Sports Travel Hawaii: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Travel
After pandemic setbacks, this travel company catering to youth, high school and university athletic teams is rallying back.
Lists & Awards
Honolulu Fish Company: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Food and Beverage
Started in 1995 by a marine biologist, the company now distributes seafood to more than 3,000 customers nationwide.
Rocket Communications: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Women Owned
The innovative tech company helps businesses design great user experiences (UX) for digital products.
Sumida Farms: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Agriculture
The family watercress farm adjacent to Pearlridge Center has flourished through the pandemic, says its fourth-generation leader.
Surface Shield Roofing Co.: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Specialty Construction
Over the last 15 years, this growing company has expanded from a team of two to about 65 employees.
Ho‘okele Health Services and Vivia: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Health Care
The founders say a new way of organizing home health care is better for patients, their families and the caregivers who help them.
Nathan Wood General Contractor: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Kaua‘i
The family construction business has focused on the island’s renewable energy sector for 15 years.
Industrial Battery Solutions: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Industrial
Their niche is batteries for forklifts, which “move everything that you eat, buy (and) touch.”
Island Maid: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Long-term Success
The 41-year-old company keeps alive the flavors that Hawai‘i’s people grew up with.
Goldwings Supply Service: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Native Hawaiian Owned
At 35, the company continues expanding and diversifying beyond its origin as an aircraft parts supplier.
20 for the Next 20 2021: Where Are They Now?
Last year’s cohort includes an Olympic gold medalist and one person who had two jobs and has since added a third.
Best Places to Work in Hawaiʻi Celebration 2022
About 450 people enjoyed a great party, games, prizes and recognition of the best workplaces in the Islands.
20 for the Next 20 2020: Where Are They Now?
Among this year’s honorees is someone who is now a member of President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
20 for the Next 20 2019: Where Are They Now?
This recent cohort includes people in design, multimedia, education, nonprofits, health care, banking and farming.
Hawaiʻi's Best Places to Work 2022
Want a better job, where workers are treated well? Consider these 68 companies and nonprofits that meet high standards for employee engagement.
20 for the Next 20 2018: Where Are They Now?
This cohort has 20 distinguished people, including two women recently promoted to CEO at American Savings Bank and Hawaiian Electric Co.
20 for the Next 20 2017: Where Are They Now?
This cohort included leaders in hotels, human resources, health care and other fields, plus one person now working in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
20 for the Next 20 2016: Where Are They Now?
This group of 20 included Keith Hayashi, now interim superintendent of the Hawai‘i Department of Education, plus leaders in fashion, food, finance and other fields.
20 for the Next 20 2015: Where Are They Now?
This diverse group included people in government, social work, startups, art and farming – and the recently promoted CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries.
20 for the Next 20 2014: Where Are They Now?
Hawaii Business Magazine profiled rising leaders that year in insurance, academics, tourism, tech, energy and other sectors.
20 for the Next 20 2012: Where Are They Now?
The cohort 10 years ago included future CEO of the Year Bettina Mehnert plus Robert Nobriga, Sherry Menor-McNamara, Dawn Lippert and John Leong.
20 for the Next 20 2011: Where Are They Now?
The cohort that year included future CEO of the Year Ray Vara, Cameron Nekota, Bryan Luke and Kalei Cadinha-Pua‘a.
Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards 2022
Profiles of winners of the annual Hawaii Venture Capital Association awards.
20 for the Next 20 2010: Where Are They Now?
After a two-year hiatus, Hawaii Business Magazine began again to identify emerging leaders in the Islands. We have published 20 for the Next 20 every year since.