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HTDC INFORMATION, NEWS & EVENTS Memo from the HTDC Executive Director: Robbie Melton Thank you all for your testimonies this legislative session. It
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HTDC INFORMATION, NEWS & EVENTS
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Memo from the HTDC Executive Director: Robbie Melton
Thank you all for your testimonies this legislative session. It was critical for getting our bills moving forward. Your voice is vital to represent Hawaii’s innovation and entrepreneurial community with the legislators.
The testimonies you submitted helped get our CIP request for the Innovation Hub passed through the House Finance Committee and the Senate Ways and Means Committee. This allowed the CIP request to move forward for funding at the conference committee.
Last week Friday, the conference committees concluded their discussions for this legislative session. Funding for construction of the HTDC new Innovation Hub, the Hi-Growth Initiative, and the expanded HISBIR program did not make it into the final budget. The committee report states significant cuts were necessary due to the reduced revenue projections from the Council on Revenue.
The R&D tax credit revisions, and the manufacturing tax credit also did not pass.
One bill did pass, SB2981 SD2, HD1, CD1, amending the state plan policies, objectives, and priority guidelines to promote and encourage innovative activity in the economy. The bill is significant for legislation in future years because it makes entrepreneurship a number one priority to achieve the general economic objectives of the State. The bill will next go to floor vote and then to the Governor.
What does not getting the CIP funding mean for HTDC and its programs?
HTDC will continue promoting innovation and entrepreneurship for the State of Hawaii and running our business assistance programs. With all of the testimonies in support of HTDC, many legislators are better informed and will look for ways to support HTDC outside of legislation. We will be working on extending the lease at MIC and come back next session requesting funding for a new facility. We will be seeking your support again.
Mahalo from all of us at HTDC for your support this session! |
HTDC welcomes Leigh-Ann Miyasato to our Board of Directors
Ms. Miyasato was confirmed by the Senate and will begin serving her term May 1, 2014. She is well known in the tech community as the founder, President and Executive Director of the Entrepreneur Foundation. You may be familiar with the organization which hosts the famous Pupus and Pitches networking event and other entrepreneurial programs. We are delighted to have her serve on the board and lend her entrepreneurial expertise to help shape HTDC programs. |
Hawaii Island Demo Day
May 10, 2014 (Sat)
Location: Imiloa Astronomy Center
Time: 1:00-3:30pm
REGISTER
The 2014 Demo Day New Business Showcase highlights some of Hawaii Island's newest and most innovative companies. Meet the founders and learn about Hawaii Island's growing community of Entrepreneurs. |
MaiTai 2014
Maui Tech Night
May 15, 2014 (Thurs)
Seeking submissions for the pitching contest!
Hawaii’s first startup incubator and technology fund, mbloom, presents a star-studded gala event for the group of kiteboarding Silicon Valley venture capitalists and entrepreneurs known as Mai Tai at the Maui Country Club, Spreckelsville, on May 15th 2014 between 7-10 p.m.
The centerpiece of the event is an investor pitch contest, where five of the most promising ventures from the local start-up community will compete for the chance to share $500,000 in seed investments provided by new equity crowdfunding platform, Crowd Alliance.
Five contestants will be selected from open submissions submitted via mbloom, and will have 5 mins to sell their venture to the judges and general audience on the night.
Submit your pitch deck today!
Submissions for the pitching contest can be made to: pitches@mbloom.com |
Startup Weekend Maui
May 16-18, 2014 (Fri-Sun)
Location: Maui Research and Technology Center
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Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. |
MIC Friday Coffee
May 16, 2014
Time: 8:30-9:30am
Location: MIC Front Office
Hosted by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). SBDC is located right here in MIC and provides valuable services for small businesses. Come check out how they can assist you! |
Tech Fun Fair
Re-cap: April 26, 2014
This past Saturday HTDC hosted Tech Fun Fair at the Kahala Mall with area schools, the University of Hawaii science, engineering and medical program, Chaminade's Forensic Study program and entrepreneurs and businesses in tech and innovation. Mall customers were treated to interactive displays such as robotics, medical checks, software app development, 3D prototyping, creative media, Science Fair winners, and DOE schools with their various STEM projects. These projects included lego robotics, STEM in Gardens, Digital filming, sustainability and health and science teams. Midweek sent their photographer to take pictures of the exhibitors to place in the upcoming edition.
Click here for more pictures! |
Wetware Wednesday
Re-Cap: April 29, 2014
WetWare this month at UH's Manoa Gardens was crazy! The venue was packed and the audience was treated to Star Trek like projects that Jason Leigh (new ICS faculty staff), a visualization expert, is working on! It was followed by eight company pitches from the new Blue Startups cohort.
Mahalo to the UH ICS department for sponsoring this event!
Next WetWare will be on May 28th! Stay tuned for details! |
 WetWare on 4/30/14 @ UH Manoa Gardens |
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MIC Foodbank Results
Thank you to all who dropped off their food drive donations and participated in the Playing With Food contest! Your generous donations will help in the fight against hunger in Hawaii! Here are the results from the Playing With Food contest:
1. Judges' Choice: HTDC/INNOVATE Hawaii (Spam musubi and can of soda)
2. People's Choice: The Cut Collective (Birthday cake and present)
Added congratulations to The Cut Collective for also taking home the prize for largest company donation!
We are proud to announce that this Food Drive collected $175 and 549.35 lbs of food, not including the weight of the cans either!! Impressive! Great job everyone! Thank you so much for your help. |
 Cut Collective's Cake and Present | |  HTDC Spam Musubi and Pepsi Can |
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OC16 ThinkTech Video on MIC
A few weeks ago ThinkTech came to video several clients here at MIC. The other week it was broadcasted on OC16 for everyone to see! Check it out here!
Thank you to all of our clients who participated! |
INDUSTRY RELATED INFORMATION & NEWS
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Google Hackathon
May 2-3, 2014 (TODAY!)
Location: MIC Presentation Room
May 2: 6-9pm
May 3: 8am-12:30pm
MORE INFORMATION
Come join HiCapacity, theBoxJelly, and Google Developer Relations in a joint Hackathon where developers can play around Google's Cloud Platform FOR FREE!. We'll give you the keys to the entire set of tools. All we ask is that you build something awesome with it. This is a great opportunity to get familiar with Google's offerings to see if it matches your business needs. Or to just add another tool to your toolbelt. We'll also have Google Developer Experts on hand to show you how to use some of the tools and to offer support when the docs are not enough. |
Aiming for Effortless: Using the tools at hand to create a circle of online engagement
May 6, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:15-9pm
Location: Manoa Library
Cost: $10 Pre-registration | $15 at the door
MIC SPECIAL: $10 attendee rate
Website: www.hawaiiinternetmarketers.com
On Tuesday evening, May 6th, 2014, Hawaii Internet Marketers Association (HiMA) proudly presents, “Aiming for Effortless: Using the tools at hand to create a circle of online engagement” from the Chief of Culture at Mad Mimi, Dean Levitt. Dean will focus on how email, autoresponders, RSS to Email and social tools and CRM’s can sync with each other to make marketing and engaging online nearly effortless. |
Startup Paradise
Demo Day
June 13, 2014 (SAVE THE DATE!)
Meet the Spring 2014 cohort!
Focus Opus:
FOCUS OPUS helps small businesses and students increase their productivity and improve their quality of life based on award-winning methods.
Quic:
Quic provides an all-in-one media dashboard to manage, display, and search all media content real-time.
Vantage Sports:
New Data. New Statistics. Actionable Insights. We bring insights to players, teams and fans through our groundbreaking data.
Juicies:
JUICIES designs power solutions for mobile devices. We started with a simple cable. Now we are aiming for the global mobile device power market.
Comprendio:
Comprendio is a proven competency accelerator that can identify, align, and close any knowledge gap with cutting edge tech and real-time learning metrics.
ingollow:
ingollow (in/gō/lō), Travel Like A Local! What is ingollow? ingollow is a community-driven discovery travel app focused on helping customers and businesses in a geographic area connect in real time.
Cultur:
Cultur is an interactive social event map that allows you to search and share any activity in real time. Be in the know and access your interests happening around you.
Yuru:
Yuru delivers helpful, instant, crowdsourced advice for all your daily questions. Privacy is up to you: ask and share publicly or anonymously. Enjoy fun features, quick polling, and rewards for giving great advice that people love. |
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
MIC Property Management: Sharon “Shae” Le | mic@htdc.org
Ph: 539-3600 | MIC Suite 100 |
State Holidays
May 26 (Monday) – Memorial Day
HTDC offices and the MIC front office will be closed all day. A/C will operate as normal for anyone wishing to work on this holiday. All common areas will be locked. |
Cardboard Recycle Bin
A new cardboard recycle bin has been installed in refuse area. Please use blue recycle bins in lunch room for a) office paper recycle and b) newspaper recycle. |
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