6 Family Business Essentials
A family business is one of the oldest forms of capitalism, but that doesn’t make it easy.
A family business is one of the oldest forms of capitalism, but that doesn’t make it easy.
Archives: November 2017
Off the Grid on Hawai‘i Island
Four homes that are off the grid on Hawaii Island show the range of possible lifestyles from affluent living to nothing but the basics. When you imagine living off the grid, what comes to mind? How about a community that grows and hunts all of its food, composts its waste and relies entirely on rainwater for bathing and drinking?…
Hawaiʻi’s Most Charitable Companies 2017
Welcome to Hawaii Business' sixth annual List of Hawaiʻi's Most Charitable Companies, the most comprehensive guide to organizational philanthropy in the Islands.
Welcome to Hawaii Business’ sixth annual List of Hawaiʻi’s Most Charitable Companies, the most comprehensive guide to organizational philanthropy in the Islands.
Hawaii’s Rural Hospitals on Life Support
Here’s how Hawaii’s rural hospitals (barely) stay afloat. For some, things have gotten better, but others face an even more difficult future. State Sen. Josh Green works the weekend shift at Kohala Hospital’s emergency room, and it’s normally quiet. That could change in seconds. A car crash. A heart attack. A man enters the emergency room with a saw in…
Hawaii Farming’s Uncertain Future
Hawaii’s farmers can’t catch a break. Rat lungworm has accelerated difficult changes in local farming. One local leader predicts a quarter of Hawaii’s produce farms will be out of business in a few years. They are already battered by high land and energy costs, intense competition from Mainland imports and their own advancing age. Now there’s another threat to their…
A Millennial Investigates: Why Would Anyone Take a Taxi Instead of Uber or Lyft?
My friends and I wanted a quick bite after hiking Diamond Head but didn’t feel like walking a mile to the restaurant. So we caught a taxi that was waiting at the crater’s parking lot. The ride was short but hot and unpleasant. The driver was hostile and the seven-seat van looked old, smelled moldy, and was dirty and strewn…
Ted’s Bakery Is Much More Than Just Pies
Ted’s Bakery in Sunset Beach evolved from the Nakamura family’s grocery store. Ted’s daughter Torey is now training to take the reins from Dad. “This year makes our 30th anniversary,” says a proud and somewhat surprised Ted Nakamura, 57, president of Ted’s Bakery. The longtime Sunset Beach eatery celebrated the milestone in June by giving out free drinks, hamburgers, chili…