SBA Hawaii Offers Small Business Owners Advanced Training
Leaders of Hawaii small businesses can now enroll in training similar to an executive MBA program – and get the $10,000 program for free.
The six-month E200 Leadership Initiative is aimed mostly at minority-owned companies that have at least one employee, are at least three years old, have annual revenues of more than $300,000, and want to grow or improve. The six-month training program for company CEOs and COOs is paid for by the Small Business Administration.
Nationally, the program has provided more than 600 company leaders with advanced executive skills and technical tools.
“People have compared the program to an executive MBA curriculum, but this training is highly condensed and highly practical,” says Jane Sawyer, district director of the SBA in Hawaii. “It was developed by the SBA several years ago to dig down and say, ‘How can we help emerging businesses get to the next level of success?'”
The program was first aimed at underserved, inner-city, minority-owned and Native American-owned businesses, but Sawyer secured Hawaii’s involvement through the SBA’s Office of Native American Affairs.
