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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 […]

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Kingsley Edwards

[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 took a lot of what I learned in the US military and applied to running the organizations that I am a part of. Most of this contributes to my work ethic and what […]

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Peter Wilkins

[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? Played too many videogames. Hugged too many trees. Petted too many cats. 2. What will you be speaking about at East Meets West 2017 and where do you think that conversation will be going […]