On todayʻs show we have David Holt, Program Director at Blue Startups, here to talk about the upcoming East Meets West Conference.
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Episode 865: East Meets West – March 21, 2025

On todayʻs show we have Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner at Blue Startups and Rachel Kondo, Executive Producer of the series, Shogun on FX. They’re both here to talk about East Meets West and the cultural and philosophical intersection.
Episode 835: Blue Startups Cohort 16 – Aug 23, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Chenoa Farnsworth, co-founder of Blue Startups. Joining her are a couple companies from Cohort 16, Jacqueline Hall from Maiven and Jason Sharp from Umi.
Episode 805: Blue Startups + East Meets West – Jan 31, 2024
On todayʻs show we catch up with Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups to talk about East Meets West and with her shes brought a couple of the companies from Cohort 15. Today we have Brandon Pulice, CEO at Arrowe and Rom Jayawickrama, Chief Executive Officer of One2Four.
Episode 768: East Meets West + Oceanit’s Blast Ninja Redux – May 17, 2023
We reprise our talk with Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups about the upcoming East Meets West conference coming up in May.
Then, we are joined by Matt Sullivan, Director of Product at Oceanit to talk about their latest invention called the Blast Ninja and the product’s recent acquisition by Kennametal.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 761: East Meets West + Oceanit’s Blast Ninja – Mar 29, 2023
First up, we’ll talk to Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups about the upcoming East Meets West conference coming up in May.
Then, we are joined by Matt Sullivan, Director of Product at Oceanit to talk about their latest invention called the Blast Ninja and the product’s recent acquisition by Kennametal.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 727: Startup-Hawaii + Blue Startups Cohort 14 – Aug 3, 2022
First up, we have Maria Leonardi, co-founder of Startup Hawaii here to announce their launch event happening tomorrow Aug 4th.
Then, we are joined by Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups and she brought a couple a guest companies, Karyn Nolan of Mappy and Stephanie Palacios of Bonda and theyʻre here to tell us about startup life and Blue Startups cohort 14.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher.
Episode 705: Blue Startups + Water Cremation – March 2, 2022

First up, we have Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups on the show to talk about the Getting To Know Blue: A Weekly Webinar Series.
Then, we are joined by Dean Fisher and Dr Pono Ledford, learn about the technology behind water cremation and measures like SB2828 moving through the legislature. Contact Aloha Mortuary for more information.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 703: Nalu Scientific + HVCA Entrepreneur Award – Feb 16, 2022
First up, Blue Startups is hosting a virtual Founder Mixer and Cohort 14 Info Session on February 17 – if you or you know a prospective applicant you can invite them to this event.
Next we talk to Isar Mostafanezhad from Nalu Scientific about their new distribution deal they just signed with CAEN Technologies.
Then, we are joined by Meli James from the Hawaii Venture Capital Association along with Assaf Karmon, Co-founder, TurnoverBnB and Brian Glazer, Co-founder, Hohonu, Inc., here to tell us about the upcoming Entrepreneur Awards. You can catch the Entrepreneur Awards on March 1st on KGMB at 9:00pm HST.
If you missed us live, you can always catch us on the HPR website, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Stitcher!
Episode 686: Blue Startups Cohort 13 Demo Day with Celitech & Hokali – Oct 20, 2021
Today we are pleased to be joined by Chenoa Farnsworth from Blue Startups along with Al Fares of Celitech and Tomas Bisi of Hokali, to talk about cohort 13, startup life and the upcoming Demo Day on Nov 5, 2021.
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