{"id":22706,"date":"2014-02-21T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=22706"},"modified":"2020-06-08T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T02:47:37","slug":"entrepreneurship-center-launches-campaign-to-expand-center-and-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/21\/entrepreneurship-center-launches-campaign-to-expand-center-and-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship Center launches campaign to expand center and programs"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, John C. Dean, Allen Uyeda, Susan Yamada, Jay Shidler, Terri Fujii, Larry Rodriguez and Vassilis Syrmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a> (PACE<\/abbr>) announced the launch of a five-year initiative to raise $2.5 million for new programs and a larger, renovated location in the Shidler College of Business<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>. The center will be open to all 糖心视频<\/abbr> students.<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of Dean Vance Roley<\/strong> and Executive Director Susan Yamada<\/strong>, PACE<\/abbr> has become the training ground for future entrepreneurs and business leaders as well as the bridge between the academic and business worlds. PACE<\/abbr> has expanded to include 15-plus programs to cultivate new entrepreneurs, encourage entrepreneurial thinking, spawn new businesses and rekindle ties with Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s business community.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made at a kickoff breakfast attended by 60 business and community leaders. Welcomed by Roley, attendees heard from a select group of PACE<\/abbr> advocates. Yamada provided the vision for PACE<\/abbr>’s future—to educate the entrepreneurial thinkers of tomorrow and be a catalyst for the economic vitality of Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Vassilis Syrmos<\/strong>, vice president for research and innovation, kicked off the speakers with a bold announcement of 糖心视频<\/abbr>’s commitment to commercialization and entrepreneurship with a significant investment toward the new center’s renovation—the launch of a Proof of Concept Center to be housed in PACE<\/abbr>’s new facility. The Proof of Concept Center will provide financial support and business acumen to university faculty and students who qualify for the program.<\/p>\n

“There are communities where universities play a major role in driving the local economy. With 糖心视频<\/abbr>’s world-renown scientist and research, we must do our part in contributing to Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s economy by commercializing and licensing our research ideas. We welcome the opportunity to support and work with PACE<\/abbr>,” said Syrmos.<\/p>\n

Read the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a> for more from the kickoff speakers John Dean, CEO<\/abbr> of Central Pacific Bank and former CEO<\/abbr> of Silicon Valley Bank; Allen Uyeda, CEO<\/abbr> of First Insurance Company of Hawaiʻi<\/span> and Larry Rodriguez, past managing partner of Ernst and Young and current executive-in-residence at Shidler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entrepreneurship Center’s 5-year initiative to expand 糖心视频<\/abbr> programs will bridge academic and business worlds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[425,146,319,9],"class_list":["post-22706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-pacific-asian-center-for-entrepreneurship","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t