The Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) invites men and women, as well as corporations, nonprofits, academic classes and other teams to the 2016 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge. Launched by The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the InnovateHER Challenge seeks products and services that help impact and empower the lives of women and families. Beginning […]
MEDB seeks entrepreneurs for SBA’s 2016 InnovateHER Challenge
Maui Economic Development Board is seeking participants for the national InnovateHER Challenge. Participants for the 2016 Innovating for Women Business Challenge will meet in Kihei for three successive Thursday evenings in November to gather, pitch and present their product or service in hopes of receiving a piece of the $70,000 in prize money offered by […]
Intro to Social Media Marketing for Wedding Businesses
The Maui Economic Development Board presents “An Introduction to Social Media Marketing for Wedding Businesses” with Danielle Miller this Wednesday, Aug. 19. The two-hour seminar will define social media and explore how it fits into your overall marketing campaign. Miller will discuss the top six social networks and help you identify which ones are best for your […]
Maui students learn forensics during 4-H Tech Connect
4-H isn’t just about showcasing beautiful rabbit specimens at the Maui County fair. On July 29, 2015, the organization’s annual event 4-H Tech Connect staged a mock kidnapping crime scene as part of its theme “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Sixty-five kids were given the tools of science to track the perpetrator, and by “tools” we don’t […]
MEDB’s Jeanne Skog gets recognition from US Dept. of Commerce
Maui Economic Development Board President and CEO Jeanne Skog is one of about a dozen women nationwide to win recognition from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), according to a May 5 news release from Nishikawa & Associates. Here’s how that news release explained the honor: According to EDA, we’re at an interesting moment […]
Get ready for Startup Weekend Maui
Are you ready to take action on that great idea for a new business, product or service? Well, now’s your chance. The second annual Startup Weekend Maui is set for May 15-17 and the MEDB is offering a boot-camp to help you make the most of the entrepreneurial event. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event that brings together […]
Ketchup wins at Maui Food Technology Center Hawaii Food Products recipe contest
The Maui Food Technology Center (MFTC), a nonprofit organization that’s dedicated to nurturing the county’s food students, chefs and farmers, held its fourth annual Hawaii food products recipe contest on Saturday, Apr. 4, according to an Apr. 6 MFTC news release. Judging was based on taste, appearance, the commercial viability of the recipe and the […]
Annual Hawaii STEM Conference now includes Microsoft, NASA
This year’s annual Hawaii STEM Conference takes place April 17-18 at the Wailea Marriott Resort. The event is sponsored by Maui Economic Development Board’s Women in Technology project in partnership with the County of Maui. The event seeks to help students and educators statewide with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills and the opportunity to network with […]
MEDB wants your thoughts on Maui’s clean energy future
Do you have opinions about energy on Maui? If so, the Maui Economic Development Board is looking for you. MEDB is seeking community input on Maui’s energy future as part of project called “MPowerMaui: An Energy Conversation.” MEDB is asking the public to volunteer their time and share their priorities and values about energy today […]
How Jeanne Skog and the Maui Economic Development Board try to bring Maui into balance
Brain drain. She doesn’t actually say the words, but that’s what Jeanne Unemori Skog is talking about. Skog is the president and CEO of the Maui Economic Development Board, which formed in 1982 to grow a technology sector that would help create a diversified economy for Maui County. MEDB has since expanded its programs and […]
Student Art Contest For JUMPSmart Charger Locations
Maui students have been invited to design artwork that will appear on JUMPSmartMaui DC Fast Charger stations throughout the island. Hitachi and Maui Economic Development Board have launched the art contest which is open to Maui County students grades K-12. Interested students are being asked to submit an original design that positively represents the community, […]
Talking Story With Maui Roller Girls Founding Member Sarah ‘Sassin’ Gray
The Maui Roller Girls have been around since 2008. Part of the resurgence of roller derby in the US over the last decade, the MRG were basically just a scrappy collection of women who somehow fit roller skating and derby practice into their work and family lives when they first started. But over and over, […]
This Sunday, May 25: Facebook Small Business Boost
The Maui Economic Development Board and Facebook invite you to their Small Business Boost this Sunday. Facebook’s Small Business Team will discuss best practices, strategies and management tips for your business to use the popular social media site. Learn how to tap into Facebook’s one billion consumers. US Senator Brian Schatz will be there, too. Free. 4pm-6pm. King […]
How Maui Startup Weekend Provides New Opportunities For Island Entrepreneurs
By her own admission, Sara Smith was scared. She made her living on Maui in the publishing business, and doing communications for the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, but now she was in Honolulu, surrounded by people she didn’t know. It was 2013, and she had decided to take part in the Honolulu version of Startup […]
Akaku’s Youth Program Receives Building Pathways Grant
Akaku Community Television’s Youth Broadband Education Awareness Mentoring program has been granted $5,000 from the Maui Economic Development Board’s Ke Alahele Education Fund “Building Pathways.” Akaku’s YBEAM program was initially developed with a grant from Zero Divide, a federal Broadband Technology Opportunity Program out of San Francisco. This new grant from MEDB will aid in […]
This Saturday, Jan. 11: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Workshops
We’re living in a time where companies are often competing for consumer attention. It’s difficult to cut through the noise and stand out. To help you out, Maui Economic Development Board and High Tech Maui are presenting bestselling author Kevin Bates. He’ll share a two-part search engine optimization (SEO) when using Internet search engines. The […]