By Ryan Anderson | University Advancement | 25 March 2008

Aimed at exposing BYU-Hawaii students to the opportunities available through entrepreneurship, the annual Business Plan Competition and Entrepreneurship Conference, hosted by the Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship (CIE), was a success, according to students who were involved.

The entire event occupied the better part of three days, with sessions held Wednesday, March 15 to Friday, March 17. Various entrepreneurs from around the world came to offer opinions and share their experiences with entrepreneurship on various panels and during lectures.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 21 February 2008

Dal Zemp, a BYU-Hawaii alumnus and member of the BYUH/Polynesian Cultural Center Presidents' Leadership Council who describes himself as an entrepreneurial philanthropist, told School of Business students on February 21, 2008, how he built several successful enterprises so he can pursue his love of special education and helping others.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 18 January 2008

Elder M. David Merrill, a senior missionary assigned to the BYU-Hawaii Center for Instructional Design and Outreach (CITO), recommended in a January 17 lecture that School of Business students use entrepreneurship
principles to pursue their education.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 10 January 2008

Dr. Helena Hannonen [pictured at left], chairperson of BYU-Hawaii's International Business Management (IBM) department in the School of Business, welcomed program majors to the new semester during a January 10 orientation meeting in the McKay Auditorium. She also introduced faculty and related programs, reviewed changes and encouraged the students to sharpen critical skills in Excel™ software and English language proficiency.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 23 October 2007

William K. "Bill" Richardson [pictured at left], a partner and managing director with DragonBridge — an international merchant bank and venture capitalist with offices in Honolulu that helps China companies go public in the U.S. market — urged BYU-Hawaii business students interested in starting their own companies to consider "high-growth entrepreneurship."

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 18 September 2007

Alan Akina, a BYU-Hawaii basketball player from 1991-95, told School of Business students in the September 18 entrepreneurship lecture how he was inspired to start several businesses while still a full-time student at the university. He also shared some of the keys to the success he has enjoyed since then and encouraged the students to begin developing networks with professors and peers.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 11 September 2007

Stephen W. Gibson, the new Entrepreneur-in-Residence in the Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship shared seven highly effective habits with BYU-Hawaii School of Business students today during the first lecture in the CIE's 2007-08 series.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 17 August 2007

BYU-Hawaii's Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship (CIE) is getting a new home between the Ke Alaka'i office and the Post Office in the Aloha Center, and is moving forward with distance learning and mentoring programs.