"How to Get More Bounce from Your Marketing Buck," workshop, July 27 and "So You're Going to Own a Restaurant," Sept. 21. Call 524-1225.
Flat fee of $40 for a class series and $10 per workshop.
American Planning Association, Hawaii Chapter: Panel discussion of the telecommunications revolution, 11:30 a.m. June 26, Hawaii Maritime Center. Cost $10, members; $12, nonmembers.
Certified Commercial Investment Members, Hawaii chapter: "An Introduction to Commercial Investment Real Estate," 9 a.m. to noon June 28. Cost $20. Honolulu Board of Realtors Training Center. Call 734-4695.
Hawaii Economic Association: "Tax Department Initiatives," with Ray K. Kamikawa, director of the Hawaii department of taxation, 1:30 a.m. June 27, Plaza Club. Call 537-8137 by noon June 26. Cost $15, members; $19, nonmembers.
Samoan Service Providers Association: Business start-up course for
Samoans, classes will cover the "A to Z's" of small-business ownership, Tuesdays to Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. June 26 to Aug. 8, 2153 N. King St., Room 308. Learn about attitude, marketing, business and financial planning, organization and keys to excellence. Cost $25 for the student Entrepreneurship Training Program workbook and course textbook. Call 842-0218.
Service Corps of Retired Executives: "International Trade and Importing," 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 25. Call 522-8130 for more information. Cost $40 includes workshop, materials and a one-hour catered networking lunch. Partially sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
"Small Business in Hawaii: Getting Started," 9 a.m. to noon June 26, 130 Bancorp Tower, 130 Merchant St., Suite 1030. Cost $5. Call 522-8131.
State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, Business Resource Center: Foreign-trade zone open house, June 28, FTZ-9, 521 Ala Moana, Pier 2. Tour the bonded warehouse and learn how importers use the foreign-trade zone. Co-sponsored by the Hawaii Customs Brokers Association. Call 586-2507.
University of Hawaii Small Business Development Center: Orientation sessions for prospective and current small business owners, 9 to 10 a.m. June 25, 130 Merchant St., Suite 1030. Call 522-8130.