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On todayʻs show we catch up with Meli James and find out what is happening with the Mana Up cohort 9. Meli James is the co-founder of Mana Up and with her sheʻs brought along a couple of companies from cohort 9, Jina Wye from Sea Crunchies and Judiah McRoberts from Kauai Hemp.
On todayʻs show we talk with Solomon Enos, Native Hawaiian artist, illustrator, sculptor, muralist, and game designer about art, tech, FestPAC and the Capitol Pool.
On todayʻs show we talk with Constancio Paranal III, Innovation and Technology Program Manager in the Office of Economic Revitalization at the City and County of Honolulu about Broadband Equity Access and Deployment or BEAD Program.
On todayʻs show we talk with Nicole Lim, Executive Director of Movers and Shakas about the Hawai’i Talent Onboarding Program (HiTOP) and Curtis Fessler, Senior Vice President & Senior Wealth Strategist, Bank of Hawaii, a recent HiTOP cohort 5 graduate.
On todayʻs show we talk with Christian Andersen, Executive Director at the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) about Helelani Rover, Control Growth Chambers, Grown Penetrating Radar, Makerspaces and much more.
Today, we reprise a show we did with Donavan Kealoha and Tom Toy, both Managing Directors at Startup Capital Ventures. Donavan is also one of the founders of local nonprofit Purple Maia. Together we find out about their new SBI fund and talk about building the startup ecosystem in Hawaii.
On todayʻs show we talk with Roger McKeague, CEO and Wes Akamine, Director of Operations at Ōlelo Community Media, about the evolving world of public access television, media literacy and technology.
On todayʻs show we talk with Pat Loui, Founder and CEO of Omnitrak, about the recently commissioned DBEDT’s Digital Economy Study. We talk about how the categories of the digital economy, based on the Bureau of Economic Analysis, are distributed throughout Hawaiʻi.
The Digital Economy Study aimed to understand the state’s digital economy, its contributions to businesses, and opportunities for growth. The study revealed that 51% of Hawaii’s private businesses are involved in the digital economy, with e-commerce being the most prominent area, and the neighbor islands showing optimism for future growth in the digital economy.
On todayʻs show we talk about the latest ai announcements from OpenAI and ChatGPR 4o with Peter Dresslar, President of the Hawaii Center for AI. We also talk about upcoming Hawaii AI meetups that demonstrate the use cases with the new version.
On todayʻs show we reprise a conversation we did with Cliff Miyake, Vice President of Business Development at Ocean Networks to find out about the US Treasury funded Interisland fiber announcement called Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL).