What You Can Learn from the Top 250 List
The annual list offers quick facts about companies and nonprofits, and the big picture about Hawai‘i’s ever-shifting economy.
Opinion
Why We Write: A Love Story
Being a reporter is a calling and a public service. Our loyal readers help keep the mission alive.
Hawaii Business Magazine Re-Launches Podcast
Host Unyong Nakata tackles big issues in business, education, housing, the environment, health care and more.
Remote or in the Office? Data Shows There’s No One Answer
Remote work leads to lots more email but also innovation.
Vaccine Resistance and Red Hill Crisis Share a Common Thread: “Social Weakness”
When people lack connection to the broader community, they can make poor decisions.
Good Mentoring Changes Lives, But Too Often It’s Done Badly
Editor Steve Petranik highlights Harvard Business Review report on mentoring’s benefits and challenges and one program that succeeds.
The Night Rail First Died and What's Next
Hawaii Business Magazine’s editor talks about the Honolulu City Council vote that changed the fate of the previous attempt to build rail.
Inside My Reporting on Honolulu's Rail Project
The goal was to tie together the many bits and pieces of information as Hawai‘i's largest public works project reached a crucial decision point.
New Ways to Connect with Readers
Our engagement editor will help ensure our journalism is more inclusive of and responsive to the communities we cover.
Is Your Company’s Culture What Job Seekers Want?
Tens of thousands of employed and unemployed people are hoping for a job in a better workplace. Your company can become that Best Place to Work.
A Public-Private Partnership that Actually Works
Teachers, principals and other educators across Hawai‘i built up their own contacts with people in businesses, nonprofits and government agencies.
Good Time to Invest in Hawaiʻi
If you want the best for Hawaiʻi and its people, you should become a tourism elitist.
Editor's Note: The Best of Times and Best of Workplaces
When I mentor college students, I often tell them about my college days and fall back on the famous opening lines of “A Tale of Two Cities”: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
Editor's Note: The Power of Positive Thinking
In this difficult time, I am finding many reasons for gratitude.
Editor’s Note: Why We Write
There were many days in 2020 when even I was reluctant to read the news. The pandemic, human tragedy, political battles, conspiracy theories and plenty more made it hard to take another daily dose.
Editor's Note: My Cynicism Has Been Silenced
What was your reaction when you heard another report had been released on how to create a better future for Hawai‘i and its people? Was it the same as my initial reaction: a sigh and an eye roll? But as…
Our Schools Need Your Help Now
If you want to support public education in Hawai‘i, the time is now, during this education crisis caused by the pandemic.
Editor's Note: The Best for the 3rd Year
On June 25, 2020, Hawaii Business Magazine received nine national awards, including being named the country’s best regional business magazine for the third year in a row.
Opinion: Locals Are the Biggest Threat to Our Environment, Not Tourists
Submitted by Marie Turner When I saw the cover to the February issue, I laughed out loud. (Should Tourists Be Asked to Sign a Pledge?) Are you kidding? I don’t know what fantasy island you are living on but it’s…
We’re 65 Years Old and Never Felt Younger
Ethel and Joe Murphy launched a business magazine in 1955 called Hawaii Engineer, which eventually morphed into Hawaii Business. That founding 65 years ago makes us the first and oldest regional business magazine in the country.
Editor's Note on News Media
A contradiction of our age is that we have more access to information about politics and government than ever before, yet a smaller and smaller percentage of Hawai‘i’s people find it worthwhile to vote. How to reverse that decline in…
Editor's Note: It Really Is Better Live
You work hard, so at the end of the day (or week), you’re too tired to go to that local play, concert or gallery show, and instead you plop in front of the TV again. Does this sound like you?
Editor's Note: Fight Back Against Genes and Zip Codes
Beverly Creamer’s Report on Health and Wellness covers a lot of important issues. In this column, I focus on one person and one issue: You and your personal health. Your health depends on a lot of factors, many of which you…
Hawaiʻi’s Top 250 Company Profiles 2022
Learn more about some of the Top 250 companies that made this year's list — each a leader in its field.
How Rail Got to $12.45 Billion and 11 Years Late
We sorted through more than a decade of cost overruns, audits and reports to explain how the price soared and why completion fell behind schedule.
“Home for Sale” Sometimes Means Renters are Displaced
About 40% of Hawai‘i households are renters. Their relationships with their landlords can be friendly and supportive. But this two-part report examines when the wants and needs of tenants and landlords conflict, with perspectives from both sides.
