Posts by: David

My 48 hours inside Hawaii’s ‘startup paradise’

By Kylee McIntyre, Tech in Asia Posted January 26, 2017   I take my coffee on the beach. It’s the serenest morning I can remember. I sit on a lounge chair in front of a manmade lagoon and watch pairs of people slide across the water in paddleboats. Beyond, past sand that sparkles in the […]

Chenoa Farnsworth: Blue Startups partner hopes to grow Hawaii’s entrepreneurial sector

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Chenoa Farnsworth: Blue Startups partner hopes to grow Hawaii’s entrepreneurial sector” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] By Maureen O’Connell [email protected] Posted December 30, 2016   Three years ago, when the state-run HI Growth Initiative — created to attract private investment to Hawaii’s innovation sector — began to take shape, so did […]

10 Questions with Cohort 8 – RoxyCar

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Blue Startups welcomed Cohort 8 in late October and we want you to get to know them better as they reach the half-way point in the program readying for their demo day at East Meets West 2017 in January and in San Francisco the first […]

10 Questions with Cohort 8 – Draft Fantasy Football

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Blue Startups welcomed Cohort 8 in late October and we want you to get to know them better as they reach the half-way point in the program readying for their demo day at East Meets West 2017 in January and in San Francisco the first […]

Travel Ideas for Coming to Hawaii for EMW17

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] As we approach East Meets West 2017 in January we thought we’d put together this handy travel guide for attendees coming from Asia and the US. FLIGHTS The event is January 19-20 but we suggest coming in early on January 18 and staying for the […]

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Spencer Yang

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] 1. 3 sentences about yourself that you wouldn’t post on LinkedIn? – I’m probably taller than you at 6 foot 4″; And yes you can’t tell over video call 🙂 – I have an irrational fear of eating mushrooms, from watching cartoons with poisonous mushrooms […]

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Sean Flaherty

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] 1. 3 sentences about yourself that you wouldn’t post on LinkedIn? 1. I love craft cocktails and probably drink too much. 2. I am an experience junkie. I love to travel with my family off the beaten path. 3. I am a bit of a […]

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Christine Tsai

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] 1. 3 sentences about yourself that you wouldn’t post on LinkedIn? (1) I am the self-appointed lead of #tacobellgroupies in the 500 Startups team Slack. ​(2) I am a huge fan of Sarah Cooper and published a blog post inspired by her, which got picked […]