Duane Kurisu: Self-Discovery Impacts the Greater Community

Duane Kurisu embodies all that is great of a business man - and he is seemingly, to most if not all, an epitome of success. Duane started his entrepreneurial career in the real estate business at the age of 29. With former colleague Mike Fergus, they put together a partnership aptly named Kurisu & Fergus. More »

Time for a Reality Check

Have you ever watched the television show Cops and listened to the two disputing parties explain what just happened? These situations provide great examples of two very different views of reality with the truth, a third version, often lost in the mix. This phenomenon also applies to your business. More »

2007 Small Business Award Winners

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The success of Hawaii’s small businesses is vital to the overall health of our economy. Central Pacific Bank understands how important this relationship is.  Recently, an impressive total of nine small business leaders nominated by the bank were recognized as 2007 Small Business Administration Small Business Award Winners. More »

How Naturopathy Can Reduce Health Care Costs

According to the Wellness Councils of America, "the average annual health care cost per person in the United States far exceeds $3,000 - lifetime costs per person are somewhere in the neighborhood of $225,000." More »

Paul Loo: Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Educator

Eclectic, that’s how one would describe Paul Loo’s approach in education and its advancement. Paul, who is the sole surviving founder of Hawaii Pacific University, believes that the keys to world order are to listen, understand and tolerate other people’s views. More »

Rick Blangiardi: Focusing On the Have, Not On the Have-Not

Rick Blangiardi was at the pinnacle of his successful football-coaching career when significant revamps with his professional life became a necessity. To support the needs of his growing family, Rick shifted from coaching to sales at a TV station - leaving what seems to be his dream and passion to meet the practical demands of reality. 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 »

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 »

Young Entrepreneur of the Month - Darren Kimura of Energy Industries

Darren Kimura started Energy Industries at the age of 20, while on summer break from The University of Hawaii at Manoa. He began by helping his parents, Big Island contractors working in the family business. It was here that he noticed new buildings were being built but electrical generation was not matching the growth. More »

Evan Leong Interview

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