Why An MBA Matters

By :: Aytun Ozturk | Photo :: HPU

One of the first questions I ask MBA students enrolled in my classes is “Why are you pursuing an MBA?” Sometimes students start the program without a clear idea of how the degree will affect their career. Click here to read the complete article

How Some Local Companies Have Conquered “Family Business”

By :: Linda Dela Cruz | Photo by :: Dave Miyamoto There is no shortage of family-run enterprises in the islands. Longtime multi-generational family businesses like the Fong family of Market City Shopping Center, or the Morgan family of Kualoa Ranch fame, abound. Not to mention, newer husband and wife teams or siblings who’ve formed business partnerships on their own. All of them will tell you that working with family members can be a challenge, but there are ways to work around them and reap the benefits. Click here to read the complete article

Check out these Pacific Edge tidbits on hot products from Kathy Ireland Worldwide and Kingdom Customs, technology and business developments at HiBroadcast and Golf Rental World, and worthwhile reads about success and design.

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Building a Brand Identity That Inspires Your Customers

By :: David Tyreman

A kick-ass, world-famous brand inspires customers. A forgettable business struggles for recognition in a sea of competitors. The difference? Brand identity. Click here to read the complete article

Marie Lord’s Lost Item

By :: Bob Sigall | Photo :: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Today’s Steve McGarrett (played by Alex O’Loughlin) drives a variety of shiny new Chevrolets, but in the original Hawaii Five-O, Steve McGarrett drove a 1968 Mercury Parklane Brougham and later a 1974 Mercury Marquis. Click here to read the complete article

Numerous events take place around town, providing great opportunities to celebrate, educate and network. Click here to read the complete article

Fusing Flavors and Friendship

By :: Lauren Kawana | Photo by :: Dave Miyamoto “It’s always tough because someone wants steak, someone wants pizza, someone wants pasta and someone just wants to have drinks in a place with a cool vibe,” explains co-owner Ho Suk Lee. So when he and his longtime friend and chef Bo Pathammavong decided to open up a restaurant together, they thought, “Let’s create that.” Click here to read the complete article

The Power of Positivity

By :: Charlotte Woolard | Photo by :: Dave Miyamoto Stan Masamitsu is an optimist. “As a business person, you’ve always got to be,” says the president of Tony Group. He’s sitting behind a desk in an office above the company’s ten-year-old Waipahu autoplex, a property that houses four competing automobile dealerships and last year was on track to sell about 10 percent of Hawai‘i’s new cars. Click here to read the complete article