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Walmart has launched its Open Call 2025, offering entrepreneurs the chance to pitch products made, grown, or assembled in the US. The open call provides selected entrepreneurs with a shot at getting their shelf-ready product in stores or online, and in front of millions of customers.

Keani Hawai‘i, a locally owned ocean-inspired fine jewelry brand founded by Keani Barnes, will represent the Valley Isle in the 10th cohort of Mana Up, a statewide accelerator program supporting the growth of Hawai‘i-based product companies.

Walmart is now accepting applications for its 11th annual Open Call event, inviting small business owners and entrepreneurs across the US to apply for the opportunity to pitch their products to be sold on Walmart or Sam’s Club shelves or on Walmart.com and SamsClub.com. Applications are open until July 15, 2024.

The Maui County Small Business Week starts on Sunday, April 28 and ends on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The 2024 MauiSBW program includes four educational events designed for one-person, mom-and-pop, micro to small size of businesses.

The Core Four Business Planning’s first series of 2024, presented by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center, starts Tuesday, Jan. 9,, and runs twice weekly through Thursday, Feb. 8.

The Maui Economic Development Board will host “Secure Today, Safe Tomorrow: Cybersecurity Basics for CEOs” on July 19. This webinar is led by Pamela Feld, the founder and CEO of Triumph Technology Group.

Maui entrepreneurs can join the Core Four Business Planning series by Maui Economic Opportunity to receive guidance on writing a business plan and a chance to qualify for up to $20,000 in startup grants.

Maui Economic Opportunity Business Development Center’s next series of the Core Four Business Planning Course will be starting Tuesday, March 1. All classes will be held online via the Zoom platform. 

Twenty-five intermediate and high schoolers completed the Teen Financial Literacy Workshop, presented by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center, in June.

Walmart invites Hawai’i entrepreneurs to participate in its 2021 Open Call for products, grown or assembled in the US. The deadline to register for the Open Call is April 30 with event day scheduled for June 30.

A 7 1/2 year old Wailuku entrepreneur chose the Maui Economic Opportunity Head Start program to receive $150 from the proceeds of her handmade bracelet sales.

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

Maui businesses are invited to Maui Business Brainstormer’s first workshop of its “Rock Your Business in 2019” series.

Maui entrepreneur, Melissa Sutor, has been selected for the cover of Mindful Magazine’s July/August 2018 edition.

MEO’s Business Development Center is bringing its Core Four Business Planning Class to the Westside of Maui in July.

How is it that businesses can operate without a certificate of occupancy… and continue to do so for years on end?

Voicing pride in their location as the “Heart of Old Hawaiʻi,” Hāna business owners brainstormed together on a range of objectives that would collectively aid local commerce

The goal of the forums was to re-ignite the dedication to local small businesses in Maui County and expand the mind-share of small businesses with customers in the local community.

I am thinking about starting my own business…

The final session of the January series will focus on basic legal concepts and choices that every business owner should be familiar with.