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Hawaii Business Magazine
Yireh says it is an ethically made women’s resort wear brand based on O‘ahu that focuses on empowering and encouraging women. The company says it has built a community of over 26,000 women who care about conscious consumerism, the planet and its people. The brand features versatile and effortless styles for everyday wear in one-of-a-kind prints.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Nāpili FLO Farm started simply as a farm, a way for Monica Bogar to build a new life as a mother. Bogar says that when her son Maddox was born, she was not keen on her boy being raised by others while she trudged off to a traditional job. So she turned her family property in Lahaina into a sustainable, organic urban farm.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Ao Organics Hawai‘i was founded in 2017 when Chelsa Davis was pregnant with her third keiki. She says she created organic reef safe sunscreen as a safer product for her children. When she learned what a difference it would make for our environment to use reef safe sunscreen over chemical sunscreens, she realized it was also her kuleana as a native Hawaiian.
Hawaii Business Magazine
The lifestyle company Aloha Modern was conceived over cold beers and Mākaha sunsets by co-founders Malia Ka‘aihue and Reyn Mukawa. What started as a passion project between two friends has become a full-fledged business.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Haku Collective was founded by singer-songwriter Kimié Miner as a full-service music, audio and talent production group. But the collective says it has since expanded to include an extended product suite offering apparel, accessories, home goods and more.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Hawai‘i-based consumer product accelerator Mana Up this week announced a diverse mix of local companies in its fifth cohort. The 10 companies based on O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i Island offer products that range from a locally sourced and brewed kombucha to a nontoxic nail polish with a patented formula.
Hawaii Business Magazine will unveil the companies this week online, starting with two today.
Aloha, welcome to our May newsletter and a HUGE HO'OMAIKA'I 'ANA to all the recent/soon-to-be graduates. We're thrilled to be announcing Cohort 5 this week! Be the first to know who has joined our Mana Up 'Ohana by signing up for Hawaii Business Magazine's e-newsletter here. We're also excited to share a workshop series we are hosting this week and givebacks from our local entrepreneurs!
Honolulu Magazine
Thirty small companies, graduates of Mana Up’s 2018 and 2019 accelerator programs, found a home at Royal Hawaiian Center. Each collection is accompanied by a written narrative introducing the talent behind the products and fun details about the goods, forging an instant connection to the brand.
Hawaiʻi Magazine
It’s been about two months since Mānoa Chocolate temporarily closed its retail space in Kailua on Oʻahu due to the spread of COVID-19 in the Islands.
The artisan chocolate maker, which specializes in bean-to-bar chocolate using locally grown (when possible) and ethically sourced cacao, had been giving factory tours twice daily, six days a week, in addition to selling its chocolates from the shop and wholesaling to larger retailers. All that suddenly stopped and Mānoa Chocolate’s business went mostly online.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Twenty years ago, Hawai‘i’s startup community was a barren sector with few resources to lift budding entrepreneurs with plans for innovative, fast-growth companies. That community is now filled with events, coworking spaces and programs that help these people build their nascent businesses and connect with investors, mentors and other partners.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Good advice from digitally savvy entrepreneurs for those who want to increase their online sales. Second of two parts. Here are some of the lessons they learned, plus advice from experts in retail, IT and digital marketing.
1. It's Easier Now to Build an Online Store
2. Make Connections and Get Feedback
3. Collect Data
4. Build Partnerships
5. Leverage the Hawai'i Brand
Hawaii Business Magazine
Many retailers see how important e-commerce has been during the coronavirus pandemic. As their bricks-and-mortar shut down, many retailers strengthened their social media and online advertising and added products to their websites.
