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Business Leaders on the Move in Hawaii – 4/2/14
Celeste Mausolf, RN, BSN, MBA has been appointed director of cardiovascular disease with The Queen’s Medical Center. She now is responsible for planning, directing and supervising all nursing units,...
View ArticleThe Biggest Obstacle To Productivity
One of my first dates in high school was to see the romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, where Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan use email to find love. Back then receiving an email was a big deal, and we all longed...
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Building Your Home For Life
Graham Builders CEO Danny Graham founded the company in 1990 to guide homeowners through the process of designing, building and renovating homes that will last their lifetimes. As a design+build firm,...
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Turning A Hobby Into A Business
As a stay-at-home mother of two, Uakea Egami would spend her children’s nap time learning to sew by following online tutorials. “I had this urge and need to always try to do that next project,” she...
View ArticleTop Tips To Simplify Air Travel
I travel plenty and average about a week a month on the Mainland and internationally. Living in an isolated chain of islands in the Pacific is sometimes not easy! Whether you travel frequently or only...
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Business Leaders on the Move in Hawaii – 4/9/14
Garret Tokuda has joined Pulama Lanai as senior vice president of finance. He now is responsible for oversight of all accounting and finance functions at Pulama Lanai. He previously was senior vice...
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Small Business Coach Shares Advice
Patrick Snow During early mornings, evenings and weekends in his 10 years in corporate sales, Patrick Snow built up a side business of coaching, speaking and consulting. Eventually, he quit his job to...
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Business Leaders on the Move in Hawaii – 4/16/14
Shusuke Oshima has been named president of Sony Hawaii Co. He now will oversee Sony Hawaii operations. He has worked in various leadership roles since joining Sony in 1984 in its International...
View ArticleTarget-Date Investment Funds
During the past 20 years, target-date funds have become more popular with investors. Also known as life-cycle, retirement, or age-based funds, target-date funds were first introduced in the early...
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Housing Made Affordable
By Ryan Harada Principal of Downtown Capital LLC At a time when it seems like all residential development is geared toward luxury high-rises, a group of young professionals has been successfully...
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Kaimuki Music Store Carries On Legacy
As a trumpet player and orchestra conductor, Harry Yoshioka wanted to provide a place that could offer other musicians supplies they needed. In 1946, he and his two brothers opened Harry’s Music Store...
View ArticleHow To Create Good Habits
Have you ever wondered why you do what you do? Some decisions are conscious choices, but more than 40 percent of the things we do aren’t. They are habits. This explains why we snack on unhealthy foods,...
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Home Loans For Veterans
When I was in the process of buying my first home, I had no idea I was entitled to a home loan benefit. It wasn’t until I entered the mortgage industry in 2003 that I understood just how powerful the...
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Business Leaders on the Move in Hawaii – 4/23/14
Stanford Carr, president of Stanford Carr Development, has been named “Salesperson of the Year” for 2013 by the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI), Honolulu chapter. Carr set new...
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Pool Company Puts Customers First
Growing up, Misty Tausaga discovered one major downside to having a pool: Her family had trouble finding a pool-cleaning company that provided the level of service they expected. Remembering these...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Unproductive Meetings
Do you hate unproductive meetings? The purpose of a meet ing is to discuss something face to face to get things done. Unfortunately, a third of the 11 million meetings in the U.S. taking place every...
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Business Leaders on the Move in Hawaii – 4/30/14
Jerry Matsunaka has been promoted from facilities engineer to vice president of First Hawaiian Bank’s KIC Center. He now will lead a team of building technicians to oversee facility operations,...
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Dad-baby Clothing Combos At Expo
A T-shirt, says Ku’ulei Vedder, “can be a form of expression and a representation of yourself.” With Altered Ink LLC, which Vedder founded and co-owns with boyfriend Jerald Aio, she runs with that...
View ArticleBenefits Of A 529 College Savings Plan
The average cost of a private college is $40,000 per year, and for a public college it is $18,000. The cost of college has increased by 80 percent in the past decade, and it is growing twice as fast as...
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Biz Launch Program Seeks Applicants For Next Cohort
Graduates of last year’s Founder Institute cohort (from left): Iqbal Ashraff (Mentors Guild) Jon Shear (ReadyZoneHQ), Jared Eden (Holoplex), Michael Gifford (Dodecki) and Brittany Jones (Illium) |...
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