SmallBiz Editor's Choice Awards 2020
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Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Tim Lee, CEO, JL Capital
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? JL Capital has been using various web-based tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams to work more collaboratively outside of the office and to track production within our team. What has…
Small Business/Big Challenges: Hector Garcia Gomez, Owner, Taqueria El Ranchero
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Taqueria El Ranchero has been open to trying new ways of doing business to help us get through this uncertain time. These included adding an additional delivery provider service, helping in…
No Quick Recovery, Say Hawai‘i’s Business Leaders
BOSS Survey of 404 local executives asks about Hawai‘i’s economic recovery, expected changes within their companies, the challenges of working from home, how they’ve adjusted their personal habits and more. Part III in a five-part series. Hawaii Business Magazine and…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Sanjay Mirchandani, Owner, Talent HR Solutions
What has been your company's latest pivot or innovation? Talent HR has provided our employees the choice to work remotely or in our office. Employees can access everything they need as if they were working in the office. We have…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Laurie Steelsmith, Medical Director, Steelsmith Natural Health Center
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? In my naturopathic medical practice at Steelsmith Natural Health Center, we provide natural therapies that help our patients stay healthy and support them through illness, including COVID-19. We shifted from seeing…
Virtual Interview on COVID-19: Doug Simons, Executive Director, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
What has been your organization’s latest pivot or innovation? After Gov. David Ige’s stay at home order was announced, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, along with all the Maunakea Observatories, suspended operations. Our CFHT staff immediately innovated new ways to do their jobs from…
Challenges Facing Nonprofits: Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership
Virtual Interview: Colleen McAluney, Director, Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? The Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership (MCBL) at YWCA O‘ahu has a core…
Graduating Into Uncertainty – Part II
This is the second in a series of reports about the challenges facing high school and college seniors in Hawai‘i. Here are brief profiles of four full-time UH Mānoa seniors, each facing different challenges.
Hawai‘i Companies Explain How They Scrambled to Cope with COVID
BOSS Survey of 404 local executives collects answers about closings, furloughs, reduced hours, IT investments, supply chains and more. More than 60% of the companies surveyed said they have lost more than 20% of revenue due to the COVID crisis.…
Challenges Facing Nonprofits: Hawaii Technology Academy (Public Charter School)
Virtual Interview: Dr. Stacey Bobo, Executive Director, Hawaii Technology Academy (public charter school) What has been your school’s latest pivot or innovation? In response to the sudden shift to remote work, a group of our HTA teachers initiated a virtual learning…
Challenges Facing Nonprofits: Mānoa Heritage Center
Virtual Interview: Jessica Welch, Executive Director, Mānoa Heritage Center How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? For those who may not know us, Mānoa Heritage Center is a 3.5-acre living classroom that promotes the understanding of…