Hawaii Business - April 2011

April 2011

Features
	What Makes a Workplace One of the Best? Six companies explain how they create productive, loyal and happy employees Beverly Creamer and Shara Enay
	Hawaii's Best Places to Work 2011 Check out the top 60 companies to work for in Hawaii. Companies are sorted by large, medium and small categories.
	Private Jets Bring Wealthy to Hawaii Movie stars, billionaires and corporate execs are arriving more often in private jets, and that’s good business for a host of local service companies Harold Nedd
	Business Etiquette Dilemma: Smartphones or Rude Phones Smartphones connect you 24/7 but they can make you rude and distracted Catherine E. Toth
	Employing the Military Employing National members and Reservists can be challenging, but the military says the benefits are many and rewarding Jason Ubay
	Hawaii’s Coolest Office Winners Here's the winners of our Coolest Office Contest
	Best Places to Work - Healthiest and Family-Friendly Check out the winners in our sub-categories
	Timeshare in Hawaii: Build it and They Will Come How the misunderstood world of timeshare is going to save Hawaii's visitor industry. Dennis Hollier

Six companies explain how they create productive, loyal and happy employees

Beverly Creamer and Shara Enay

Check out the top 60 companies to work for in Hawaii. Companies are sorted by large, medium and small categories.

Movie stars, billionaires and corporate execs are arriving more often in private jets, and that’s good business for a host of local service companies

Harold Nedd

Smartphones connect you 24/7 but they can make you rude and distracted

Catherine E. Toth

Employing National members and Reservists can be challenging, but the military says the benefits are many and rewarding

Jason Ubay

Here's the winners of our Coolest Office Contest

Check out the winners in our sub-categories

How the misunderstood world of timeshare is going to save Hawaii's visitor industry.

Dennis Hollier

Departments
	Letters to the Editor Feedback
	Talk Story Talk Story with Peter Ho The top Bankoh executive talks APEC Jerry Burris
	Editor's Note Best Places to Work draws positive attention Why your company should participate in our annual Best Places to Work survey Steven Petranik
	This Month's Parting Shot: Meadow Gold Dairies Making cottage cheese at Meadow Gold Dairies

The top Bankoh executive talks APEC

Jerry Burris

Why your company should participate in our annual Best Places to Work survey

Steven Petranik

Making cottage cheese at Meadow Gold Dairies

	2011 SBA Hawaii Award Winners 10 companies and individuals are honored as small-business leaders in Hawaii by U.S. Small Business Administration by Jolyn Okimoto Rosa and Catherine Cruz-George April 2011
	Owned and Operated by Our Employees There are multiple costs to employee ownership, but benefits include lower taxes and motivated workers by Greg Wiles April 2011
	Launching a Business Group As the Kakaako area transforms from industrial to work-live-play, these business owners found a need to organize and plan by Beverly Creamer April 2011
	Ask SmallBiz: Paying for a PV System As a small-business owner, what are my options to pay for a photovoltaic system? by Joseph Saturnia, President, Island Pacific Energy LLC April 2011
	5 steps to marketing in Japan by Dennis Hollier April 2011