Virtual Interview: Jessica Welch, Executive Director, Mānoa Heritage Center How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? For those who may not know us, Mānoa Heritage Center is a 3.5-acre living classroom that promotes the understanding of…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? As a team, we have been doing outreach to our customers to learn how they are evolving their business model currently and how they think it will change to meet the…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Over the last 22 years, we evolved from a clinic that treated mainly athletes, such as soccer players, triathletes and high school athletes with sports injuries, to a huge team of…
What has been Tag Aloha’s latest pivot or innovation? Just before the crisis hit, we had started working on expanding our product line beyond the beach bags that we are known for. We recently launched a few new products, like…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? We are digging deep into e-commerce (as wholesale sales channels have had to close), redesigning our website experience and making it easier for our customers to shop well from home. Mohala…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? PR is already a wide umbrella service, but with traditional news focused largely on the day to day of Covid-19, I’ve been needing to get more creative in defining how I…
How are you coping with the COVID-19 crisis? Doing well! Luckily here in Hawai‘i, we have such incredible outdoor space to keep us sane, and mentally and physically healthy. Swimming and hiking are great ways to stay optimistic. I do both…
How is the Waiwai Collective coping with the COVID-19 crisis? We are saddened by the suffering that our communities are facing, and we maintain hope that we will get through this together. As a membership-based co-work and co-creative space and…
What has been 808Nanny’s latest pivot or innovation? Our company’s latest innovation is creating a new platform called Nexus that will allow for job listing creation, continuing education courses and a marketplace to sell items. Additionally, we are building out…
