Programs

HiBEAM offers two types of mentoring programs: formal mentoring and informal mentoring. Formal mentoring occurs when HiBEAM agrees to provide a company with a "virtual" or "shadow" board for a certain amount of time or until an event occurs with the company, such as acquisition or IPO. Informal mentoring occurs through HiBEAM's Springboard Forums, office hours, workshops, and other events, at which various HiBEAM directors and members assist. Most of our informal mentoring will occur at our new office called HITEC (Hawaii Innovative Technologies & Entrepreneurship Collaboration) housed on the 4th floor of the Medical Education Building at JABSOM. To see more about HITEC, click here.

Formal Mentoring
Recommendations for participation in the formal HiBEAM program will be made by the Board of Directors and members based on the Selection Criteria listed below. A virtual board to provide mentoring and advice will be appointed for the selected companies, based upon the needs of the company. Click here for selection criteria.

Informal Mentoring
In Fall 2006, the John A. Burns School of Medicine and HiBEAM partnered to create a new program housed at the Medical School called HITEC (Hawaii Innovative Technologies & Entrepreneurship Collaboration. Through HITEC, HiBEAM mentors will offer interested University of Hawaii faculty and students skill building and consulting services - free of charge - to assist them in launching their technology and life science ideas through entrepreneurship.

While this initiative will reach out to other disciplines at UH - engineering, business, law and other sciences - the Medical School will be the key link, as well as the physical home of the informal mentoring program. With an office and 2 workspaces on the 4th floor of the Medical Education Building, HITEC will serve a broad and diverse group, from those individuals (faculty and students) with a viable product who are in early stage company formation, down to the more generally curious scientists, researchers, or even medical students, who are aspiring entrepreneurs, and who wish to educate themselves on potential opportunities for the future. In short, the informal mentoring program will offer much-needed support for these individuals to help them take their science from the ‘good idea' phase to technology licensing to building a successful global company. Click here to see components of the informal mentoring program.