This Month’s Expert: Ray Tsuchiyama Japanese people love Hawaii. Over 600,000 Japanese study hula or Hawaiian music regularly and nearly 2 million visited Hawaii last year. Ray Tsuchiyama, a bilingual business consultant with 20 years’ experience in Japan, suggests five…
Q: What can I do to help my employees improve their financial literacy? A: Companies are becoming more attuned to the fact that their employees’ financial well-being is inherently tied to their performance at work. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently found that nearly one-third…
Change is inevitable in business. So organizations need to be thinking about and anticipating change, said Don Horner, former chairman and CEO of First Hawaiian Bank.
Thursday, January 1, 1970, - Figuring out how to share your brand’s message and the right audience to share it with is becoming more difficult in today’s noisy world. After all, businesses now compete for attention with information that’s available…
Sunday, February 5, 2017, - By Noelle Fujii Every industry is undergoing a digital transformation. If your company lags behind, it could get crushed by faster moving competition, or abandoned by customers who want better digital service, says Renee McKaskle,…
Mentorships provide numerous benefits to both participants and their businesses.
There are good reasons for the old cliche, "You don't ask the bank for money when you need it." First and foremost, rushing to a bank in a cash-flow crisis tells bankers that you are ineffective at planning and management.…
Q: How do I position my company to land my dream investor? A: Every major milestone has a story, which only comes to life in hindsight. In April 2017, what had been Energy Excelerator transformed and became Elemental Excelerator, a…
Q: With new technologies and chip-card requirements, how do I choose the best payment-processing solution for my business, keep costs down and maintain security? A: Although it can seem overwhelming to choose among the numerous payment-processing options on the market…
