HiSTEP 2018 Kick-off Seminar Hilo
Event Information
Description
2018 offers new opportunities to boost your business with export training and assistance for YOUR target markets!
Please join us to learn more about the 2018 Hawaii State Trade Expansion Program, also known as HiSTEP 2018. The program is designed to assist small businesses in Hawaii with growing your export business in markets around the world. The HiSTEP 2018 program has three key components that you will learn about in the seminar:
1. Export Readiness Program (HiSTEP-ERP) – helps you to begin or expand your export market development through training and mentoring
2. Company Assistance (HiSTEP-CA) awards up to $7,500 in export development funds
3. Hawaii Pavilions (HiSTEP-HP) – provides support at major trade shows such as the Tokyo International Gift Show
Seminar Schedule
2:15pm Registration
2:30pm Program Overview
3:30pm Q&A
4:00pm Networking
4:30pm Pau
The world is open for your business, so come learn how you can start or further develop your export strategy! HURRY! SPACE IS LIMITED - Secure your place at the HiSTEP 2018 Export Orientation Seminar and register today!
Funded in part through a grant from the US Small Business Administration in cooperation with DBEDT
Organizer HiSTEP 2019
Organizer of HiSTEP 2018 Kick-off Seminar Hilo
Hawaii’s State Trade Expansion Program, known as “HiSTEP,” is built on a multifaceted approach that begins with comprehensive export assistance, readiness, counseling and training that leads into a menu of targeted activities designed to generate new export sales for participating small businesses from key industry sectors in Hawaii.
The HiSTEP Program is administered by the state Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, (DBEDT), and is funded in part through a Grant with the U.S. Small Business Administration in partnership with DBEDT. Partners in the HiSTEP program include the SBA Hawaii District Office, Hawaii Pacific Export Council (HPEC), the Hawaii Small Business Development Center (Hawaii SBDC), Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership (MCBL), Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) No. 9, HTDC/INNOVATE Hawaii, U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center.
