert research assistance to individuals, businesses and the greater small business community, thus enabling Hawai`i businesses to be more competitive, and the economy more sustainable.
 
SBDC Hawai`i Small Business Development Center Network
The Hawai`i Small Business Development Center Network is the only statewide organization to offer FREE small business counseling.

We provide you with the resources you need for starting a new business or expanding an existing one through planning, marketing, management and much more.  Let the Hawai'i SBDC Network assist you with your entrepreneurial and small business goals.

 

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