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.
Family businesses rarely last for three generations. Here’s how the Ai, Fukunaga, Watumull, Hata and Lau families did it.
The Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership offers small business workshops, one-on-one counseling and leadership training.
Old Queen Street Stadium showcases sports memorabilia and the “fabrics and textures of Hawai‘i.”
Sage Creamery favorites include vanilla, chocolate, honey, fruit, coffee and tea.
Business interruption insurance covers lost income and expenses from fires, flooding and cyberattacks.
The Food Gurus Hawaii Restaurant Index provides insights into a volatile year so far for local eateries.
Mario Patino hopes to make the evening marketplace a recurring community event.
Owner Tamara Rigney’s creations adorn Hawai‘i’s luxury stores and hotels, and brighten weddings and corporate events.
One winner will receive a free collection of products from 11 Hawai‘i-based companies in the group.
Profiles of companies in 12 categories that won Hawaii Business Magazine's SmallBiz Editor's Choice Awards, plus four 100 year old companies inducted into the Hawaiʻi Small Business Hall of Fame.
The business was founded in 1884 as an ice and refrigeration company, and has been owned and led by the Nobriga family since 1946.
Three years ago, after the Big Island was rocked by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake and power failed across the state, Judi Steinman and her husband, Shaul Baruch Janes, watched movies on their flat-screen TV and drank cold beverages from the…
A little book has important advice for some of the Islands' big-business leaders Growing up, Wesley Park aspired to be ordinary. He ended up being extraordinary. When he was 4 years old, Park was stricken with polio. The debilitating disease…
Thirty-year-old developer Adam Wong has an intoxicating vision for a vibrant — and affordable — Honolulu. Thirty-three-year-old James Koshiba dreams of a new generation of socially-conscious businesses that do as much for the community as they do their bottom lines.…