Hawaii Business Magazine - July/August 2020

Protecting Your Business's Biggest Asset: You

Provided by Geal Talbert, CFP®, CEPA®, and Brandon Park, CFP®, CEPA® There are many considerations for owners during times of uncertainty – safeguarding employees, limiting operational disruptions, and protecting the assets of their companies.  Oftentimes, the biggest "asset" of a…

Saving the Science Fair

Fair went virtual on a locally created platform called Student Corner Local students had spent months, even years, preparing projects for the Hawai‘i State Science Fair when the pandemic shutdown happened. That’s when organizers turned to Hawai‘i Island-based Student Corner.…

Force Majeure – What is it?

The profound economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of easing.  As companies throughout Hawai‘i look for ways to reduce the financial impacts of business closures, cancelled events and travel restrictions, it makes perfect sense that a…

Yes, We’re Open: Pacific Horizon Lending

One in a series of profiles of new small businesses in Hawai‘i that have launched since the pandemic shutdown. An international pandemic hitting just as you launch an independent business may seem like an insurmountable barrier. Noelani Yoshino is ready…

Challenges Facing Nonprofits: Pono Pacific and Kupu

Interview with John Leong, CEO, Pono Pacific and Kupu How and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. Ho‘okupu Center is starting to have its youth programs so we arranged the space so everyone…

Challenges Facing Nonprofits: YMCA of Honolulu

Interview: Michael Broderick, President & CEO, YMCA of Honolulu Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. It has been almost three months since we shut the doors…

Challenges Facing Nonprofits: Honolulu Museum of Art

Interview: Halona Norton-Westbrook, Director, Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your museum and other physical locations. We’re excited to welcome the entire community back to the Honolulu Museum of Art…

Interview: Su Shin, President and GM, Hawaiian Telcom

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. As a provider of essential communication services, Hawaiian Telcom has been fully operational throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders.…

Interview: Brian Kealoha, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Energy

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. We started working from home on March 16 and most of Hawaiʻi Energy’s employees have adjusted well to our new schedules and surroundings.…

Survey Reveals Virus’s Impact on Hawai‘i’s People

Almost half of Hawai‘i households have lost income during the COVID-19 pandemic and about 1 in 4 have fallen behind on some of their bills. Those are among the dire findings from a survey released Thursday by the Bank of…

Interview: Jerry Pupillo, GM, Wet’n’Wild Hawaii

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your physical locations at Wet’n’Wild Hawaii. We did our homework, prepared our plans and kept our irons in the fire so that when we were allowed to re-open we…

Teaching in a New World: Kanoelani Elementary School

Interview with Stacie Kunihisa, Principal, Kanoelani Elementary School How did you lead through the transition and create a routine confronted by this sudden change? The biggest shift we made when this pandemic first hit was changing our mindset as a…

Rights of LGBTQ Employees in Hawai‘i’s Workplaces

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on June 15 that protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. In Hawai‘i, state law already made it unlawful for employers to discriminate…