Archives: May 2019

Hawaii Island Business Report 2019

Remarkable Resilience This isn’t the first time the residents and businesses of Hawaii Island have had to band together to get through difficult times, and it most possibly won’t be their last. After impactful changes to the island’s economy following last year’s eruption, businesses and farmers are now trying to find their “new normal” while maneuvering down the path to…

Corporate Anniversaries: 2019

What does it take to succeed in Hawaii?  Here are stories from local companies that are celebrating important milestones. Each has its own unique recipe for achievement and accomplishment.    ALTRES, INC. Making Business Simple It’s 6:00 in the morning in Waikiki. From a second-story lanai, Bill Guss hoists a blue flag up a simple pole, signaling to the surfers…

Natural Environment: Saving an Essential Part of Hawaiʻi

Here are five stories on how we can prepare for the present and the future, and what individuals, businesses, nonprofits and governments are doing to protect our natural environment.

Here are five stories on how we can prepare for the present and the future, and what individuals, businesses, nonprofits and governments are doing to protect our natural environment.

What’s Next for OHA

The organization serves thousands of Native Hawaiians each year, but its scandals, infighting and negative image often overshadow its good work. Here’s a look inside OHA and how its problems are being addressed. For 16 years the staff of nonprofit Awaiaulu has been working to identify, translate, transcribe and digitize Hawaiian language media. To expand its projects, Awaiaulu received a…

Your Future is Our Focus [Sponsored]

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The Best of Small Business 2019

Profiles of 26 local companies and business leaders who won this year's SBA Hawaii awards, plus the inaugural members of the Hawaii Small Business Hall of Fame, and the Editor's Choice Awards.

Profiles of 26 local companies and business leaders who won this year’s SBA Hawaii awards, plus the inaugural members of the Hawaii Small Business Hall of Fame, and the Editor’s Choice Awards.