Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Census Bureau Special Edition Facts for Features: Super Bowl XLI

Super Bowl XLI will be played Feb. 4 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami. It marks the 40th anniversary of the first AFL-NFL championship game, in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Los Angeles. To commemorate this occasion, the Census Bureau has compiled a collection of facts examining how life in the United States has changed since Super Bowl I. This fact sheet also examines the demographics of the host city, as well as the cities represented by the contenders, in this year’s edition of our nation’s most celebrated sporting event. Unless otherwise indicated, the data come from the 2005 American Community Survey. Click here.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Register Now! NxLevel Entrepreneurial Planning Series

NxLevel Business Plan = Inspired Employees + Engaged Partners + Happy Customers

Attracting and keeping great employees, strategic partners, and customers means having a well thought out, compelling business strategy that both helps people make a difference and provides economic value. A great opportunity to “work on” your business strategy and the systems to support its implementation is the upcoming NxLevel Entrepreneurial Planning Series starting on Monday, February 5th, at the Maui Research and Technology Center in Kihei. The program continues over twelve weeks on Monday evenings.

Our collegue, David Fisher, Center Director Maui SBDC, leads the NxLevel program, along with guest business professionals both from Maui and visiting. The best part, however, is interacting with your fellow participants. Past participants have included Pacific Biodiesel and Latitudes Lighting, who have both won the SBA’s Small Business of the Year Award. Other top Maui companies who have taken the NxLevel program include the recent Pacific Business News Top 50 Growth Companies, Kila Kila Employer Services and TMC General Contracting, along with their spin-off company, Island Concrete Manufacturing Systems. Professional friendships developed at NxLevel go on past the twelve weeks of the class.

The cost of the program is $499. For more information about NxLevel™, call the Hawai’i Small Business Development Center at 808-875-2402; to register online, click here.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Acquisitions - February 2007

Request a librarian retrieve copies of documents from our digital archives or receive further assistance by e-mail to library@hawaii-sbdc.org.

Air Force Research Laboratory Technology Milestones: A Review of 2005. [Book] Includes mini CD-rom. This publication is a compilation of noteworthy AFRL technology milestone stories for 2005.

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2006. [Book] Prepared by the Department of Finance Director, Kalbert K. Young, County of Maui.

Connections. (February 2007) [Newsletter]. This print newsletter is a monthly publication of the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce. Highlights include a listing of new members, profiles of Chamber members, and event announcements.

Core Four Business Planning Course. (2005) [Book] This workbook or self-study guide was developed by the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund and is a culmination of 10 years of teaching entrepreneurs to plan businesses. This program is currently being offered as a business planning series by the Maui Economic Opportunities' Business Development Division under Susie Thieman.

County Business Patterns, 2003-2004. (Issued July 2006) [CD-ROM] Product of the U.S. Census Bureau.

ECON02 Report Series: Economic Census 2002. (Issued July 2006). [CD-ROM] The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level; by geographic area, subject, and more. Great source of industry statistics. Click here to go to online version.

Hawai`i Retailer Journal. (Winter 2006/07) [Newsletter] This print newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Retail Merchants of Hawai`i trade association. We highly recommend membership to any Hawai`i retailer.

Magazines for Libraries. (2005) [Reference book] Prepared by R.R. Bowker's Database Publishing Group. This 14th edition includes 6,853 titles classified by a detailed Subject Index and a Title Index.

Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development, by the Urban Libraries Council. (2007) [Digital Document]. This study looked at how public libraries contribute to the human dimension of economic development.

Statistics of Hawai`i Agriculture (2005) [Reference book]. Issued December 2006 by the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture, this publication is an indepth statistical abstract of the agriculture industry in Hawaii and includes individual statistical breakdowns for various crops, livestock, and more. Also, available on the web at http://www.nass.usda.gov/hi/.

Traffic Station Maps, Hawai`i Department of Transportation, 2005. (Issued January 2007). [CD-ROM]. Maps produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District.

Zip Code Business Patterns, 2003-2004. (Issued August 2006) [CD-ROM]