Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards 2023
Profiles of many of the year’s most successful and intrepid entrepreneurs, investors and innovators.
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Profiles of many of the year’s most successful and intrepid entrepreneurs, investors and innovators.
Chosen by our local community via an online poll conducted by Hawaii Business Magazine.
Honoring a younger member of the innovative community who has a passion for learning and the tenacious spirit of an entrepreneur.
An entrepreneur and company whose technology supports a greener future or helps farmers with innovative agricultural practices.
Someone who consistently contributes to the success of Hawai‘i’s innovation community.
Honors someone who works in a large organization but advocates for innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.
Celebrating innovations that help Hawaiʻi solve a major problem in the community, the ocean or the ʻāina.
Recognizes the local company that received the largest financial deal in the past year
Individual or entity that has invested substantially in the Hawai‘i startup ecosystem.
Presented to the entrepreneur whose CPG company has consistently seen month-over-month growth in revenue and customers.
Honoring the entrepreneur who has created technology and innovation to make our lives better.
An entrepreneur and company that substantially contributes to helping solve some of Hawai‘i’s toughest problems.
Awarded to the individual or team that has gone above expectations with their company, and is a clear example to other entrepreneurs.
Terraformation started by planting 7,200 trees and plants. The ultimate goal: restoring 3 billion acres across the globe.
Family businesses rarely last for three generations. Here’s how the Ai, Fukunaga, Watumull, Hata and Lau families did it.
Profiles of winners of the annual Hawaii Venture Capital Association awards.
Blue Startups, Elemental Excelerator and Mana Up are working to diversify Hawai‘i’s economy.
Madonna Castro Perez, who grew up on Guam, is rising fast in a male-dominated world.
A new survey found that the retiring and upcoming leadership differ in terms of perspective, approach and attitude toward the succession process and commitment to that process.
These female tech leaders in Hawai‘i describe how they navigated through what has been a male-dominated industry and how other women can take advantage of the greater opportunities today.
Local programs use various hands-on approaches so children in grades K-12 better understand business – and life.
After Angèl Foster and her husband, Brian, opened Island Olive Oil Co. in 2012, they discovered their company was a lot like an onion, with far more layers than they could have ever imagined.
For many months, the pandemic closed the craft fairs that sustain a lot of small local businesses. But entrepreneurs at those businesses innovated, increased online sales, and are now feeling more confident as fairs reopen, customers return and sales rebound.
Read about all 12 companies, which are based on four different islands
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