Steve Petranik has been an editor and reporter for almost four decades and now is the editor of Hawaii Business. Before joining the magazine in 2009, he spent 18 years as an editor at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and five years at the Honolulu Advertiser. He’s reported from six countries on three continents and his stories have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? This is a really big challenge. Having been through the Great Recession and dotcom bust, this is 10 times worse because of the speed and completeness of the economy shutdown. Our business…
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? At HMSA, we immediately recognized that our challenge as a health organization would be to balance service to our members, social responsibility to the community and care for our employees. We formed…
The mission of Hawaii Business Magazine is holding steady. What changes is how we keep adding to the ways we fulfill that mission. Throughout our six decades, our role in driving positive change in Hawai‘i has been to provide important…
Local TV executive and columnist John Fink has turned the best from 19 years of on-air editorials into a book with the same title he used back then, “Think About It.” While Fink served as GM of the KHNL and…
The BOSS Survey sought answers from 433 business representatives statewide Respondents were presented with four frequently suggested ways to improve the local business climate and asked which ones would be effective. They could choose as many as they wished. Respondents…
The BOSS Survey interviewed 433 business representatives statewide; the 808 Poll reached 473 adult members of the general public statewide In both surveys, people were asked which of these descriptions of man-made climate change best reflects their thinking. [caption id="attachment_40498"…
When I want to know a CEO’s biggest long-term concern, I ask: What keeps you up at night? Sometimes, my question is focused on the CEO’s own company or industry. Sometimes, my question is about Hawai‘i or our whole world.…
The editorial team at Hawaii Business Magazine spent a lot of time, energy and brainpower last year producing six CHANGE Reports. I am as proud of those reports as anything I have worked on in 34 years of journalism in…
It’s amazing how much passion there is within local businesses to support Hawai‘i’s schools and students. But how to connect the two, because many businesspeople don’t know many teachers and vice versa? Inspired by the momentum for CHANGE in Hawai‘i,…
BOSS Survey interviewed 433 business representatives statewide; 808 Poll reached 473 adult members of the general public statewide Respondents in both surveys were asked: Should the Thirty Meter Telescope be completed? Support for completion was stronger on O‘ahu than…
BOSS Survey interviewed 433 business representatives statewide; 808 Poll reached 473 adult members of the general public statewide Asked for their personal opinion on whether the state should raise the minimum wage, the separate surveys of business leaders and the…
The BOSS survey was conducted for Hawaii Business Magazine by the research division of the Anthology Marketing Group. The study was conducted using a company listing purchased from Equifax Polk Business Directory as well as Hawaii Business Magazine’s Top 250…
Ethel and Joe Murphy launched a business magazine in 1955 called Hawaii Engineer, which eventually morphed into Hawaii Business. That founding 65 years ago makes us the first and oldest regional business magazine in the country.
A BOSS survey of 433 business leaders shows continuing strong performance by local companies, but those leaders are now more wary of Hawai‘i’s economic future We surveyed leaders at 433 Hawai‘i companies and got 433 different sets of answers. When…
We asked that question and others in two statewide surveys: the BOSS Survey of 405 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 547 members of the general public Business leaders and the general public responded in almost exactly the…
We asked that question and others in two statewide surveys: the BOSS Survey of 405 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 547 members of the general public There are many kinds of personality tests, the most famous being…
We could spend hours discussing which industry has been disrupted the most over the past few decades, but certainly the media ranks near the top. Remember, media is a plural noun and it encompasses millions of different businesses, nonprofits, platforms…
We asked that question and others in two statewide surveys: the BOSS Survey of 405 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 547 members of the general public More than two-thirds of business leaders are very happy in…
Here’s how we phrased the question: “People talk a lot about sustainability, the desire for Hawai‘i to produce what it needs in resources such as energy and food. How do you feel: Is it important for Hawai‘i to become more…
Our December print issue is the time we look back at the previous 12 months and rank our most popular stories on our website, in our Today’s Hawai‘i News email newsletter and on our social media.
We are in the middle of a man-made climate crisis that will get increasingly worse because nations and individuals have put off serious action for decades. The evidence is massive and undeniable, but too many leaders and their followers deny…
We asked that question in two statewide surveys: the BOSS Survey of 405 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 547 members of the general public Respondents were able to pick multiple sources for their Hawai‘i news (click…
We included this topic in two statewide surveys: The BOSS Survey of 405 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 547 members of the general public. In both surveys, we led the discussion on marijuana with this question: "Would…
Strong Results Now and Robust Optimism for the Future Good times seem to have gotten even better recently for construction companies and related businesses, according to a BOSS survey of industry leaders. The July and August issue of Hawaii Business…
We take our mission seriously: “To strengthen the local economy and help our communities thrive.” And to keep us on track with that mission, we created an editorial mantra: “Big Issues, Useful, Unique, Accessible.” Let me walk you through those…
Thursday evening at historic Washington Place was magic: Hawai‘i's current business and nonprofit leaders met with emerging leaders from many walks of life.
Four local leaders discuss what resilience means, how to bounce back from failure and how to build resilience into your teams so they persevere and succeed. ere are edited and condensed excerpts from a workshop held at the 2018 Hawaii…
Full time business partner, full time family member – the typical woman in a family business has to juggle being the mom/wife/daughter/sister AND company leader. You see your family members at work and your business partners at home too. Sound…
We included those topics in two statewide surveys: the BOSS Survey of 405 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 547 members of the general public. Respondents in both polls were asked how they felt about President Donald…
Here are the methodologies for the BOSS Survey and 808 Poll, which are the basis for multiple stories published in Hawaii Business Magazine during the second half of 2019. BOSS Methodology BOSS stands for Business Outlook and Sentiment Survey.…
One of the main goals of Hawaii Business Magazine is to be useful to our readers and one of our most useful services is Today’s Hawaii News. The email newsletter was launched in April 2017 to give you a quick…
Retired Hawai‘i business leader Wesley Park has died, says his son, Ku‘uhaku Park. Wesley Park was especially well respected as a business turnaround artist: an executive who rescued struggling companies and nonprofits. He gave new life to the St. Francis…
BOSS Performance Index Unchanged The Performance Index is based on changes in revenue, profit and staffing at the 405 companies surveyed. The latest results show steady growth, but less than the boom year of 2017. See the BOSS Optimism Index.…
BOSS Optimism Index Also Unchanged The Optimism Index is based on whether the business leaders surveyed feel the local economy will grow, hold steady or decline in the coming year. See the BOSS Performance Index. Economic outlook: 30% of the…
A contradiction of our age is that we have more access to information about politics and government than ever before, yet a smaller and smaller percentage of Hawai‘i’s people find it worthwhile to vote. How to reverse that decline in…
Hawaii Business Magazine wins 24 national and state awards — becoming the best regional business magazine in the country for the second year in a row. The accolade was one of six national awards and 18 state awards we received this summer for work published in 2018.
You work hard, so at the end of the day (or week), you’re too tired to go to that local play, concert or gallery show, and instead you plop in front of the TV again. Does this sound like you?
We asked that question in the BOSS Survey of 350 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 481 members of the general public. Both surveys asked: At the companies where you work, are women and men paid the same…
That’s what we learned from two surveys: The BOSS Survey of 350 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 481 members of the general public. One question in both surveys asked: Which of these statements best reflect your view?…
We asked that question in both the BOSS Survey of 350 local business leaders and the 808 Poll of 481 members of the general public. We asked business leaders how they perceive the effects of artificial intelligence and automation…
