September, 2009

Stephen Hon

Steve-feature-final3An Entrepreneur’s Journey

Read the article In an era exploding with technological advances, things change in the blink of an eye—and Stephen Hon is ready for it. Hon admits he wasn’t always prepared for what he faced when he started out as an entrepreneur, but he has watched his company, Dialogix Telecom, evolve over the years like any new technology.  Now in a position to direct the company’s course, the 33 year-old Hon feels confident that it will play a significant role in the future of voice communications.

Denise & Lee Takara

kochiNext Generation

Read the article Husband and wife team Lee and Denise Takara grew up washing dishes, working long hours, and devoting their youth to their family restaurants. They each vowed to escape restaurants as adults, but years later they’re happily surprised to be running a few of their own.

Joe Bock

Joe Bock 97New Market, New Challenges

Read the article At the age of 30, Joe Bock has experience both the joys of holding an executive position and the challenges of dealing with controversy, situations and moving forward.

Tiffany Tanaka

ttanakaCoffee, Denim & Inspiration

Read the article Tiffany Tanaka has set her sights on a fashion career for as long as she can remember. That dream, combined with a vision to put Hawai’i on the map as an art and fashion hub, inspired her to open Fresh Café and Aloha De Nime, a café-boutique concept on Queen Street in Kakaeako that she hopes will start a movement.  “Hawai’i is such an amazing place, and the people have so much talent,” says the 29-year-old from Kaimuki, “but we’ve been limited by our location. I want my generation to overcome that.”

“Roland” Raihala & Ben Schorr

Matt.Roland-Final3Programmed for Success

Read the article. As a 12-year-old killing time in Illinois, Ben Schorr hopped onto his grandfather’s againg Timex comuter and wrote a program that used statistics to predict the outcome of National Football League games.

Matti “Roland” Raihala fell in love with computers at an even earlier age. Using the classic Commodore 64, the Oregon native spent his childhood living vicariously through a “Pigs in Space” game he programmed as a 7-year-old.

Pacific Edge Magazine & Custo Barcelona | Fashion’s Night Out | September 10, 2009

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Green Drinks Honolulu | DuVin | August 04, 2009

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PEM Jul-Aug-Sept ‘09 Magazine Launch | Formaggio’s Grill | August 26, 2009

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The Business of Networking | Michel’s at the Colony Surf | August 05, 2009

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Christine Hall & Malia Sanchez

christine[1]As Native Hawaiian women and owners of Makana Esthetics Wellness Academy, Christine Akaka Hall and Malia Sanchez offer much more than esthetics education; they teach their students to bring a client’s inner beauty to the surface with aloha. “Anyone can do a service and put products on someone’s skin, but we clear your mind to be in the moment with [the] client and do it with the best intentions. We incorporate the love, the aloha energy,” Malia says. To read more click here.