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Research and Data
Below is a matrix of various private, non-profit and governmental organizations, and the kinds of services they provide that are designed to help business.

Category	Organization	New Biz Development	Financing	Marketing	Operations	Professional Resources	Business & Education Training	Workforce Development
Economic Development Boards	Hawaii Island Economic Development Board	X	X	X			X
	Enterprise Honolulu	X	X	X			X
	Maui Economic Development Board	X	X	X			X
	Kauai Economic Development Board	X	X	X			X
University Programs	Shidler College of Business						X	X
	Hawaii Small Business Development Center	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship	X	X	X	X		X
	Office of Technology Transfer & Economic Development		X	X	X
	Pacific Business Center Program	X		X	X		X
	Minority Business Development Center Honolulu	X	X	X	X		X
	Hogan Entrepreneurial Program (Chaminade)						X	X
	Community College System-University of Hawaii							X
	Hawaii Pacific University Entrepreneurship Center	X					X	X
Non-Profit Organizations	Hawaii Venture Capital Association		X				X
	Think Tech						X
	Pacific International Center for High Technology Research				X		X
	Hawaii Technology Development Venture	X	X	X	X
	Chamber of Commerce Hawaii			X		X	X	X
	Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce						X
	Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce						X
	Maui Chamber of Commerce			X			X
	Kauai Chamber of Commerce						X
	Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce						X
	Smart Business Hawaii				X		X
	National Federation of Independent Business						X
	Society for Human Resource Management				X		X
	Pacific Gateway Center	X	X		X
	Hawaii Food Manufacturers Association	X		X	X	X	X
State Government Programs	Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation		X
	Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone#9	X	X		X	X	X
	High Technology Development Corporation	X	X	X	X		X
	Small Business Innovation Research		X
	Manufacturing Extension Partnership	X	X	X	X		X	X
	NELHA				X		X
	Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS)		X
	Business Action Center	X					X
	Dept. of Agriculture/Agriculture Development Corp.		X	X
	Employer Training Grants							X
	Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund
Federal Government Programs	Small Business Administration	X	X	X	X		X
	SBIR/STTR		X
	SCORE	X	X	X	X		X
	US Export Assistance Center			X		X	X
	Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) Export Promotion Program	X				X	X
	Tax incentives in Renewal Communities (RCs) and Empowerment Zones (EZs)
	Hawaii Procurement Institute	X			X		X
Other	Hawaii Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors	X	X	X	X
	Hawaii Pacific Export Council			X		X
	Honolulu Office of Economic Development	X		X
	Maui County Office of Economic Development			X			X
	Kauai County Office of Economic Development	X		X			X
	Hawaii County Department of Research & Development	X					X
	EB-5 Investor Program
	Hawaii Angels		X