What has been your company's latest pivot or innovation? The foundation of our company for the last 50 years has been to “make business simple” for Hawai‘i, and we are working tirelessly to do just that in response to the…
Practical advice to help you sell and maintain customer relationships during this uncertain time Salespeople are struggling with how to sensitively approach customers and make sales while many businesses furlough staff and scale back operations. Scott Hogle, senior VP of…
The bank’s Aloha For Hawaii program supports local restaurants and nine local nonprofits, including Blood Bank of Hawaii, Child & Family Service and food banks statewide First Hawaiian Bank has now made it easy to support local restaurants and local…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Zippy’s Restaurants latest pivot is our No-Contact Pickup Service, which was recently rolled out for social distancing precautions as well as the safety of our customers and staff. We piloted this…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Creating an online ordering platform and our own website. Updating our menu to more premium items and lowering the pricing. What has been your company’s latest opportunity or opportunities? Using the…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? A big part of what we do is provide energy efficiency education and professional development training. Like many faced with adjusting delivery models during this pandemic, we have had to transition…
What has been your company's latest pivot or innovation? At Coldwell Banker we have always had one focus: helping people live exceptional lives. The COVID-19 crisis has shifted how we deliver on that promise. First and foremost is the health…
We are continuing to publish stories researched and written before the COVID-19 crisis, such as this one. Thinking of buying a business? Zach DiIonno and Seth Buckley of Candela Law Group suggest five factors to consider. 1. Assets or…
The high-tech company says it will start testing the therapy and, if successful, make it available quickly Patrick K. Sullivan, the founder and CEO of Oceanit, says the local high-tech company has developed a potential therapy for COVID-19 using an…
What been Gecko Girlz's latest pivot or innovation? Just as we were finalizing the creative details for opening our newest Gecko Girlz Shave Ice store in a busy marketplace in downtown Kailua-Kona this spring, we learned of the stay-at-home mandate.…
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? COVID-19 has changed the security posture for our company in many ways. First and foremost, we have had a major ramp-up in new applicants from 55 applicants per week to over 130…
What has Mochi Foods’ latest pivot or innovation? We recently introduced a gluten-free mochi donut mix for customers who want to experience the taste and texture of our original mochi donuts but are looking for a gluten-friendly product. What has been…
AlohaTrace offers a simple way for people in Hawai‘i to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The online platform asks you up to six confidential and anonymous questions. I completed the survey in only 20 seconds because I have no…
We are continuing to publish stories researched and written before the COVID-19 crisis, such as this one. Name: Dennis Takata Age: 69 Job: Beekeeper & Owner, Hawaiʻi Tropical Honey Beginnings: "My wife's grandfather came to Hawaiʻi from Japan to…
HONOLULU Magazine and Hawaii Business Magazine teamed up to find which businesses and nonprofits are hiring – including those in healthcare, the food industry, security and hardware The COVID-19 crisis has erased about 1 of every 4 jobs in Hawai‘i,…
Hawaii Business virtually interviewed Ron Vance, President of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Hawaii Region, and Chris Hause, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and VP of Marketing, Sales, & Business Development at Kaiser Permanente. How are you coping…
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? Our mission of raising money to support University of Hawai‘i students, research and programs is more critical now than ever. Knowing how important and impactful our work is, provides fuel to our…
How is Infinium Interiors coping with the COVID-19 crisis? How we are coping is an interesting question. The situation we find ourselves in, by many accounts, has never happened before. Some businesses had plans in place for dealing with different…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? There are obvious and less obvious pivots that we’ve made as a result of the COVID-19 situation. On the visible end, we transitioned to working from home the week before the…
How are you coping with the COVID-19 crisis? The RevoluSun business model is based on Smart Home Specialists meeting with clients to discuss their needs and gather information about their home energy use. As an essential services business, RevoluSun’s focus…
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? This is an unprecedented global health crisis that is changing the way we live and do business in Hawai‘i. The dramatic change in demand for the products we provide, such as jet…
Did your business continuity plan work, or were there surprises? The magnitude of this crisis, and the way it has affected every region across the globe, is a situation that I don’t think any leader could fully anticipate. Although you…
How are you coping amid the COVID-19 crisis? Ensuring the safety of our employees and our community has been our highest priority amid the COVID-19 crisis. Enhanced safety plan protocols, with an emphasis on personal hygiene and overall job-site sanitation,…
Regina “Lola” Miller founded Simply Sisters Boutique in Hilo in 2011. How are you coping with the COVID-19 crisis? Simply Sisters’ storefront on Kilauea Avenue is closed to customers, but you can buy online, writes Regina “Lola” Miller in an…
