Hawaii Kama'aina Startups

Posted by Jason on May 18, 2012

Accelerating Hawaii’s Accelerators – Wednesday, May 23

In the past many months, there’s been more talk about creating startup accelerators and/or incubators in Hawaii than there’s been talk of actual startups. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but there’s been plenty of accelerator/incubator talk, yet not much movement. Until now. At the upcoming Wetware Wednesday (register here – it’s free), we’ll get to learn more...

Posted by Jason on May 16, 2012

Omidyar Fellows Offers Huge Opportunity for Hawaii’s Future Leaders

There’s been plenty of recent progress towards developing the means to cultivate Hawaii’s future leaders. Now, add the just-announced Omidyar Fellows program, which aims to create an entirely new leadership development paradigm that helps to identify and nurture Hawaii’s best of the best. In a statement released on Tuesday, Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman, eBay, and founder,...

Posted by admin on Apr 29, 2012

Startup Weekend Honolulu 2 – and the Winner Is..

After Nine pitches the winner is: WhoWillSee.Me WhoWillSee.me allows you to see a Dr. NOW not in days. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. 1. Pick a Time. 2. See which Dr. are available at your selected time. 3. Book your Appointment. Second Place: Tealet Tealet is a direct from grower tea-commerce platform that allows US tea drinkers to connect with teas from around the world. Growers post their stories and teas...

Posted by admin on Apr 28, 2012

Startup Weekend Honolulu Day 2. Teams

Day two. Teams formed and business underway. Below is a listing of SWHNL teams. (Note not all teams are accounted for, for a detailed look visit the StartupWeekend mother ship. Data courtesy of StartupWeekend.com) Watch our Twitter feed and Fb for real time coverage. Rewardya http://www.rewardya.cm Rewardya is an advertising platform that allows merchants to participate in a loyalty based system that...

Posted by admin on Apr 28, 2012

#SWHNL First Night. It’s On!

What a kickoff to Startup Weekend Honolulu! The turnout was great and the pitches were too. The opening ceremony and talks were enthusiastic, with the likes of Bubs relaying the fact taht it’s “Launch or Die at Startup Weekend”. If you questioned the Startup scene in Hawaii, last night validated the energy and excitement in the islands. All of the sixty-second pitches were great, most were pitched...

Posted by admin on Apr 11, 2012

Screenfuse “Your Social Conversation in One Place” #808Startup Honolulu Startup

Screenfuse announced their launch today at SMCHI. Screenfuse provides intelligent Social interactive displays for events, venues, restaurants and retail. Increase onsite customer sharing and brand engaement. They are in private beta now and are looking for brands who want to engage their customers visit http://www.screenfuse.com/ Screenfuse, an interactive web application launched today at the 2012...

Posted by Will on Mar 24, 2012

CoffeeFetch.com #808Startup Honolulu Startup

Launching this week (3/26/12) CoffeeFetch.com Running late to that meeting, can’t break away for a much need cup of pick-me-up; have your cup of Joe delivered. Currently servicing Town (Honolulu) Like on Fb for more...

Posted by Bubs on Mar 16, 2012

The House Y Combinator Should Have Built

Guest posted by Darius “Bubs” Monsef, a YC Alum, Mentor with 500Startups & PIEPDX and startup founder living on the Big Island. Follow him @bubs or at his blog It’s hard to critique a model that has succeeded as well as Y Combinator has… So I’ll be clear that I’m not trying to point out a deficiency in YC, but rather...