BUSINESS PLANS AND FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS – ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING - NOW OR IN THE FUTURE (GEW Aloha State - Veterans Day)

During this workshop, you will learn how to update or create your business plan and financial projections post-COVID, with discussions of each section of the business plan. You will also learn how to gather information & start working on your business plan and projections. If you plan to seek SBA financing for expansion in the future, this workshop is for you! Your bank will ask you for an updated business plan that includes COVID/disaster recovery plans. The information from this workshop will help you organize and prepare for your meeting with your banker. This workshop will be conducted by Lori Hiramatsu & Viktorija Aniulyte, Business Advisors at the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC).

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ABOUT THE GUEST PRESENTERS

• Prior to joining the VBOC of the Pacific, Viktorija Aniulyte was a Regional Consultant for Key Corporate Clients with the Euromonitor International, Business Counselor with the Mink Center for Business and Leadership and Business Advisor Intern with the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center. Viktorija holds a degree in Business Information Management from Vilnius University, Lithuania. In addition to her role as an advisor at the VBOC of the Pacific, she serves as the Vice President for Education for the "Shop Small Hawai'i" initiative. Her passion is marketing and she is a certified Marketing Management Professional by American Marketing Association (PCM). Viktorija has lived and worked in several European countries (Lithuania, Great Britain, Estonia, Spain, Finland) and interned at United Nations World Tourism Organization.

• Lori Hiramatsu has more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry serving in various capacities including district manager overseeing several branches, a business and consumer banking team, and operations. She served for 6+ years as a Senior Business Advisor with the Hawaii SBDC and assisted numerous Hawaii businesses in various stages of their business life-cycle including start-ups, expansions, exports, manufacturing, agriculture, selling/buying businesses, and assisting them with access to capital for their business needs. Besides her business banking and lending background, she is knowledgeable of the various SBA financing programs, and is experienced in the financing of commercial PV and PPA systems. She holds a BBA from the University of Hawaii- Manoa, is a honors graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington, certified U.S. Export advisor, certified HiSBDC business advisor and active volunteer in the community.

SPONSORS , SUPPORTERS

• State of Hawai'i - Office of the Governor David Y. Ige
• County of Hawai'i - Office of the Mayor Mitchell D. Roth
• City and County of Honolulu - Office of the Mayor Rick Blangiardi
• County of Kaua'i - Office of the Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami
• County of Maui - Office of the Mayor Michael P. Victorino
• HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union (HawaiiUSA FCU)
• Entrepreneurs SANDBOX
• Pacific Gateway Center
• RJK LLC (Richard Kehoe, MBA, CPA)
• Hāna Community Association
• Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO)
• Pacific Business News (PBN)
• Hawai'i Technology Development Corporation (HTDC)
• Office of Economic Revitalization (OER) of the City and County of Honolulu
• Kūpa'a Kaua'i
• Maui County Business Resource Center (MCBRC)
• Hawai'i Small Business Development Center (HI SBDC)
• Maui Business Brainstormers (MBB)
• Global Entrepreneurship Week (G.E.W)
• Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
• Grants Central Station (GCS)
• Kauaʻi Community College
• Rice Street Business Association
• Lady Entrepreneurs and Innovators L.E.I.
• Kauaʻi Filipino Chamber of Commerce
• Kauaʻi Chamber of Commerce
• Kauaʻi Economic Development Board (KEDB)
• Technology Readiness User Evaluation (TRUE)