Evan Leong Interview

Online Editor Edward Sugimoto interviews "Think Like an Entrepreneur" columnist Evan Leong. More »

Give Them Reason to Cheer!

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When you first opened your business you probably found yourself full of enthusiasm, expectation, and excitement. You were the doer, the achiever Coach Lombardi would stand and cheer. Often these feelings are sufficient to carry you through the first couple of years needed to establish your business and begin to gain momentum. More »

Build an Effective Vision

Over the years I attended a lot of training from many sources. Whether the training was related to business or personal development, it was always clear a well developed vision can make a real difference in guiding your path and keeping you focused. Often time there was a leap between the definition, value and need for a vision straight to examples from successful companies. The examples often provided clear visions that were from a few words to short paragraph long. More »

Glenn Sexton and Xerox Hawaii: Living Aloha

Glenn Sexton has been with Xerox, the world's leading document management technology and services enterprise, for more than 27 years. Today, Glenn sits as vice president and general manager of Xerox Hawaii. Under his leadership, this subsidiary has become the most productive Xerox organization with the highest market share in the United States. More »

Lane Muraoka Uses Big City Diner to Help the Community

In 1998, Lane Muraoka took the leap from employee to employer. He opened the first Big City Diner in Kaimuki and hasn't looked back. Big City Diner currently has 4 locations, 250 employees and is considering a much larger expansion. While the entrepreneurial lessons are important, what captivated us was his mission to help the community through his business. More »

Are Your Customers Still Excited About Doing Business with You?

Over ten years ago I found I needed to travel three to five times a year to the mainland for personal business. Until this point almost all my travel was booked and paid by my employer. Suddenly I needed to select an airline based on my personal needs instead of simply using the airline that met my employer's needs. More »

MW Group: $0 to $325 Million In Assets In 14 Years

Steve Metter is CEO and principal of MW Group, Ltd., and principal broker of MW Commercial Realty Inc., which is a real estate development company with over $325 million in assets including the Pioneer Plaza. Others include Nimitz Center, Hawaii Self Storage, Azeka I and II Shopping Center, Kihei Plaza, Kihei Kalama Village, Plaza at Punchbowl and Hawaii Self Storage. More »

A Great Gift This Holiday Season

This holiday season, treat you and your friends and family to a dose of The Greater Good: Life Lessons From Hawaii's Leaders, a community-oriented, inspirational book for students, entrepreneurs, business and community leaders. More »

Christine Camp-Friedman: A Little Package Making a Big Impact

I've always wanted to own my own business since I knew my grandparents did and enjoyed themselves. But I didn't think I had the knowledge or confidence that it was possible. My parents wanted me to be a teacher, which I am. Society taught me to be an employee by following directions, rules and working hard at work that was given to me. More »

Manpower: Creating Opportunities Through Employment and Community Giving

For more than six decades, Manpower has led the industry in providing recruitment, training, assessment and selection, and outsourcing and consulting services to thousands of clients in the United States and the world over. With revenues reaching $17 million in 2005, the company ranks as one of few world-class providers of talent to top corporations worldwide. More »