Core Four Business Class Graduates; Another Session Scheduled

Eighteen students graduated from Maui Economic Opportunity’s Core Four Business Planning course on April 21, 2015.

By Maui Now Staff

Eighteen students graduated from Maui Economic Opportunity’s Core Four Business Planning course on April 21, 2015. The graduating students received a Certificate of Achievement and a congratulatory dinner.

Mayor Alan Arakawa participated in the graduation, encouraging the graduates to keep their commitments and never give up on their dreams.

The students also heard words of encouragement and advice from Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa and Councilmember Mike Victorino.

The students also heard words of encouragement and advice from Maui County Councilmember Mike Victorino.

At the graduation ceremony, the soon-to-be entrepreneurs worked with bankers from Bank of Hawaiʻi, First Hawaiian Bank and Central Pacific Bank, receiving suggestions on how to improve their business plans and what to expect from commercial lenders.

MEO BDC’s Core Four Business Planning is a 36-hour course on how to write a business plan while providing the information needed to start, operate and grow a business.

For more information about the entrepreneurial training course, call MEO at 249-2990.

The next Core Four classes will be held during the day, from 9 a.m. to noon starting May 5. The six-week series will be held at MEO’s Family Center at 99 Mahalani Street in Wailuku.

One hour introductory classes will be held on Tuesday, April 28, and Thursday, April 30, from 9 to 10 a.m. at MEO’s Family Center, and also at the Maui County Business Resource Center (Maui Mall) on Wednesday, April 29, from noon to 1 p.m.

Registration is required for the six-week series and can be completed at the introductory classes or any weekday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MEO’s Family Center.

Funding from the County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development helps to make the Core Four Business Planning Classes possible.