On todayʻs show we talk with Kim Davidson, Piʻikū President and Agency Lead and May Sermonia, Piʻikū Internship Program Director. Weʻll find out how Piʻikū.co is building a talent pool for the tech sector.
Episode 818: Piʻikū.co – May 1, 2024
Author: Burt Lum
Episode 817: Hawaiiverse – April 24, 2024
On todayʻs show we talk with Jared Kushi, CEO at Hawaiiverse, Koosh Media and the card game, Moke Gab. Weʻll find out whatʻs new with their ecommerce site and how to best create brand awareness.
Episode 816: Shaka Project – April 17, 2024
During this special spring membership drive, we have Steve Sue, founder of the Shaka Project and Chairman of ID8, here to talk about the Shaka Film, the Shaka Bill, the Shaka emoji, and the Shaka license plate.
During our live broadcast, the phone lines are reserved for your show of support. We are looking for new members so if you enjoy our weekly tech talks, we hope you’ll consider supporting the great, original, local programming here on Hawaii Public Radio.
Episode 815: Agtech & Education – April 10, 2024
This is Day 1 of Hawaii Public Radio’s Spring Membership Campaign. During this special spring membership drive edition, we have Ian Kitajima, President of PICHTR, here to talk about workforce development, education, agtech and learning trips to S. Korea.
During our live broadcast, the phone lines are reserved for your show of support. We are looking for new members so if you enjoy our weekly tech talks, we hope you’ll consider supporting the great, original, local programming here on Hawaii Public Radio.
Episode 814: Cyber Hawaii – April 3, 2024
First up, Blue Startups is seeking applicants for Cohort 16. The focus is on technology companies that can scale quickly and have global market potential. Specific sectors we are interested in include: SaaS, Travel Tech, Sustainability, and Gaming. Cohort Dates: July 22 – October 11, 2024. For more information go to Bluestartups.com.
Then for our main segment, we talk with Al Ogata, Executive Director of Cyber Hawaii. Weʻll find out what the organization mission is and what it does to keep residents and businesses cyber safe.
Episode 813: Germinate Pre-accelerator – March 27, 2024
On todayʻs show we talk with Jason Ueki and Jim Wyban about agrifood, aquaculture and their ag pre-accelerator called Germinate Hawaii. Weʻll find out what it takes to be an ag entrepreneur.
Episode 812: Hawaii Center for A.I. – March 20, 2024
On todayʻs show we talk with Peter Dresslar, Executive Director of the Hawaii Center for AI. Weʻll find out what the center does, what is Responsible A.I., and how the center plans to support everyday AI users.
Episode 811: STEM Conference and STEMWorks – March 13, 2024
On todayʻs show we talk with Leslie Wilkins from MEDB and Chelsea Kau and Kalila Phillips, both STEMWorks alum, about the annual Hawaii STEM Conference.
Episode 810: VEX IQ Robotics Competition – March 6, 2024
On todayʻs show we talk with Adria Fung from the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and coordinator for Hawaii VEX Robotics and the team from Hawaii Girl Power, Ariella, Julia, Jaymi, Aurelia about the VEX IQ competition and going to the Middle School VEX World Championships in Dallas, TX.
Episode 809: Startup Capital Ventures SBI Fund – Feb 28, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up 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.