Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 12, 1 December 1992 — More Hawaiians plan to own businesses [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

More Hawaiians plan to own businesses

Since the news of the native Hawaiian loan fund's expansion, interest has grown in the Alu Like Entrepreneurship Training Course. Alu Like received 300 calls since mid-October and begins its next course in Honolulu Jan. 4, 1993. The two-hour evening classes are held three times a week for six weeks at the center's Maunakea Marketplace office. Cost is $25, and requires an interview and application. Subjects covered in the course include: • business attitude, do you have what it takes; • marketing, how to measure your market share;

• organization • financial management; how to manage cash flow • outside help, experts to put on your team to give timely advice: accountants, lawyers, bookkeepers; • business planning, how to pull it all together in a winning business plan. Many past students have successfully launched businesses. Recently a group of graduates organized an association to encourage eaeh other's business aspiration and create a network. It meets monthly, usually at 7:30 p.m. every third Tuesday . For more information, eall 524-1225.

Entrepreneurship training classes help Hawaiians start or expand their own businesses