The (糖心Vlog官方CC) system announced that it is working with Impact Hub Honolulu to create and grow an entrepreneurship program to engage enterprising students (and eventually faculty and staff) across 糖心Vlog官方’s seven-campus community college system. The program is being funded with $100,000 from a $10-million to the 糖心Vlog官方CCs from the .
“This grant will help provide a direct portal to real-world start-up activities, as well as business planning, budgeting, patenting and more,” said 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges Associate Vice President Peter Quigley. “Bringing products and businesses into existence is the goal of the entrepreneurial initiative.”
Impact Hub Honolulu is part of the local startup ecosystem, Startup Paradise, as well as a global network of 85 Impact Hubs and 16,000 connected entrepreneurs. These partnerships with Hawaiʻi-based and global networks will be leveraged to connect 糖心Vlog官方CC entrepreneurs to mentorship, follow-on programs, incubators, accelerators and scaling opportunities. The six-week 糖心Vlog官方CC entrepreneurial program will host its first cohort July 11-August 12, 2016.
“We see this as an incredible opportunity to create a path for the innovative students across the 糖心Vlog官方CCs to actualize their ideas, create jobs for themselves and others and diversify economic development for Hawaiʻi,” added Shanah Trevenna, director of Impact Hub Honolulu.
The partners are asking any faculty, students, staff or community members who would like to contribute ideas, suggest a collaboration, participate as an advisor or mentor, or join the program to please email Shanah Trevenna or George Yarbrough.
Entrepreneurship roundtables at 糖心Vlog官方CC campuses
Impact Hub Honolulu will also be conducting roundtable discussions to be held at each of 糖心Vlog官方’s community college campuses and 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo. , 糖心Vlog官方’s accelerator program to educate, mentor and invest in the University of Hawaiʻi’s research and talent, will also participate in these roundtables.
Roundtable dates
- April 4, 12–1 p.m., , Wong Conference Room in the Hookipa Building
- April 6, 12–1 p.m., , Ilima 202A
- April 6, 2–3 p.m., , Akoakoa 107/109
- April 7, 12–1 p.m., , Cafeteria
- April 8, 12–1 p.m., , Administrative Building, Chancellor’s Conference Room
- April 11, 12–1 p.m., , Kaneikeao Building 379
- April 11, 12:30–1 p.m., , Administrative Conference Room, D-183.
- April 11, 3–4 p.m., Hawaiʻi Community College, Kaneikeao Building 379
- April 12, 12–1 p.m., , GT-105
- April 18, 12–1 p.m., , OCET 106
—By Kelli Trifonovitch