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Cynthia Wessendorf,

Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards 2023: Entrepreneur of the Year

Awarded to the individual or team that has gone above expectations with their company, and is a clear example to other entrepreneurs.

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Cynthia Sweeney,

This Big Island Startup Turns Degraded Land into Thriving Ecosystems

Terraformation started by planting 7,200 trees and plants. The ultimate goal: restoring 3 billion acres across the globe.

Small Business

Roy Kodani,

How 5 Hawai‘i Families Built Generational Wealth

Family businesses rarely last for three generations. Here’s how the Ai, Fukunaga, Watumull, Hata and Lau families did it.

Entrepreneurship

Steve Petranik, Carin Enovijas,

Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards 2022

Profiles of winners of the annual Hawaii Venture Capital Association awards.

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Entrepreneurship

Chavonnie Ramos,

3 Women-led Accelerators Are Funding the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Blue Startups, Elemental Excelerator and Mana Up are working to diversify Hawai‘i’s economy.

Education

Nathan Bek,

How a Law Student is Breaking into Venture Capital

Madonna Castro Perez, who grew up on Guam, is rising fast in a male-dominated world.

Small Business

Kathryn Drury Wagner,

Here’s How Generational Differences Play a Role in Family Business Succession

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.

Women in Technology Hawaii; Hong Phan - DataHouse, Filifotu Va Ai - Hawaiian Telcom, Christine Lanning - Integrated Security Technologies, Ann-Marie Lerch - HiTech Hui, June Zhang - UH Manoa, Faith Geronimo & Colleen Yasuhara - Hawaii Information Service, Darien Siguenza - Hawaii FoundHer, Kelsey Amos - Purple Maia

Careers

Krista Rados,

How Nine Women Broke Through Tech’s Glass Ceiling

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.

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Entrepreneurship

Krista Rados,

Four Programs That Inspire and Teach Kidpreneurs

Local programs use various hands-on approaches so children in grades K-12 better understand business – and life.

Careers

Krista Rados,

My Job: Why Olive Oil? “It’s Liquid Gold”

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.

Small Business

Tianna Morimoto,

“Solopreneurs” Hit Hard But Bouncing Back

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.