Small Business

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Enviroservices & Training Center Helps Clients Navigate Complex Environmental Rules

Vicki Viotti,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: From a two-person startup, founders Mike Yee and Gregory Perry built an environmental consulting firm with global reach.

Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards

East West Marketing Imports Filipino Food Products with the “Taste of Home”

Chavonnie Ramos,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Melody Calisay started selling dry foods from her car to support her doctoral studies. It’s now a $4 million business.

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Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards

Simonpietri Enterprises Turns Demolition and Construction Waste into Energy

Kathryn Drury Wagner,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: President Joelle Simonpietri helps supply O‘ahu with renewable gas and jet fuel, with new ventures on the way.

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Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards

Fly Shuttle & Tours Is Rapidly Growing, But the Owners Still Get Behind the Wheel

Vicki Viotti,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Brothers Tim and Thai Lai started with two vans and now oversee a giant fleet, tire sales, a repair shop and more to come.

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Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards

535 Plumbing Offers High-Quality Repairs, with No Surprises

Ryann Noelani Coules,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Founder Shane Mizusawa says service costs are “very transparent and upfront.” Some are even free.

Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards

Lights On Helps Independent Hotels Manage the Business Side of Hospitality

Kathryn Drury Wagner,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: CEO Will Song and President Patrick Ahler use revenue management and digital marketing to keep rooms filled.

Small Biz Editor's Choice Awards

Symbrosia Harvests Seaweed in an Innovative Strategy to Slow Climate Change

Ryann Noelani Coules,

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Founder Alexia Akbay says its nutritional supplement for livestock dramatically cuts their methane emissions.