The Best of Small Business 2018
22 local companies and business leaders who won this year's SBA Hawaii awards.
Hawaii Business Magazine - May 2018
5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Cyber Threats
In 2017, the state of Hawaii defended itself against 45 million unique attacks to its cyber security each day, says Todd Nacapuy, the state government’s chief information officer. This year that number jumped to 65 million a day, which poses…
Kan Zaman Means Once Upon A Time
Kamal Jemmari spent long hours in the kitchen with his mother – but via Skype video conference. Jemmari was in Honolulu about to open a new restaurant and his mother was in Morocco where he grew up. “I tried to…
Meet Your Unfair Advertising Advantage [Sponsored]
Spectrum Reach just introduced a new product for Hawaii advertisers that makes connecting with ideal customers easier than ever before. Our exclusive TV planning tool puts our entire world of data intelligence to work right before your eyes. The result…
DRFortress is I.T., Not M.D.
“Why does a doctor’s office do all this IT stuff?” the prospective account asked Rosa White, CFO and co-founder of DRFortress. It wasn’t the first time someone mistook the name of her company for Dr. Fortress. White says DRFortress is…
Talk Story: Trevor Ozawa, Honolulu City Council
This talk story features Honolulu City Councilmember Trevor Ozawa, who received the inaugural Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association Award for Leadership In the Industry: Young Achiever It’s become a tradition for Honolulu City Councilmember Trevor Ozawa to volunteer his time to…
Finding Good Employees: Old Ways vs. New Ways
Actually you need both to recruit the right employees for the right jobs. This three-part feature first looks at the problem of recruiting in a low-unemployment economy, then focuses on traditional – and still crucial – recruiting tactics, and then…
Potential Life in a Petri Dish
TIME: Wednesday, 1:31 p.m. LOCATION: Fertility Institute of Hawaii PHOTOGRAPHER: David Croxford Watching through a microscope, Jamie Kim moves oocytes, female human egg cells, through a series of three dehydrating solutions. Kim, senior embryologist at the Fertility Institute of Hawaii, says dehydration…
Paradise Helicopters Helps Volcano’s Victims
Paradise Helicopters, a tour company that offers flights over Hawaii Island, Oahu and Lanai, is helping communities affected by the Kilauea eruption. “Paradise is actively working with County of Hawaii regulatory agencies to offer relief assistance in coordination with ongoing…
The Apprentice
New apprenticeships in tech, healthcare, cooking and business are attracting local applicants with a tried-and-true mix: a paid job plus classes to improve your skills. And tuition is almost entirely covered by federal grants. Guy Shibayama says an apprenticeship saved…
31st Annual SBA Awards & Editor's Choice Awards Luncheon
On Friday May 4, Hawaii Business held the 31st Annual SBA Awards and Editor's Choice Awards luncheon at the Prince Waikiki. The celebration brought together the best of small business from all across the state of Hawaii.
The Vulture Swoops In
Our department is great about sharing food with each other. What we hate are colleagues from other departments grabbing our food before everyone on our team has had a bite. Q: I read your advice about the food pushers, those…
Culinary Karma at Young’s Fish Market
The third generation is taking the family business in new directions while preserving traditional favorites Longtime Customer Sherman Tom enthusiastically sums up Young’s Fish Market in four words: “The great culture of their business; the delicious food; wonderful customer service;…
Don’t Call Him A Bounty Hunter
NAME: Scot Ling AGE: 56 JOB: Bail bondsman/fugitive recovery agent and owner, 4Freedom Bail Bonds, based in Kailua-Kona, with agents on Oahu and Maui START: Ling was born and raised in Kailua on Oahu but attended UH Hilo. He eventually received his associate…
Talk Story: Christina Kishimoto, Superintendent, Hawaii State Department of Education
Christina Kishimoto, who took the DOE’s helm in August, believes the most important outcome for Hawaii’s 185,000 public school students is that they’re able to turn their passions into concrete ways forward. She talks about her main goals, assessing students,…
Transformation from Trauma
“When Henry Opukahaia, a Native Hawaiian, was traveling in New England in the 1800s, he was instrumental in inspiring the creation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the United Church of Christ. It was this board…
SmallBiz Editor's Choice Awards 2018
Profiles of five local small businesses that are making waves this year.
Hawaii's Lifeline
The container ship mahimahi is more than two football fields long. It's shown below, cozied up to the dock at Matson’s Sand Island terminal on a sunny Thursday afternoon. The Mahimahi backed in from Aloha Tower the night before, pushed…
Uber/Lyft vs. Taxis
In separate surveys (The BOSS Survey and The Island Issues Survey), we asked local business leaders and the general public about using taxis, Uber and Lyft. Both surveys were conducted for Hawaii Business in the final quarter of 2017 by…
Supporting Financial Literacy
Q: What can I do to help my employees improve their financial literacy? A: Companies are becoming more attuned to the fact that their employees’ financial well-being is inherently tied to their performance at work. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently found that nearly one-third…
5 Steps to Recovering from a Major Failure
All of us have made a mistake. Not a small misstep but a real “fail” that affected others, sent the work sideways and might have generated hushed chatter in the hallways. Leadership coach Wendy Nakamura says what really counts is…
You Can't Beat Robots So Work With Them
Robots and artificial intelligence are already taking over jobs from people, so many schools are teaching cybersecurity, programming and robotics to provide students with employable 21st century skills On a cloudy day in Manoa, a pair of high school…
Education & Career Advancement Guide 2018
Education. Advancement. Success. Learn how these institutions can expand your education and help develop new skills. This special section provides information about advanced degrees, special certifications, and mentorship programs to provide you with the opportunity to advance your career. …
Pathways to Sustainability 2018
The companies featured provide solutions that are innovative, efficient and save money. This guide will help you to plan better practices that will benefit your company and community. We all share a goal of living in a vibrant, healthy community…