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Free training for small business owners with big dreams

The SBA's Emerging Leaders initiative is a free training program designed to help owners and executives expand their small businesses and create jobs.

by Catherine E. Toth

June 2013

Lessons Learned: Business Philanthropy

Danny Boren, founder of Maui-based Skyline Eco Adventures, talks about the importance of philanthropy.

by Lehia Apana

June 2013

Ask the Expert: Buying a Home While Owning a Business

I'm a small business owner. What should I do to ensure I'm in the best position to finance a new home?

by Anders Hostelley, Chief Production Officer, Honolulu HomeLoans

June 2013

Features

June 2013

	Hawaii Beekeeping Makes a Comeback Local beekeepers learn to live with pests that nearly wiped them all out. By John Stickler June 2013
	Returning Home to Hawaii After Years Abroad Expats who returned to Hawaii offer 10 ways to ensure you do it right. By Lavonne Leong June 2013
	Hawaii Business BOSS - June 2013 401 Hawaii business leaders weigh in on the economy, with a special outlook on construction By Steve Petranik June 2013
	Bill Chee receives 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award in Real Estate from Hawaii Business magazine Real estate pioneer Bill Chee receives the first Lifetime Achievement Award in Real Estate from Hawaii Business. By Beverly Creamer June 2013
	Top 100 Realtors 2013 Hawaii Business magazine's Top 100 Realtors 2013, our annual list ranking the state's top real estate professionals by total sales volume. By Jason Ubay June 2013
	Staging a Race is No Walk in the Park Costs add up even for small events By Stacy Yuen June 2013

Departments

	Innovation UH biochemist Angel Yanagihara has developed an effective treatment to box jellyfish stings. By Cheryl Ernst June 2013
	Talk Story Liang talks about changes, both at Kaiser and within local healthcare in general. By Beverly Creamer June 2013
	Parting Shot Behind the scenes at the blood sampling facility. June 2013
	Editor's Note As a parent, you could be very proud and happy when your child gets good grades and lands a good job abroad. But you also want them to come home, too. By Steven Petranik June 2013

HB Life

	5 Great Educational Apps These apps can teach your children new words, math, the periodic table and the America's states. Lavonne Leong June 2013
	What's It Worth: A Human Life Various ways to calculate what you're worth Dennis Hollier June 2013
	Pau Hana with Dustin Sellers Executive gets his kicks on the soccer field Stacy Yuen June 2013
	Refuge Saves Abused Horses Equine 808 Horse Rescue is a sanctuary for abandoned, abused and neglected horses in Hawaii. Suzanne Roig May 2013
	Pau Hana with Mark Dunkerley of Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines CEO flies the airline's original plane on sightseeing excursions above Oahu Steven Petranik May 2013
	What's It Worth: Coffee Farm in Kona Coffee farm in Kona offered at $599,000 Cynthia Sweeney May 2013
	Pau Hana: Hotelier Kelvin Bloom Loves to Drive Fast Kelvin Bloom, president of Aston Hotels & Resorts, enjoys car racing in his spare time Catherine E. Toth April 2013

NOW

	Stand-sit desks offer a healthier option at the workplace Working at a standing or sit-stand desk can keep core and back muscles engaged and improve posture. Paula Rath June 2013
	Training Pilots for Hawaii's Future With a pilot shortage looming, UH's Honolulu Community College wants to grow its Commercial Aviation Program. Travis Wong June 2013
	Profits Now Help Feed the Mission at Some Nonprofits Fundraising challenges and cuts in government funding has local nonprofits exploring profitable ventures and other innovations to keep the mission going. Catherine E. Toth June 2013
	Did you know? Hawaii Golf Courses Avoid Local Sand Sand used at Hawaii's golf courses, including the sand traps, originated from elsewhere like Vietnam or California. Pavel Stankov June 2013
	My Job: Support Astronomer for W.M. Keck Observatory Marc Kassis, support astronomer at W.M. Keck Observatory, provides technical support to "planet hunters." Cynthia Sweeney June 2013
	Highlights from the Local Web: OHA's Papakilo OHA's Papakilo search engine and database is a gateway to Hawaii's past and present. Pavel Stankov June 2013
	Omidyar Fellows and other local programs guide tomorrow's leaders Omidyar Fellows program enters second year Dennis Hollier June 2013
	Did you know? Hawaii last in registered boat ownership The only island state has the fewest boat owners in the nation, both in absolute numbers and per capita. Pavel Stankov May 2013
	My Job: Visual presentation manager at Neiman Marcus Doug Jago serves as the "eyes and ears" of the luxury department store Paula Rath May 2013
	Volcano House Reopens on Hawaii Island Renovated Volcano House hotel reopens on edge of Kilauea Caldera John Stickler May 2013